He wanted to go out unhurt, unbeaten and on his own terms, and spend more time with his six kids. The 33-year-old Fury said he gave his word to his wife, Paris, that he would quit after completing his sensational trilogy of fights with Deontay Wilder with a victory in Las Vegas in October.
“I’m going to retire as only the second heavyweight in history, after Rocky Marciano, to retire undefeated. “I’ve fulfilled everything I’ve ever wanted to fulfil,” he said.
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There is one final level that might, in the coming days, start to nag away at the man who says he is retiring as “the best heavyweight there has ever been.”Ĭould Fury really turn down the chance of holding all the heavyweight titles and becoming undisputed champion of the world? He has held each of the belts at some stage of his 14-year pro career - either side of a 3½-year break when he dealt with issues of mental health, drug use and depression during which he tried to kill himself - but never at the same time.īeating the winner of the rematch between Oleksandr Usyk, the reigning WBA, IBF and WBO title-holder, and Anthony Joshua in a highly lucrative, legacy-defining fight would surely be the ultimate way to bow out. “If this was a computer game, it definitely would be completed.” There isn’t more to do,” he said in the bowels of England’s national soccer stadium. “I’m very proud I’ve won two English titles, two British titles, two Commonwealth titles, the Irish title, the European title, WBO intercontinental, WBO international, WBO super, WBA super, IBF, IBO, Ring Magazine, lineal, WBC - I’ve won every belt there is to win. No one quite mixes self-deprecation with self-promotion quite like this world heavyweight champion.Īfter all, moments earlier, Fury had reeled off all the titles he had won in a turbulent and headline-making boxing career that he might just have brought to an end with a brutal sixth-round stoppage of fellow Briton Dillian Whyte in front of 94,000 fans at London’s Wembley Stadium. “I’m a normal-looking man,” he said, “an average Joe.” Sitting in nothing but some tight-fitting shorts, Tyson Fury grabbed the flabby part of his belly and started shaking it.
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