Fury and Makhmudov clash in the headline fight of The Ring card at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, in what will be the first British event broadcast live by streaming giant Netflix.

The showdown will also bring an end to Fury’s 16-month retirement from the ring, which started when he was beaten for the second consecutive time by Oleksandr Usyk in December 2024.

Now, during a live interview on Monday's "Inside The Ring," Fury confirmed that he plans to box three times before 2026 ends—a run that could involve back-to-back fights with British rival Anthony Joshua.

He said: “I just want to get as many big fights as I can at this stage of my career. I’ve won every belt there is, I’ve completed the game of boxing.

“It’s not really about a belt anymore it’s just that I want to make that Anthony Joshua fight that was supposed to have happened for the last 10 years but hasn’t.

“Obviously I have this big fight in front of me in Makhmudov first and then we don’t know what the third fight might be after Joshua but I’m aiming for three fights this year.

“If it’s a good fight with me and AJ, which I don’t think it will be, I think it will be a blow-away, then we will have a rematch. But if not, we will see.”

Fury also opened up about his inability to walk away from boxing, despite officially announcing his retirement for the fifth time in his career.

His father, John, has been one of the most outspoken on the situation, insisting that his son (34-2-1, 24 KOs) has no more business being in a boxing ring.

But the two-time world heavyweight champion said: “I’ve been in this game a long time and boxing is my life. It’s the only thing I know how to do.

“I’ve tried to retire so many times, five times, but it’s always dragged me back. It’s not for money or achievements but without boxing I don’t have a purpose in my life and I don’t see a future. I’m not ready for it yet, to not see a future. I’m 37, at least let me get to 40 before I’ve got no future left.

“I’ve tried everything; promoting, managing and I still do all that stuff right now but there’s no thrill of the chase. There’s nothing like being in there getting punched about by big heavyweights. It’s a turn on.

“But it’s an obsession and sometimes you get selfish because in the beginning you want things in your life, you want to be a champion, you want to earn money, get a house and cars and whatever, Then it becomes an obsession later on. You want more, more, more. It starts to affect your family, your home life, your wife, your children, everybody.

“There’s got to be an end to it but to me, there is no end. Mike Tyson just fought recently at 60 years old. When is there an end? I remember Larry Holmes saying ‘never retire, champ, never retire’. These guys are coming back and showing us there is no end. George Foreman winning world titles at 45 years old or Archie Moore doing 15-rounders well into his 40s. It’s a drug.

“For my father, he just wants the best for me. He wants me to retire and walk away but if it was that easy I would have walked away five times before but I don’t have that ability to let go. It can affect a lot of stuff including families.

“My dad saying he’s not speaking to me, I suppose he’s trying to encourage me to not fight anymore. But fighting’s all I’ve ever known and all I ever will know.”