Boxing superstar Tyson Fury has always been open with fight fans about his retirement intentions, with rumors again circling that the former world champion could hang up his gloves

Dethroned heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury has made his thoughts on retirement clear after successive losses to Oleksandr Usyk.

‘The Gypsy King’ lost his undefeated record to Usyk back in May 2024 when he suffered a split-decision defeat to Usyk. Boxing ace Fury, 36, hoped to avenge that result in their rematch last month but ended up succumbing in even more decisive fashion.

Given his advanced age and having missed out on his chance to become undisputed champ, it’s understandable talk has turned to potential retirement. But Fury has already dropped a heavy hint he has no intention of calling time on his career just yet.

“What’s next for me? I’m going home and having some time off,” he said after his second loss in Saudi Arabia. When asked if fans will see him fight again, he replied: “You might do, you might not. Who knows? We’ll talk about that next year.”

Those comments were fairly ambiguous on the fighter’s future following a tough year for Fury. However, The Sun has since reported the boxing icon has told close friends: “It’s not over.”

It wouldn’t be the first time Fury has walked away from the fight game. In fact, more than a decade has passed since The Gypsy King first announced his departure in November 2013 when his scheduled fight with David Haye collapsed for a second time.

“Hi everyone, I have officially retired from boxing,” he wrote on X (then Twitter). “There’s too many bent (crooked) people in the sport. They will have to f— someone else. Goodbye boxing.”

That pledge proved to be short-lived, considering he fought Joey Abell just three months later and continued his career at a steady pace. Almost 10 years passed before he once again said he was retiring in 2022, having defeated Dillian Whyte at Wembley in a sixth-round finish.

TYSON FURY stormed out of the ring after suffering a heart-breaking points defeat by Oleksandr Usyk – and both fighters have now received suspensions!

Officially at his career-heaviest weight of 20 stone, Fury came flying out the blocks before Usyk began to work out the Gypsy King in the latter stages.

After hearing the judges’ scorecards being read all in unison of 116-112 for Usyk, Fury immediately left the ring and did not conduct his in-ring interview.

Following back-to-back defeats to Usyk, many are questioning whether the Gyspy King will hang up his gloves – but The Sun exclusively revealed that the former world champion has assured pals: “It’s not over.”

On an eventful undercard, Johnny Fisher was DROPPED by Dave Allen before winning by a controversial decision and Moses Itauma brutally KNOCKED OUT Demsey McKean in the first round.

Money makes the world go round

Despite Fury losing for the second successive time to Usyk, I’m sure the payout would have eased the pain.

Reports suggest the total payout of the fight was £150m – an increase of £35m compared their first bout.

However, Usyk reportedly recieved a much higher pay split compared to his last fight against Fury.

This is because the Ukrainian was the defending champion and retain his titles Will there be a trilogy? Rematch clauses can often be a sticking point in big contracts for major fights.

It’s usually standard practice that in huge money-making fights a rematch clause is put down in ink.

But unfortunately for both men, that isn’t the case this time around. There is NO rematch clause in the contract so Fury will not get a third shot at Usyk’s belts.

Darren Till once showed Tyson Fury the dangers of stepping into the octagon while he was considering a career change.

Towards the end of 2019, Fury was still locked in negotiations for a rematch with Deontay Wilder, which ended up happening the following February. He made his WWE debut while recovering from a cut, and would regularly call out then-UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic.

He would even claim he was willing to come to the UFC to make the fight happen, although that always seemed tongue-in-cheek. And he certainly was put in his place when he sparred with then-welterweight Till, who took him down with ease during their session.

Darren Till took down Tyson Fury during MMA training session

A full video was released of the light sparring and drilling that Darren Till gave to Tyson Fury during 2019. The Scouse fighter, who was just about to face Kelvin Gastelum, showed him how to sprawl and ran him through some striking exercises.

Fury looked unbelievably powerful as he threw knees and elbows, but appeared to struggle a bit with the necessary movement to stuff a takedown. He noted that he may be able to make an oncoming attacker think twice about going for the legs with his fast hands, and went through extra training.

But when it came to moving the pace up in any way, Till was well able to find the legs and take Fury down, at which point he could make it into full mount. It was remarkable to see, given the massive size difference between the pair.

At the time, Till was fighting at 170lb and likely would have had to keep his walking around weight fairly close to that after a number of gruelling cuts. Meanwhile Fury was transitioning from the 253lb he was facing Otto Wallin to over 273lb when he took on Wilder.

Now, Darren Till is fighting Tyson’s brother Tommy Fury

Five years on, and Till has agreed to a boxing fight with Tyson’s younger brother Tommy Fury. The pair announced their meeting last month with a press conference in London, and the fight is set for January in Manchester.

There appears to be no love lost between the two parties, with Till getting into a shoving match with not only Tommy but his dad John Fury at their Misfits Boxing launch event. And he has even noted that he would be willing to get disqualified and throw a kick to his rival’s head if he is losing on the night.