TYSON FURY could continue to work in boxing as a promoter.
The Gypsy King announced his retirement from the sport yesterday.
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In a short video posted to social media Fury, 36, revealed that he’s hanging up his gloves, before cryptically saying: “Dick Turpin wore a mask.”
Fury’s retirement announcement has been met by scepticism in some quarters, given that he has hung up his gloves before only to later return.
Should his announcement be for real, promoter Frank Warren hopes to keep his star man onboard in a different capacity.
The Matchroom chief, 72, told Sky Sports: “I’d have no problem with him getting involved with us. We’d have a good run together!
“He’s got a great brain and he’s very astute.
“I hope it’s not [goodbye] because he’s got a lot to give boxing outside the ring.”
Giving his immediate reaction to SunSport, Warren revealed that he had not been expecting the announcement.
He said: “This is the first I’ve heard of it. I haven’t spoken to him today but God bless him.
“He’s earned more money than he could spend if he lived to be 1,000 years old.
“He’s won every belt he ever wanted to win and he couldn’t have done any more for the sport, for himself or for British boxing.
We wish him the absolute best.
“When I did speak to him I told him to take your time, relax, recover, don’t rush into any decisions and if this is the one he’s made he has our support and gratitude.”
Fury had been tipped for a huge Battle of Britain bout with Anthony Joshua.
And AJ’s promoter Eddie Hearn still believes that the fight could happen.
He told iFL TV: “I saw that coming. I think, if you ever want to come back and get the max you’ve gotta retire first, ain’t you?
“Someone’s gotta bring you out of retirement. So listen, if that’s the last we see of Tyson Fury, good luck to him.
“I doubt it, personally, but whatever he chooses to do much respect to him.”
View of The Sun’s boxing expert: ‘I think it’s a ploy’
CALL ME a miserable fat little boxing cynic, but Tyson Fury’s latest retirement just doesn’t wash with me.
It wasn’t too long ago we were hearing he had a ten-fight deal with Saudi Arabia, that he was gonna fight Anthony Joshua twice, then he was going to face Joseph Parker twice.
He was planning on doing every fight in the world – there was even talk he’d rematch Francis Ngannou and do a better job.
IF he has retired, then he goes out with an incredible career having made over £300million in boxing events alone, let alone all the extra stuff.
He does so having sacrificed bundles of his own life for such success.
We know his wife Paris suffered a miscarriage going into the first Olesandr Usyk fight.
We know for Deontay Wilder III, his little girl was put in intensive care, he barely even trained for that fight, he was sleeping on the hospital floor.
IF he has retired, IF it is genuine, then it’s been an incredible career.
And for the big showman, it’s probably a nice little short sharp way to go out by just posting a video while sat inside his car.
But I can’t help but think that it’s a bit of a ploy to drive AJ a little bit crazy.
AJ was at the Ring Awards the other day and put out a social media post saying “Fury, where are you? I’m looking for you.”
It’s the only fight that AJ wants, and Fury being wise and looking at the Floyd Mayweather playbook, knows that once you retire, you have to be coaxed out of retirement.
And how do you coax someone out of retirement? Loads more readies.
The fact of the matter is, Fury has always told us: I’m a prize fighter, I do it for money, I’m gonna do it for as long as I can and make as much money as I can.
So the idea that he suddenly ducks out now doesn’t seem to ring quite true.
As Fury made the announcement, I was with Frank Warren and he said hadn’t spoken to Tyson about it today, but that he hopes that it’s true, that Fury’s done enough and made enough money.
IF it’s true, then what an incredible career.
Fury and AJ have put British boxing on the map where it’s not been for decades, not since Lennox Lewis 25 years ago.
So thank you, but rather than being at his leaving party, which I’m sure The Sun would be invited to, I suspect we’ll see him boxing AJ in Riyadh in a few months.
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