Tyson Fury has confirmed he will return to the ring - 53 days after announcing his retirement.
Fury insisted he was hanging up his gloves following his sixth-round stoppage of Dillian Whyte at Wembley two months ago. He claimed not even an undisputed clash with the winner of Anthony Joshua's rematch with Oleksandr Usyk could tempt him back to the gym.
But he has now admitted he will pull on a pair of gloves again - and is willing to face Usyk whom he expects to beat Joshua for a second time. "We have some very exciting news coming. I think the world has been waiting for a plan of action," Fury told Queensberry Promotions.
"Last week we [Fury and promoter Frank Warren] had a nice Italian down in London and a long conversation about lots of stuff. I will be back in the ring 100 per cent, just like in the movie when Jerry Maguire shouted ‘Show Me The Money!'. If anyone can show me the money then it’s Frank Warren, I call him the Magic Man and we are going to make some big, big things happen."
Fury 'retired' unbeaten following his win over mandatory challenger Whyte, but last summer saw his hopes of fighting Joshua extinguished when he was forced to instead take on Deontay Wilder. The Brit dispatched his long-time rival for a second time, two weeks after Joshua had lost to Usyk.
Those rivals will meet again in Saudi Arabia on August 20 - and Fury expects the Ukrainian to retain his three belts. "When this middleweight knocks out this bodybuilder there will only be one man to sort this absolute circus out," he added.
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"What I would say to the people who want this fight to happen is: you better have a big cheque book, because to bring the big Gypsy King out of retirement to redeem this country - yet again - it’s going to cost. I am a prize fighter and I do fight for prizes but it is going to cost if you want me to do a mission on this middleweight and show what a real heavyweight does to them.
"And that will be expensive, they will need deep pockets and then we can talk but not before the Usyk vs Joshua fight happens first, because it is pointless before."
