Tyson Fury, one of this generation’s greatest boxers, has announced his retirement from the sport.
Fury announced his supposed retirement via a short video, where he made mention of the infamous Dick Turpin, who gained notoriety in the 18th century as an English highway robber.
“I’m going to make this short and sweet, I’d like to announce my retirement from boxing,” Fury said in a video posted on social media. “It’s been a blast, I’ve loved every single minute of it and I’m going to end with this. Dick Turpin wore a mask. God bless everybody, see you on the other side.”
The reference to Turpin seems a bit odd, but it might allude to Fury’s belief that he was robbed of a win in his rematch with Okeksandr Usyk, who won the fight on identical 116-112 scores.
If this is, indeed, the end of Fury’s illustrious career, that rematch with Usyk would be the last fight of The Gypsy King’s illustrious career—one in which he won 34 times and lost just twice, both to the Ukrainian.
Of course, if history is any indication, there is probably a chance he will unretire later on, something he has already done twice.
Fury Thrice Retired, Thrice Came Back with a Vengeance
The enigmatic trash-talker had announced retirement thrice already—once in 2013 via social media, once more in 2017 also on social media and a third time in 2022 on Piers Morgan Uncensored.
“This is the truth, the gospel truth, nothing but the truth, I’m done,” Fury said on Piers Morgan Uncensored. “You know every good dog has his day and like the Roman leader said, there will always be someone else to fight. The fans will always want more, they are always baying for more blood. But at the end of the day I don’t have anything more to give.”
Each time, however, Fury unretired shortly after his supposed retirement. And, each time, Fury would go on to scale new heights in his return.
Fury’s long-time promoter Frank Warren, for one, is unconvinced this retirement is for good—not with a massive payday still looming in a possible clash with former world champion Anthony Joshua. Warren, who touted Fury as the greatest British heavyweight, thinks the announcement is a ploy on The Gypsy King’s part to leverage a bigger purse in a potential fight with Joshua, another British heavyweight.
Regardless, Warren maintains that if Fury really wants to hang up his gloves, then “that’s what he should do.” Should he retire for good this time, he will be remembered as one of the best and most entertaining heavyweights of all time.
