TYSON FURY insists he will remain retired, as he said that his promoter Bob Arum's claim that he would fight again was "new to me!"
After beating Dillian Whyte in April at Wembley Stadium, the Gypsy King took his hand off.
Tyson Fury insists that he will remain retired
Arum insists that his retirement is true, but he has serious doubts about it. He stated that WBC heavyweight champion Arum would take the gloves off again.
Fury, 33 years old, responded to Fury's comments in a video posted to his social media. This discredits any hope of him appearing in the ring.
The star was exercising on an exercise bike and said, "I just read today that it is supposed to be my retirement."
"That's new to me. "I'm going to stay, as far as I'm concerned."
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Arum, 90 years old, hinted at Fury's return by saying that Tyson Fury was retired. He will then retire until we bring him up with the next big event. Then he will unretire."
Fight Hype spoke with Fury, who said: "Well, Fury will wait to see [Anthony] Joshua fight with [Oleksandr] Usyk. Then he'll decide if he wants to go on."
"Aside from fighting Joshua-Usyk's winner, there's not really anything that Tyson Fury is interested in, so we'll have to wait and see."
Fury is not yet free from his belts despite his retirement.
SIGN UP DEALS AND FREE BETS - THE BEST NEW CUSTOMER OFFERINGSPlanet Sport was informed by Mauricio Sulaiman, president of WBC, that he had spoken to him after the Whyte clash. He said: "We're going give him the time he needed to reflect, relax, he just completed the mandatory of his division.
"We don't want to press him or his team into taking any decision.
"We will be in communication, he is on holiday with his family.