Tyson Fury has seemingly dropped a major bombshell about his future after training with his former coach SugarHill Steward. Back in January, the ‘Gypsy King’ shocked the boxing world after announcing his retirement from boxing.
“Hi everybody, I’m going to make this short and sweet,” he said to the camera. “I’d like to announce my retirement from boxing. It’s been a blast, I’ve loved every single minute of it. I’m going to end with this. Dick Turpin wore a mask. God bless everybody, see you on the other side. Get up!”
Since then, the former two-time heavyweight world champion has teased fans about a potential return to the ring, posting several clips of him training. However, his biggest hint yet came on Monday morning after he uploaded a short video in the gym alongside SugarHill.
Fury, 36, who was sweating slightly after potentially wrapping up a workout said: “Just in the gym, happened to bump into somebody you might know.” He then shifted the camera towards the direction of an energetic and happy SugarHill – who replied: “You know what time it is!” The ‘Gypsy King’ had the last say before ending the story: “You know what’s coming,” he said – seemingly teasing a return to the ring.
Earlier this month, the 36-year-old had sent boxing fans into meltdown after he returned to the gym and looked very sharp on the heavy bag – with some believing he looks set to face Anthony Joshua. His retirement announcement came just weeks after suffering his second defeat to Oleksandr Usyk, but the boxing faithful had hopes that Fury and Joshua would finally clash this year.
Recently, Fury’s manager Spencer Brown revealed that the Brit is still retired, but is struggling with boredom. He told iFL TV: “I spoke to him last week, he’s really happy. Really happy. He’s getting a little bit bored but he was really happy. I think he went to a nice birthday party over the weekend and had a few beers. Just speaking to him gives you a bit of light in your life because he makes you smile and he doesn’t anything too seriously.
“Is he going to fight again? He’s retired. He might be getting a little bit bored at the moment but that’s just a natural thing. He’s just enjoying himself, he’s running everyday. He’s really looking good. He’s tanned, he’s fit. He looks good. I was quite surprised when I saw him. He’s usually eating Jelly Babies and sweets but this time none of that. He’s proper on his diet.”
Despite Fury’s retirement announcement, boxing promoter Eddie Hearn hasn’t lost hope as of yet – regarding a potential Fury vs Joshua showdown – and believes it’s all on the ‘Gypsy King’ to rescue the heavyweight super-fight. In an interview with iFL TV, the promoter said: “I said it the other day in an interview, the way that fight gets made is probably Tyson reaches out to AJ and says, ‘Mate, do you fancy it?’ And he’ll go, ‘100 per cent, let’s f***ing do it.’ And it’ll be made like that. So let’s see.”
Top Rank COO Brad Jacobs recently claimed that the heavyweight star could be tempted out of retirement by a potential fight with ‘AJ’. Speaking to Sky Sports about the potential fight, Jacobs said: “He looks like he’s happy retired and doing it, but he’s done that before. But if not God bless him, he’s earned what he’s got. I believe there is the potential for it. What happens nobody knows. Tyson has done shocking things before, and it wouldn’t surprise me if he did it again.”
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