Tyson Fury wants to see another man from his own division join him in retirement.
Fury announced he was hanging up his gloves in January, shortly after a seconds consecutive loss to Oleksandr Usyk, who dethroned him to become the undisputed champion then outpointed him again in the rematch.
Many fans are hoping Fury will change his mind and come back for at least one more fight against long-time British rival Anthony Joshua.
One man he doesn’t want to see in the ring again is his old foe Deontay Wilder, whom he has fought three times. The first was a controversial draw, the next two ended in knockouts for Fury and saw him become, and remain, the WBC champion.
Speaking to Pound 4 Pound with Kamaru & Henry, ‘The Gypsy King’ admitted he wants to see the former champion step away for good following two further losses against Joseph Parker and Zhilei Zhang.
“Being truthful, I’d like to see poor old Deontay retire from boxing.
When I beat Wilder, he was 44 and 0, with 43 KOs, and he KO’d the guy who went the distance with him in the rematch, so that means he knocked out every single person he ever faced. 44 people.
Obviously, he lost the three fights to me and since that third trilogy, we took a lot of lot of years off each other’s lives. That war, which ended in the 11th round by knockout, that took a lot out of our tanks. Between me and Wilder in that trilogy there was 10 knockdowns. It takes a lot out of a fighter.
Even when he’s come back and had a couple of fights since, he’s only a shadow of his former glory. The only thing left that remains the same about Deontay is his name.”
Wilder hasn’t heeded the advice and returns in June to take on Tyrrell Herndon in Wichita, Kansas.
