Dmitriy Salita just put Brandon Moore’s name out there as a possible opponent for Tyson Fury’s comeback later this year.

Fury retired in January 2025 after losing twice to Oleksandr Usyk, but now he’s changed his mind.

The plan? Fury wants to ease back into the ring with a low-stakes fight early in 2026, then go for something bigger that summer.

Saudi boxing boss Turki Alalshikh wanted to finally make the Fury vs. Anthony Joshua fight happen this year. But after Joshua’s tragic car crash in Nigeria, which killed two of his close friends, Latif Ayodele and Sina Ghami, nobody’s sure if AJ will keep fighting. His uncle even told the Nigerian press last month that Joshua might walk away from boxing. If that happens, Fury still has plenty of options for his 2026 fights.

Fury’s manager says they’re looking at a busy year, maybe three fights, and there’s talk about a WBO title bout with Fabio Wardley later in the year. Right now, a crowd of heavyweights is lining up for Fury’s return, and Brandon Moore is in the mix.

Salita, who promotes Moore, told Sky Sports, “Brandon Moore is the USBA Heavyweight Champ, coming off three wins against previously undefeated guys. He’s a legit American heavyweight—6'6", somewhere between 240 and 250 pounds, big, strong, and getting better all the time. Physically, he’s got that modern heavyweight look, kind of like Anthony Joshua, but he’s his own man. He wants to test himself at the top, and facing Tyson Fury is exactly that.”

So, who’s Brandon Moore? He’s got 19 wins, 10 by knockout, and just one loss. That loss came against U.S. Olympian Richard Torrez Jr., who stopped him in five rounds back in May 2024. Since then, Moore’s racked up five wins, though mostly against domestic-level guys.

But is Moore the favourite to face Fury? Honestly, right now it looks like Russian powerhouse Arslanbek Makhmudov is ahead in the race. Fury’s manager, Spencer Brown, told iFL TV, “Tyson will fight anybody, even someone like Fabio Wardley. But look, he’s been out a year. He needs a fight to get going first.”

Brown added he’d love to see Fury’s first fight back happen in Manchester as a sort of homecoming. After that, there are plenty of options. Makhmudov’s definitely one of the top names being discussed. Brown said, “Makhmudov is one of the front-runners; yes, he’s an option.”

Dalton Smith (19-0, 14 KOs) just stunned the boxing world. He’s the new WBC World Super-Lightweight champion after stopping the feared two-time champ Subriel Matias (23-2, 22 KOs) in Brooklyn.

Smith, only 28, looked sharp right from the opening bell at the Barclays Centre. He didn’t shy away from trading shots with Matias, a guy known for his power, and the action caught fire early. By the end of the fifth round, Smith went on a brutal attack—three huge right hands landed clean, and Matias hit the canvas hard.

Matias managed to beat the count, but he was done. He couldn’t go on, and just like that, Britain had a new world champion in the wildest fashion.

Nobody had ever stopped Matias in 26 pro fights. The guy’s a pressure machine with a 95% KO rate. Now, Smith stands as Britain’s first world champion of 2026.

After the fight, Dalton could barely find the words. “A lifelong dream, hard work and sacrifice – it’s all for this moment. My dad, my granddad, all my family – we’ve all worked for this, and I always believed. It’s a message to anyone that if you believe in yourself, you can go out and achieve your dreams.

“I heard people say Dalton Smith isn’t tough. Honestly, I probably gave my dad a heart attack since that wasn’t the plan, but I took his best shots and thought, ‘You can’t hurt me.’ He was slowing down, so I just kept pushing—persevere, persevere, and I’ll get you. We had plans A, B, and C, and at this level, you need them all.

“It’s not going to sink in for ages, but deep down, we always knew this would happen. We had everything going against us—the build-up, the testing, you name it. But I knew this was my chance. You could throw anything at me; I’ve got the best team and promoter, and this win means everything.

“Show me the money! Let me enjoy this. I’m going to soak it all in—the future is bright.”

Promoter Eddie Hearn couldn’t hide his pride. He’s taken fighters like Anthony Joshua and Katie Taylor to world titles from their debuts, but this night in New York meant something special.

“You think about Darren Barker against Daniel Geale, Kell Brook against Shawn Porter, but honestly, this beats everything. That’s the best away win I’ve ever seen,” Hearn said. “Dalton is a hero. Usually, you try to outbox Matias—Liam Paro showed that—but tonight, Matias was on fire and wouldn’t let Dalton box.

“So Dalton fought him at his own game. Usually, that’s suicide—Matias had never been hurt, never been down. But Dalton battered him, put him down, and became Britain’s newest world champ in New York. The kid’s a hero. There’s a new superstar in boxing, and his name is Dalton Smith.

“He looked great in the first round, then suddenly he’s hurt; he’s cut, but he keeps trading. Both guys were gassed, but Dalton hurt him in the body about a minute before the finish, then those right hands landed, and that was it—this is what dreams look like.

“We always knew Dalton was a star, but to do that on the world stage, in New York, and in that style? People kept talking about other fights, Adam Azim and all that, but Dalton just went out, took on the bogeyman head-on in New York, and stopped Subriel Matias from becoming world champion. Put some respect on his name.”