This time, he lasted a year without gloves. Tyson Fury announced this Sunday that he was coming out of retirement, which began a year ago after a second defeat against Oleksandr Usyk.
The “Gipsy King” is not his first attempt: he had already come out of retirement in 2022. After a success against Dillian Whyte in April of the same year, he felt he had “nothing left to prove to anyone”, before returning to competition a few months later.
No rematch against Usyk on the horizon
His defeat against Usyk, the second, in December 2024, convinced Fury (34 victories, including 24 by KO, for a draw and two defeats) to hang up his gloves the following month. But after a year, the Briton has new goals.
“I’m back,” he announced on Instagram. 37 years old and still kicking. Nothing better than punching guys in the face and getting paid for it. » A fight against Anthony Joshua was already anticipated in 2026 but the terrible accident of the English heavyweight should postpone the deadline.
Before a rematch against Usyk, Fury could therefore fall back on compatriots, such as WBO champion Fabio Wardley or Daniel Dubois, who beat Joshua in September 2024 to seize the IBF belt for a while.
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