Tyson Fury: record, next fight and profile →
Tyson Fury didn’t waste any time in contradicting his latest retirement claim. Naturally, it came at the expense of the only other heavyweight on the planet who matters in the sport’s long-desired quest to crown an undisputed champion in boxing’s most storied division.
After watching the fight on Saturday, former super middleweight world champion Carl Froch feels confident that WBC heavyweight king Tyson Fury will defeat WBO, IBF, WBA, IBO champion Oleksandr Usyk.
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum, who co-promotes WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, does not expect any issues with overturning his boxer's ban from traveling to the United States.
Despite the retirement announcement by Tyson Fury, the boxer's co-promoter, Bob Arum of Top Rank, expects the boxer to return for a fight with the winner of the upcoming rematch between Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua.
Derek Chisora has hit back at Tyson Fury and claiming that Fury has not retired because he already has a deal to face the winner of Saturday’s fight between Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury took to social media to claim Derek Chisora rejected an offer of £2 million for a year-end trilogy fight.
The latest retirement announcement by Tyson Fury has prompted action by his last remaining tie to the sport. It also significantly impacts the importance of three relevant heavyweight fights all scheduled within the next nine weeks. A two-week deadline has been issued by the World Boxing Council (WBC) for Fury to confirm in writing his official status in the sport. The unbeaten lineal/WBC heavyweight champion from Morecambe, England by way of Manchester recently went public with his insistence that he is forever done with the sport, the declaration coming on his 34th birthday last Friday.
Eddie Hearn, promoter of Anthony Joshua, believes Tyson Fury's most recent retirement is nothing more than a publicity stunt to take away from of the shine from Joshua's upcoming rematch with Oleksandr Usyk.
Earlier this week, WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury once again announced his retirement - just days after announcing that he wanted to fight again, in a trilogy fight with Derek Chisora.
Tyson Fury has now lodged more retirements than overall title defenses. The unbeaten two-time and reigning lineal/WBC heavyweight champion once again claims to be done with the sport, the latest declaration coming Friday as he celebrates his 34th birthday . Fury took to social media to announce his retirement for the second time this year and at least the third time overall in his 14-year career.