Former world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has announced his retirement from boxing with immediate effect, Afrosport reports.
The 36-year-old made the announcement on social media on Monday, two days after boxing promoter Eddie Hearn claimed London’s Wembley Stadium had been reserved for Fury to lock horns against Anthony Joshua this summer.
Fury was recently in the ring in December 2024 when he lost his rematch against WBA (Super), WBC, and WBO champion Oleksandr Usyk by unanimous decision in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
“Hi everybody, I’m going to make this short and sweet,” Fury said in a video post on Instagram.
“I’d like to announce my retirement from boxing. It has been a blast; I’ve loved every single minute of it, and I’m going to end with this: Dick Turpin wore a mask.”
This marks the second time the Brit has announced his retirement, having previously done the same in April 2022, after beating Dillian Whyte. He, however, returned to the sport six months later in a trilogy bout against Derek Chisora at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Fury, a two-time world heavyweight champion, won his first title by beating Wladimir Klitschko in 2015 to claim the WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, IBO, and The Ring titles.
The Brit was out of the sport for almost three years but returned in 2018 before beating Deontay Wilder in 2020 to claim the WBC belt and become a two-time champion.
Tyson Fury retires with an impressive record of 34 wins, two defeats, and one draw, and it is left to see if he will make a return to the ring again.
