BOXING legend Tyson Fury has retired from boxing again.
Gypsy King hangs up his gloves after his second loss to Oleksandr Usyk last month.
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Tyson Fury has announced his retirement from boxing Credit: Getty
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Fury made a cryptic reference to Dick Turpin in a farewell video Credit: Instagram
Fury, 36, announced the news in an Instagram post, saying: “Hey everyone, I’ll keep it short and sweet. I’d like to announce my retirement from boxing.
“It was great and I loved every minute.
“I’ll end with this – Dick Turpin wore a mask.
“God bless everyone and see you on the other side.”
Dick Turpin was a notorious highwayman of the 1700s and it is not clear why Fury mentioned him in parting.
The heavyweight legend’s promoter Frank Warren immediately reacted to SunSport, saying: “This is the first I’ve heard of it. I haven’t spoken to him today but God bless him.
“He made more money than he could spend if he lived to be 1,000 years old.
“He’s won every belt he’s ever wanted to win and he couldn’t have done more for the sport, for himself or for British boxing. We wish him all the best.
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“When I spoke to him, I told him to take his time, relax, recover, don’t rush the decisions and if that’s the one he made, he has our support and gratitude.”
Fury had been tipped to fight Anthony Joshua next in the highly-anticipated All-British clash, but his announcement means the fight has now been called off.
Frank Warren reacts to Tyson Fury’s retirement and reveals his favorite moment from his incredible career
But AJ’s promoter Eddie Hearn said he “doubts” this is the last we’ll see of Fury.
Gypsy King’s career ends with 34 wins, one draw and two losses, and he was a multiple heavyweight champion, having lifted the WBO, WBC, IBF, IBO and The Ring belts.
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Fury first came to prominence beating Derek Chisora in 2011 to win the British and Commonwealth titles.
Three years later, Chisora was on the attack again when he won the European, WBO International and British heavyweight titles.
The win set up Fury’s chance to become a unified world champion against Wladimir Kitschko in 2015, and he won by unanimous decision after 12 rounds.
He said after the win that it was a “dream come true” and then took a three-year hiatus from the sport, with many believing his career was over and gone.
Fury struggled without boxing, seeing his weight balloon to 24 stone and his mental health deteriorate.
The Manchester-born star has struggled with depression, bipolar disorder, drugs and drink, as well as being investigated for doping after testing positive for a banned steroid.
But Fury wasn’t down and out yet, making a sensational return to the ring in 2018 as he cited his newfound motivation to defeat rival Deontay Wilder.
The first fight in their iconic trilogy ended in a draw, and the rematch came a year and a half later when Fury won by TKO in the seventh round.
Wilder made a third fight in 2021, and the dust-up was one of the biggest fights in boxing history.
Both ended up on the canvas in the early rounds, and Fury somehow got back to his feet and delivered the iconic knockout in the eleventh round.
The Sun’s boxing expert’s view: ‘I think it’s a ruse’
Wally Downes Jr
CALL ME a poor fat little boxing cynic, but Tyson Fury’s latest retirement just doesn’t sit well with me.
It wasn’t too long ago that we heard he had a ten-fight deal in Saudi Arabia, that he would fight Anthony Joshua twice, then face Joseph Parker twice.
He planned to do all the fights in the world – there was even talk that he was going to rematch Francis Ngannou and do a better job.
IF he retired then he leaves with an amazing career having earned over £300 million in boxing competitions alone, let alone all the extras.
He does this by sacrificing bundles of his own life for such success.
We know that his wife Paris suffered a miscarriage in the first fight against Olesandr Usyk.
We know about Deontay Wilder III, his little girl was in intensive care, he barely even trained for that fight, he was sleeping on the hospital floor.
IF he retired, IF it’s true, then it was an amazing career.
And for a big showman, it’s probably a nice little, short sharp way to get out by simply posting a video while sitting in his car.
But I can’t help but think it’s a bit of a ploy to drive AJ a little crazy.
AJ was at the Ring Awards the other day and posted on social media “Fury, where are you? I’m looking for you.”
It’s the only fight AJ wants and Fury, being wise and looking at the Floyd Mayweather book, knows that once you retire, you have to be brought out of retirement.
And how do you get someone out of retirement? Full more ready.
The fact is Fury has always told us: I’m a prize fighter, I’m in it for the money, I’m going to do it as long as I can and make as much money as I can.
So it seems that the idea that he suddenly ran away doesn’t sound entirely true.
When Fury made the announcement, I was with Frank Warren and he said he hadn’t spoken to Tyson about it today, but he hoped it was true, that Fury had done enough and made enough money.
IF that’s true, then what an amazing career.
Fury and AJ put British boxing on the map where it hadn’t been in decades, not since Lennox Lewis 25 years ago.
So thank you, but instead of being at his coming out party, which I’m sure The Sun would have been invited to, I guess we’ll see him boxing AJ in Riyadh in a few months.
Fury then defeated Dillian Whyte, Chisora again and Francis Ngannou.
His victories led to a clash with Usyka in May and he became the first undisputed heavyweight champion since Lennox Lewis in 1999.
Usyk won the thriller by split decision to win the WBC, WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, IBO and The Ring heavyweight titles.
The Ukrainian then saw off the struggling Fury again in December in another mega-money clash in Saudi Arabia.
This time, Usyk retained his belts by unanimous decision and angered Fury, who stormed out of the ring and said he had done enough to win.
Fury has now retired from boxing – but has a history of not sticking to his retirement plans.
He had already left the sport several times, but always returned.
Fury’s antics in 2022 saw him quit twice and reverse his decision four days later.
Fans believe his career may not be over yet, with one fan writing on social media: “Translated: Fight announcement coming.”
Another added: “Ahhh that annual retirement. Is it that time of year already?”
It’s not his first pension…
THIS is not the first time Tyson Fury has retired.
The first was 12 YEARS ago, when he became frustrated in 2013 when a fight with David Haye fell through.
He then stated, “Hi everyone, I’m officially retired from boxing. Too many bents [crooked] people in sports. He’ll have to fuck someone else. Goodbye boxing.”
He then took a three-year hiatus from the sport between 2015 and 2018 during which many did not expect to see him again.
He will retire TWICE in 2022.
Speaking in the ring after his sixth-round victory over Dillian Whyte at Wembley, he revealed he had made a promise to wife Paris.
He stated: “I am the two-time undisputed world champion. [I have] £150 million in the bank and nothing to prove to anyone.”
Later in the year, he announced his plan to make a “100 percent” return to the ring.
But then just four days later he announced on X that he was quitting again.
He posted: “A huge thank you to everyone who has contributed to my career over the years and after many difficult conversations I have finally decided to leave and on my 34th birthday I say Bon voyage.”
That means there will be serious doubts that his latest statement really means we’ll never see him in the ring again.
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