Tyson Fury 'fears retirement' and 'is afraid' after boxing legend stunned the world by quitting
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Tyson Fury 'fears retirement' and 'is afraid' of walking away from boxing, according to Teddy Atlas.
The 36-year-old recently stunned the world by announcing he would be walking away from the sport, just weeks after his second defeat to Oleksandr Usyk.
Some still feel Fury will end up coming back, with a seismic showdown with Anthony Joshua still being worked on behind the scenes.
Others, however, believe he really is well and truly done.
Tyson Fury recently stunned the world by announcing his retirement from boxing
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Atlas, who once coached a young Mike Tyson, has now reacted to Fury's decision to quit.
And he feels the Briton may have made the right call, while also expressing a belief that he's 'afraid' of what the future might now hold.
Speaking to CanadaCasino.Ca, Atlas said: "Yes [Tyson Fury fears retirement] because I think boxing stabilises his life.
"I have a lot of respect for Tyson Fury. I think he's a tremendous fighter and I think he's a great symbol.
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“I do think he's afraid [to retire], because I think that having this in his life, having boxing, the structure of boxing, the discipline, the people around him in camp, is a reason to get up every day and be strong.
"He's smart, he's not dumb. He's very smart. I think he realises that it’s important in his life, but at some point, he has to learn to live life without the help of boxing.
“It's kind of like you stop doing drugs or you stop drinking. Whatever it is.
"You have a sponsor, you have somebody that's with you, and he goes to the meetings with you, and he meets you every day when you feel like you're getting a little weak.
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"He's there for you, that person. But someday he can't be there. There has to come a day where it’s just you. And that day is here.
"He realised, he's smart, he can't box forever. And I think he's worried about losing that guy.
"That guy not being there with him to say ‘you can be strong’ and ‘you got to be strong, buddy’. I think he's concerned about that, and I don't blame him, and I pray for him.
"I pray for him that he can find his way without boxing.”
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GETTYAtlas also feels Fury has timed his retirement well, with the 68-year-old adding: “I think it's time for him to walk away. I love to see a movie end in a good way.
"My wife gets nuts, she will not watch a movie with me because she says, ‘as soon as it gets to that bad part you don't like the way it's going to end, you turn it off’. Yeah, I do. I turn it off. I don't want to see it, so I would like to see him walk away.
"He's made enormous amounts of money. God bless him.
"He could take care of his family for who knows how many lifetimes and he earned it.
Tyson Fury quit boxing just weeks after losing to Oleksandr Usyk for a second time
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"I'd like to see him walk off into the sunset before the sun crashes down, before it gets all dark.
"I'd like to see him actually on his own, in the right way, walk off into that movie sunset, I don't want to see another Muhammad Ali, the great Muhammad Ali stayed too long.”
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