Heavyweight star Tyson Fury announces his return to the ring in 2026, reversing his latest retirement declaration after two losses to Oleksandr Usyk.<\/p>\n
TYSON Fury has announced he will return to boxing in 2026.<\/p>\n
The heavyweight star confirmed his comeback on Instagram, nearly a year after announcing his latest retirement from the sport.<\/p>\n
Fury posted: \u201c2026 is that year. Return of the mac. Been away for a while but I\u2019m back now, 37 years old and still punching.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added there was \u201cnothing better to do than punch men in the face and get paid for it.\u201d<\/p>\n
This marks another reversal for Fury, who has a history of retiring only to return.<\/p>\n
He initially retired after beating Dillian Whyte in April 2022 but fought again later that year.<\/p>\n
His most recent retirement followed two consecutive points losses to Oleksandr Usyk in December 2024.<\/p>\n
Fury was angered by the judges\u2019 decisions in those fights, his only professional defeats.<\/p>\n
Speculation of a comeback grew after he posted several training clips on social media over the festive period.<\/p>\n
A long-awaited all-British fight against Anthony Joshua has been repeatedly discussed.<\/p>\n
Plans for a potential bout were being formulated for late summer or the end of 2026.<\/p>\n
However, a recent car crash in Nigeria involving Joshua has likely delayed those plans.<\/p>\n
If Joshua is unavailable, Fury could seek a third fight against unified champion Usyk.<\/p>\n
An alternative opponent could be WBO champion Fabio Wardley.<\/p>\n
A victory over either would see Fury join Muhammad Ali as a three-time world heavyweight champion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Heavyweight star Tyson Fury announces his return to the ring in 2026, reversing his latest retirement declaration after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":391503,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,55138,10806,8812,85],"class_list":["post-391502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-comeback","tag-fury","tag-heavyweight","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=391502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/391503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}