Boxing superstar Tyson Fury has announced the end of his professional career less than a month after his defeat in the heavyweight clash against Oleksandr Usyk. However, there can be doubts about the seriousness of the announcement.
“Hey everyone, I’ll keep it short and sweet: I would like to announce my retirement from boxing. It was a pleasure, I loved every single minute,” Tyson Fury announced the end of his successful boxing career in a post on Instagram on Monday. Career. However, it is not the first time that the Brit has hung up his gloves, at least verbally.
In 2016, in the run-up to a fight against boxing legend Wladimir Klitschko, Fury declared on X (then Twitter) that he would no longer fight any more fights, only hours later he retracted the statement. The next announcement of the end of his career took place in July 2017, and in April 2022 the “Gypsy King” also announced that he would no longer get into the ring. Four more fights have followed since then – however, Usyk recently showed the 36-year-old his limits twice and thus caused the first two defeats in Fury’s professional career.
The speculation that Fury’s announcement might not have a final character this time is fueled above all by the cryptic sentence with which the boxing star ends his remarks.
“I’ll end with this: Dick Turpin wore a mask. God bless you all, see you on the other side,” Fury finishes with a slight grin.
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The meaning can only be guessed at: Richard “Dick” Turpin (1705 to 1739) was an English highwayman whose actions served as a model for the fictional character Dick Turpin, who is particularly well known in England. She was betrayed by the authorities and subsequently exercised vigilante justice. Turpin also stands up for other citizens and appears as a cunning robber who often tricks and deceives those in power.
However, the English boxer Lionel Turpin (1920 to 1990) was also known as Dick Turpin.
Fury’s promoter Frank Warren has now also reacted to the events to the “Sun”.
“This is the first I’ve heard of this. I haven’t spoken to him today, but God bless him,” Warren is quoted as saying. He continued: “He has made more money than he could spend if he lived to be 1,000 years old. He has won every belt he ever wanted to win and he couldn’t have done more for the sport, for himself or for the British boxing. We wish him all the best.”
It was recently speculated that Fury would next step into the ring against his compatriot Anthony Joshua. However, this fight seems to be a long way off at this point.
Fury’s record is impressive either way. Fury won 34 of his 37 fights as a professional, one fight was classified as a draw.
Source: www.sport.de
