Tyson Fury vs Aslanbek Makhmudov winner set to get high world ranking, says WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman

The winner of Tyson Fury’s fight with Arslanbek Makhmudov will receive a high world ranking, WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman has confirmed.

At the start of 2025 former world champion Fury announced that he would retire. He sat out the whole of last year but has decided to come back.

He is now set to fight heavyweight contender Makhmudov on April 11 in the UK.