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Is ‘Tyson Fury: version two’ any different to the first one?
When Tyson Fury last fought Dereck Chisora, he won a battle of the unbeaten British heavyweights which appeared set to launch his career to the next level.
It was actually the beginning of the end.
He would go on to beat Nicolai Firtha, Neven Pajkic, Martin Rogan, Vinny Maddalone, Kevin Johnson and Steve Cunningham. None of these bouts inspired the fanbase.
Meanwhile, Chisora and David Haye would grab all the headlines with their conduct and subsequent grudge match. ‘Del Boy’ even got the first world title crack in the defeat to Vitali Klitschko which led to the brawl.
Devoid of a nemesis in his own right by David Price’s defeats to Tony Thompson, Fury finally appeared to find that fight, that rival to push him into world title contention, when he signed to fight Haye himself.
When that bout fell through twice due to Haye injuries, Fury announced he’d retired from the sport.
Always one to wind up boxing fans on Twitter, many thought it was more fun and games from the Anglo-Irishman. But, as he told Eurosport in an exclusive interview while in the studio for Wladimir Klitschko’s comfortable win over Alex Leapai, for a few months he really was content to simply walk away.
“I did consider myself retired for a little bit after the David Haye farce,” Fury explained. “It wasn’t just a threat.
"I was retired for around three months, so it was a big retirement,” he joked.
It was actually the beginning of the end.
He would go on to beat Nicolai Firtha, Neven Pajkic, Martin Rogan, Vinny Maddalone, Kevin Johnson and Steve Cunningham. None of these bouts inspired the fanbase.
Meanwhile, Chisora and David Haye would grab all the headlines with their conduct and subsequent grudge match. ‘Del Boy’ even got the first world title crack in the defeat to Vitali Klitschko which led to the brawl.
Devoid of a nemesis in his own right by David Price’s defeats to Tony Thompson, Fury finally appeared to find that fight, that rival to push him into world title contention, when he signed to fight Haye himself.
When that bout fell through twice due to Haye injuries, Fury announced he’d retired from the sport.
Always one to wind up boxing fans on Twitter, many thought it was more fun and games from the Anglo-Irishman. But, as he told Eurosport in an exclusive interview while in the studio for Wladimir Klitschko’s comfortable win over Alex Leapai, for a few months he really was content to simply walk away.
“I did consider myself retired for a little bit after the David Haye farce,” Fury explained. “It wasn’t just a threat.
"I was retired for around three months, so it was a big retirement,” he joked.
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