Heavyweight boxer Tyson Fury said Monday he is retiring from the sport with immediate effect, shocking boxing fans who were looking forward to his summer bout with Anthony Joshua.
Promoter Eddie Hearn revealed that Wembley Stadium had been secured for the anticipated fight of the Britons.
“I’d like to announce my retirement from boxing,” said Fury in a video post on Instagram.
“It’s been a blast. I have loved every single minute of it and I’m going to end with this – Dick Turpin wore a mask!”
This is not the first time Tyson Fury will announce his retirement from boxing. In 2022 he said he was leaving after beating Dillian Whyte, but he returned six months later to fight Derek Chisora in a trilogy bout at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Tyson Fury in December lost his rematch against undisputed heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk, he lost by unanimous decision.
Fury’s promoter Frank Warren told Sky Sports: “Good luck to him, God bless him. I’m thrilled for him. I’ve been saying since his last fight whatever he chooses to do I support him 100 per cent.
“He’s done unbelievably great things for British boxing, world boxing. He’s been involved in some of the most exciting fights, certainly in the second coming, it’s been exciting fights every one of them.
Eddie Hearn told Matchroom that Fury’s decision to retire is “disappointing for British fight fans” but “doubts” his career is over and hopes the Joshua-Fury fight can still happen.
Asked whether the Joshua fight could tempt Fury out of retirement, Warren said: “It’s up to him. If he wants to he will. If doesn’t, he doesn’t. He doesn’t have to prove anything to anybody.”
