For the first time since retiring Tyson Fury has been talking about a ring return.
Fury announced back in January that he was hanging up the gloves in a short social media video. The news came out of the blue, but just a few days after the second consecutive defeat of his career to the great Oleksandr Usyk.
The first fight back in May 2024 was for the undisputed championship and saw Usyk come out on top with a split decision on the cards, and the second time around, he went one better and got a unanimous verdict from all three judges.
Before that, Fury had been unbeaten and had bested the likes of Wladimir Klitschko, Dillian Whyte, Derek Chisora, and twice knocked out Deontay Wilder, having drawn with him in the first fight of their epic trilogy.
Since the first Wilder fight, Fury had been coached by SugarHill Steward. The trainer had come in for some criticism for corner chaos during the first Usyk fight, which lead to Fury’s father, John Fury, being removed from the corner for the rematch.
Last week, Fury announced he was planning to return in April next year for a trilogy with Usyk and made his feelings clear on Steward.
Speaking to Seconds Out, he was asked if the American would still be the man by his side if he does make a comeback.
“Yes.”
Fury admitted to ESPN that if Usyk won’t fight him, then a showdown with fellow Brit Anthony Joshua interests him.
“If I don’t get that, then it would be Joshua, the biggest British fight that will ever happen. It would break records, and it would sell out 100,000 at Wembley in an hour. It’s a fight that I think can happen for sure if I decide to come back and if the deal’s right.”
Joshua is set to return from an elbow injury some time later this year, whislt Usyk must get past IBF champion Daniel Dubois next week.
