Tyson Fury is hanging up his gloves — once more.
The previous heavyweight champion introduced Monday that he’s retiring from boxing on the age of 36, lower than a month after “The Gypsy King” misplaced for a second consecutive time to Oleksandr Usyk.
“Hi everybody, I’m going to make this short and sweet. I’d like to announce my retirement from boxing,” Fury stated in a video posted to his Instagram account.
“It’s been a blast, I’ve loved every single minute of it. I’m going to end with this: Dick Turpin wore a mask. God bless everybody, see you on the other side.”
Fury stated after defeating Dillian Whyte in April 2022 that he was retiring, just for him to face Derek Chisora eight months later.
He additionally introduced retirements on social media in 2013 and ’17 that didn’t final lengthy.
Fury was probably the greatest boxers on the earth and one of many prime attracts within the sport over the past decade, ending Wladimir Klitschko’s reign atop the heavyweight division in 2015 to succeed in a brand new stratosphere.
A rematch was derailed by Fury testing optimistic for the banned substance nandrolone and later a optimistic take a look at for cocaine.
Fury would go on to have a memorable trilogy with Deontay Wilder, which started with a attract 2018, the primary non-victory of every fighter’s profession.
The Brit handed Wilder his first loss within the rematch in 2020 and defeated him once more in 2021.
Fury suffered his first profession loss to Usyk by break up determination in Could, and he misplaced by unanimous determination within the rematch in December.
There had been talks a few potential megafight between Fury and compatriot Anthony Joshua, as the 2 have by no means fought, however these negotiations appear to have stalled.
It’s unclear why Fury referenced Turpin, a well known English thief from the 1700s, although some have speculated he’s alluding to both being robbed by the judges over the past Usyk combat or getting slighted in talks for the Joshua bout.
