Tyson Fury has been keeping up his usual training routine despite confirming multiple times that he is retiring after beating Dillian Whyte at Wembley in April to retain his world champion status. The 33-year-old has not surrendered his belts yet, however, suggesting that he could well be plotting a return to the ring.
It has been suggested that the undefeated Fury would come out of retirement to fight the winner of Anthony Joshua vs Oleksandr Usyk's rematch which takes place in Saudi Arabia this summer. In a video posted to Instagram, Fury addressed recent rumours of his retirement, saying: "Second session of the day, smashing it! Come on guys. I just read today that I am supposed to be coming out of retirement? That's news to me, As far as I'm concerned, I'm staying [retired]."
The rumours have intensified in recent days following Top Rank Boxing CEO and Fury's US promoter Bob Arum's admission that he could 'unretire' for the right fight. Speaking about Fury's future to Fight Hype, Arum said: "Tyson Fury is retired and he will be retired until we come to him with the next big event and then he will unretire." He added. "Well, I think Fury is going to wait to see how the [Anthony] Joshua fight comes out with [Oleksandr] Usyk, and then he'll make a determination whether he wants to continue.
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"Other than fighting the winner of Joshua-Usyk, there's really nothing that's really of interest to Tyson Fury, so we will have to see." He added.
Fury remains undefeated, but having never fought against fellow Brit Anthony Joshua fans would be disappointed never to see such a massive fight happen. The prospect of the pair meeting each other was hinted at by Fury's wife Paris after his win at Wembley.
She told BT Sport after the fight: "He has nothing left to prove - that's the thing, if he anything left to do I would say Tyson, you do it. Unless he really wants to box on - for fame or money or whatever - he doesn't need that. Tyson is the most famous man on the planet tonight.
"We're very blessed and lucky to not need anymore money - I am happy with what we are and what we have. I know in my heart that the only reason Tyson would come back is for a unification fight and that would be the only reason. He has nothing left to prove."
