Via Charles Brun: Tyson Fury said he is now retired, but he will not leave his WBC title blank as he has a year to think before deciding to give up the belt or fight again.
Many boxing fans believe Fury (32-0-1, 23 KOs) is awaiting the results of the August 20 rematch between unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua.
If superstar Joshua (24-2, 22 KOs) wins, Fury will immediately leave the pseudo-tournament to face him for the undisputed championship.
However, if Usyk (19-0, 13 KOs) wins, Fury will retire and will most likely wait to see if Joshua can get his hands on either belt in a year or two.
Fury is at a point where he’s rich and just wants to fight for as much money as possible. In other words, for Fury to revive his spirit to continue his career, the fight against Joshua will bring him a huge amount of money.
Making $20 million+ in the fight against Usyk wasn’t enough to get Fury off the sofa. It’s hard for the average boxing fan to understand someone who isn’t willing to work for $20 million or more, but it’s different when you’re someone with a reported net worth of $65 million that Fury has.
‘The Gypsy King’ has enough money to extend his life for ten lifetimes, so he won’t be motivated to continue his career with just $20 million in a risky fight against Usik.
“I stopped getting punched in the face a few times. Having a lot of money, still having my abilities and wisdom about me,” Tyson Fury told iFL TV about his decision to retire from his boxing career.
Understand what I mean? Ambition isn’t there for Fury to continue his career unless it’s a fight against Joshua where he could potentially get $100 million just for that fight.
The risk that Fury turns down the green face in his fight with Usyk is that Joshua may never win another world title. Let’s face it, Joshua is in the twilight of his career, and if he beats ‘regular’ WBA champion Daniel Dubois for his extra belt, he could be out.
So unless one of the sanctioning bodies like the World Boxing Council creates a trinket title for Joshua to win, he won’t win another world title.
“[I’ve got] Six children and a wife to take care of. So if someone wants to criticize me for that, they can basically go smoke my b****,” Fury continued, explaining why he wasn’t interested in taking the risk. come back.
“I’ve had at least a year, says Mauricio Sulaiman. Maybe in six months I will feel different,” Fury said of the WBC title he is holding for a number of reasons.
“At the moment, I don’t want to fight again, but you never know what six months will bring. When [a mandatory] Please make your final decision. ”
