Tyson Fury has been given just under two weeks to decide whether to vacate his heavyweight world title.
Fury announced his latest retirement on Friday, four months after first claiming to be hanging up his gloves following his stoppage win over Dillian Whyte in April. He followed up this claim by vacating his Ring magazine belt which recognised him as the best heavyweight in the world.
And Fury has now been given until August 26 to confirm his retirement to the WBC whose belt he has held since he knocked out Deontay Wilder in 2020. "We had communication with his promoter and we gave him more than 10 days, until [August] 26, to confirm in writing if it is a final decision and in that way proceed and address the issue," WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman told Izquierdazo.
