Tyson Fury makes retirement declaration as boxing star prepares for crunch Oleksandr Usyk fight

Tyson Fury makes retirement declaration as boxing star prepares for crunch Oleksandr Usyk fight

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Jack Otway

By Jack Otway


Published: 13/05/2024

- 14:29

The Gypsy King has doubled down on his stance

Tyson Fury has previously revealed he wants eight to 10 more fights before quitting boxing.

And now, speaking ahead of his showdown with Oleksandr Usyk, the 35-year-old has doubled down and expressed hope that he'll become the first £500 million heavyweight in the sport's entire history.


Fury has previously announced multiple retirements but, at the age of 35, is still going strong.

He is currently preparing to battle Usyk on Saturday night, with the pair set to finally meet in Saudi Arabia after months of delays.

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While Fury may be approaching the twilight years of his career, he doesn't plan on slowing down.

He's told The Telegraph that he will fight 'eight to 10 more times to the age of 40'.

And the Gypsy King added: “Happy days, with those fights I’ll become the first £500 million heavyweight boxer in history.”

Fury has never shied away from boasting about the money he makes.

But he remains a passionate boxer and would love to add to his list of achievements on Saturday night in the biggest boxing fight of the past 25 years.

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He is currently in Saudi preparing, having been out in the Middle East for the past two weeks.

And Fury has nothing but positive things to say about the country and His Excellency Turki Alalshikh, the Saudi minister who is one of his biggest fans.

“Saudi is amazing, very welcoming," he said. "It's the opposite out here to what I had heard.

"Look, this fight with me and Usyk was made with Turki, His Excellency, in 25 minutes. That’s all it took.

"This is a good fight, I’m not too concerned about what people are going to be saying in 100 years.

"The dust from our bones won’t exist in 100 years, never mind what they say about a boxing match in 100 years.

"We’ll all be dead, my kids will be dead, my wife will be dead, my dad will be dead, anybody I ever cared about will be gone.

“So I’m going in there to get paid, get laid, and come back to Morecambe Bay.

"I probably won’t even buy anything, because I don’t need anything. I’ll go to the shop and buy a bit of shopping, probably be tighter than I am today.

"I’ll do the rematch exactly the same, get paid, get laid, come home, Morecambe Bay, still not buy anything.”

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Alalshikh has also previously called Fury the sport's 'diamond'.

When quizzed on that high praise, the 35-year-old said it was because he's a 'dying breed' as both an entertainer and a fighter.

“It’s because I’m charismatic, tall, controversial, good-looking, can fight... all of the above," he quipped.

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"That’s why. There’s a lack of characters in this sport today, a lot of businessmen and cash registers, but there ain’t so many characters.

"I’m a dying breed in this game.

“All I can do on Saturday night is go in there, give it my best shot, and win, lose or draw, put my best foot forward and man up.”

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