‘Unbeatable’ Tyson Fury determined to stick to retirement pledge

Tyson Fury sat in a tight-fitting pair of shorts and began shaking his stomach.

He said, “I’m a normal-looking guy.” said, “an average Joe.”

This world heavyweight champion is the first to combine self-deprecation and self-promotion.

Fury had already recited all the titles he’d won in his turbulent boxing career. Fury may have even ended that story with a sixth-round knockout of Dillian Whyte in front 94,000 Londoners at Wembley Stadium.

“I’m very proud I’ve won two English titles, two British titles, two Commonwealth titles, the Irish title, the European title, WBO intercontinental, WBO international, WBO super, WBA super, IBF, IBO, Ring Magazine, lineal, WBC — I’ve won every belt there is to win. There’s nothing more to be done,” he said. saidIn the bowels England’s national soccer arena.

“If it were a computer-based game, it would certainly be completed.”

But not quite. The man who said he was retiring as “the greatest heavyweight ever” might be starting to nag him in the days ahead.

Can Fury refuse the opportunity to hold all heavyweight titles and become the undisputed world champion? He has held each of the belts at some stage of his 14-year pro career — either side of a 3 1/2-year break when he dealt with issues of mental health, drug use and depression during which he tried to kill himself — but never at the same time.

In a high-stakes, legacy-defining fight, beating the winner of Oleksandr Usyk’s rematch with Anthony Joshua would be the best way to go.

Fury says so.

He stated, “I’ve achieved everything I ever wanted to achieve.” said. “I am retiring as the only heavyweight in history to retire undefeated, after Rocky Marciano.

“I was unbeatable in that game.”

Walkaway KO to Remember

Fury, 33 years old saidParis was the one to whom he made his promise that he would leave after his thrilling trilogy of fights against Deontay Wilder, which culminated in a win in Las Vegas in October. He wanted to be unhurt, unbeaten, and on his terms. He also wanted to spend more time with his six children.

But he was persuaded by Whyte to fight him in his homecoming bout. This was in front of the largest boxing audience in Britain.

He scored a 32nd win in the bag and finished Saturday with a vicious uppercut, sending Whyte to the canvas. It was a knockout that he will always be remembered for.

If this is it for the towering Fury — and it still seems hard to believe we’ve seen the last of him — it was quite the career, in and out of the ring.

In 2015, Wladimir Klotschko ended his decade-long reign of champ in Ukraine’s Boxing Backyard of Dusseldorf. That was the night that he made his debut to the world. The Wilder Trilogy in the U.S. was when he switched from a back-footed, pragmatic boxer into an aggressive, in your face approach that cemented him as the greatest heavyweight of the last decade.

His links to Daniel Kinahan were a major problem in his life, especially in the years before the Whyte fight.

He made homophobic and misogynistic comments, which saw him be heavily criticized in Britain. This was at a time when he believed he should have been treated as a king following his dethronement of Klitschko. A backdated doping ban of two years was issued for high levels of nandrolone found in urine after fighting in 2015.

Others, though, prefer to see him as an icon for coming back from the brink — he ballooned in weight, became a drug user, drank heavily and said he attempted to kill himself after capturing the world heavyweight title for the first time — and becoming the No. 1 heavyweight.

“Hit like a storm”

He’s also an entertainer by nature, performing in the ring after each fight and even appearing at a press conference as Batman.

He is, above all, a skilled boxer who comes from a long line of bare-knuckle champions.

“There’s never been anyone who could defeat me,” says Gypsy King. said. “You want to know why?” My 6-foot-9 frame and 270-pound weight can move like a middleweight. I can also hit like a storm and take a punch as well as anyone else. I have the heart of a Lion and the mindset of the Wizard of Oz.

Fury said that he might next compete at a WWE event. Fury teased the possibility of a mixed exhibition fight with UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou.

But, more would like to see him face Usyk and Joshua.

Fury said, “I have given everything and put it on to the line every single day.” saidIt is sufficient.