British heavyweight boxer Tyson Fury has retired from boxing, one month after losing a rematch to Oleksandr Usyk. Fury announced his decision in a cryptic video on Instagram, leaving his reasons for retirement unclear.
British heavyweight Tyson Fury has retired from boxing — again — one month after losing a rematch with Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk . The 36-year-old Fury announced the decision in a short video posted on his Instagram account on Monday, which included a cryptic message.British heavyweight boxer Tyson Fury speaks to the media following his unanimous decision loss to Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk on Dec. 21 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
It was unclear why Fury made a reference to Turpin, a famed 18th century English highway robber and horse thief.Fury was upset with the unanimous decision when he lost the Dec. 21 rematch with Usyk in Saudi Arabia. However, Usyk landed 179 of 423 punches thrown , while Fury landed 144 of his 509 punches, a 28 per cent clip.
But he never did and won two more fights, against Derek Chisora and Francis Ngannou — an MMA fighter making his boxing debut — before finally meeting his match in Usyk.The losses to Usyk were the only defeats in Fury's career, which began in 2008 and included one draw against American boxer Deontay Wilder in 2018.
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