Tyson Fury has announced that he plans to retire after his upcoming fight with Dillian Whyte in a move which would send shockwaves around the heavyweight division. The Gypsy King was believed to be in line to fight the winner of Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk later this year in what would be a unification bout.
However, he has stated that he has no plans to do so, adding that he looks forward to retirement after facing Whyte at Wembley on April 23. Fury is finally set to face Whyte for the WBC heavyweight championship after the fight was mandated, having encountered significant delays, with purse bids being pushed back on four occasions.
An agreement was finally reached and the countdown to the fight is on - which will be Fury 's first in the UK since 2019 - after the first press conference was held on Tuesday afternoon. Speaking to the media, Fury explained why this will be the last fight of his legendary career.
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Fury said: "This is the final fight of my career, I'm retiring after this, $150m in the bank, healthy, young, I'm gonna buy a massive yacht abroad. I'm retiring, I'm out, this is my final fight, I'm done."
The fight will take place under the Wembley arch with a record purse bid and in front of a capacity crowd in what could be the biggest British boxing fight of the 21st century so far. Fury took his chance to dub Whyte as a 'coward' ahead of the fight,
Whyte did not show up to the event, with Fury's promoter Frank Warren berating Whyte's lack of professionalism in the build-up to the fight at Wembley Stadium. But Fury said he was unfazed by Whyte's no show - adding that he does not care about his opponents antics, as he stated that this would be the 'Tyson Fury roadshow'.
Fury said: "He has definitely shown a white flag today. All this social media stuff, 'I'm not promoting the fight, I'm not getting involved in mind games.' He's given me that much more confidence it's unbelievable. He's terrified. He's definitely showing the white flag in my estimation of this fight.
"The way he's going on about it, saying he doesn't want to go face-to-face, of course he doesn't, because he'll see that fire in my eyes and he'll think, 'I'm getting smashed to bits'. That's what it is, it's fear, it's terror. It's all of the above and I don't blame him for not being here today."
