TYSON FURY insists he is staying retired and will not return to boxing for the people who “rumped” him.
The 36-year-old hung up his gloves after back-to-back losses to Oleksandr Usyk last year.
GettyTyson Fury announced his fifth retirement from boxing just weeks after his second straight loss to Oleksandr Usyk[/caption]
PAThe Gypsy King appeared to perform a U-turn last month when he called out the Ukrainian for a trilogy fight[/caption]
PABut the Wythenshawe warrior insists he won’t be lacing up his gloves again[/caption]
But the offer of an overdue mega-money Anthony Joshua fight remains on the table.
Saudi Arabia funded both of those iconic Usyk showdowns and would fund the mouthwatering AJ rivalry.
But the Morecambe millionaire seems to still be seething at his consecutive points defeats to the Ukraine king and has floored talks of a return.
Referring to himself in the third person, from a stunning Lake Como balcony in Italy, he said: “I hear a lot of talk about the Gypsy King returning to boxing and I ask this question: for what?
“What would I return for?
“More belts? I’ve won 22 of them.
“I’ve been rumped, that’s it, fair play to them, they got their use out of me.
“But I’m happy, I am happy, content with what I have achieved and accomplished.
“I’ve been around the world and back again.
“And this is what retirement looks like for the Gypsy King, not too shabby.”
Confusing reports from the Joshua camp suggest the 35-year-old has just signed a two-fight deal with the Saudis – with a fight coming before the end of the year – but requires surgery on an elbow injury.
All signs seem to point to Fury – who has shared social media clips of himself running and training again – finally coming face-to-face with the London 2012 legend.
But he insists the gym sessions are simply to keep his physical and mental health in check.
And that the fantasy all-English fight will never happen.
He said: “I’m in no rush at all, to come back to boxing and get my face punched in.
“For what? What would I return for? I ask that question.
“I am retired and I am staying retired.
“I have nothing to prove to anybody and nothing to return for.”
REUTERSA multi-million-pound showdown with Anthony Joshua awaits Tyson Fury should he return[/caption] Creator – [#item_custom_dc:creator]
