Weeks after asserting that he would be returning to the ring, Tyson Fury has changed his mind once again.
The Mancunian hung up his gloves for a fourth time in January following a second consecutive loss to Oleksandr Usyk.
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Fury hasn’t set foot in the ring since losing to Usyk in DecemberCredit: Getty
Fans then had their hopes raised earlier this month when Fury’s promoter Frank Warren declared his client was ready to launch a comeback in 2026 once he had completed filming his biopic with Netflix.
Warren insisted that Fury was chomping at the bit to fight Usyk for a third time and that the long-awaited all-British showdown with Anthony Joshua was a genuine possibility.
However, in a recent interview with FurociTV, Fury showed little interest in putting the gloves back on.
He even went as far as to suggest that he wouldn’t be tempted back between the ropes if there was £1bn on the line.
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“There’s no actual reason for me to go back in the boxing ring,” said Fury.
“I’m 37 years old, I’ve been punched for the last 25 years, what do I want to go back to boxing for?
“It used to be for the money, the titles, but now I’ve got more money than I can spend, I’ve got unlimited amounts of belts and titles, and does it make me any happier? No.
“Was the chase better than the victory? Yes. The climb was better than the mountain peak, to be fair. Always the case.
“I could go back to boxing at any given time, but I just don’t want to.
“I’ve got no interest in that clamour or the limelight, or to go get punched again, I’m not interested, it doesn’t do anything for me.
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Fury told Warren that he was launching a comeback in 2026Credit: Getty
“You could offer me £1bn today, and it wouldn’t move the needle, because I’ve gone past that point of caring about what other people think.
“Boxing doesn’t take any prisoners; it only takes casualties.
“So for me to be sat here, all my faculties in order, won every belt, made loads of money, and not got a scratch on me, I’ve done really well there.
“But I don’t want to tempt fate. I don’t want to keep going back and back to the well because how many times can you keep doing it without getting brain damage or whatever else?
“Not being able to walk in a straight line, it’d all be pointless then.”
Tyson Fury’s history with retirement
Fury has gone back and forth on retirement several times over the years.
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Fury retired from boxing after knocking out Whyte in April 2022Credit: GETTY
He walked away from the sport for the first time in 2013 after his domestic dust-up with David Haye collapsed.
Yet he would reverse his assertion shortly after to dethrone Wladimir Klitschko in Düsseldorf.
Following the historic victory, Fury’s mental health spiralled out of control, leading to a three-year hiatus from the ring.
In a stunning turn of events, ‘The Gypsy King’ launched the most unlikely of comebacks to snatch the WBC heavyweight title away from Deontay Wilder.
A third retirement followed in April 2022 after his brutal knockout win over Dillian Whyte at Wembley Stadium, but that only lasted eight months.
His latest decision brings the number up to four, and if Fury’s word is to be believed, then it will stay that way.