Tyson Fury Announced His Retirement To WBC, Is That Officially?
FightersTalkTV.com – Right on his 34th birthday, WBC Heavyweight Champion Tyson Fury announced his retirement from boxing. WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman posted a video message on Twitter explaining that he’d received an announcement from ‘The Gipsy King’.
“Just finished a touching video conference with @Tyson_Fury who has confirmed his official retirement from boxing,” said Sulaiman. “We fully support his decision, which is a dream for anyone to retire undefeated and as WBC champion of the world. @WBCBoxing will prepare a special farewell event soon.”
Tyson Fury, who turned professional at 20 years old has won 32 of his 33 fights with one of those going drawn when he fought Deontay Wilder in their first match in December 2018. The Manchester Fury became one of the most tremendous boxers when he defeated the Ukraine big name Wladimir Klitschko at 27 years old in their unification WBA, WBO, IBF, IBO and The Ring titles fight.
He knocked out his 23 opponents including the same Wilder, twice in their two rematches and made him a WBC and The Ring heavyweight champion in February 2020. His latest sensational knockout is when coming off a terrific sixth-round KO win over Dillian Whyte in April. The champion put on an excellent display before a crowd of 94,000 at Wembley Stadium in London. And then he stated his retirement.
“Is that final?” I asked Fury at the post-fight presser.
“I definitely think so,” was the antithetical response.
Tyson Fury puts the finishing touches on Deontay Wilder in their second rematch. Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images
With the Oleksandr Usyk-Anthony Joshua rematch all but finalized at that point, few believed that Fury could walk away. A clash with the winner would crown the first undisputed heavyweight champion since Lennox Lewis and present a career-high payday.
Having defeated Whyte, the WBC mandatory challenger, Fury was under no obligation to vacate any of his titles. And “I definitely think so” sounded like the Englishman was already hedging his bets.
And just days ago, Fury was calling out countryman Derek Chisora – a fighter he’s soundly defeated twice – for a third encounter.
We’ve learned to expected the unexpected from Fury, but notifying a sanctioning organization of his wish to retire is something new.
“Massive thanks to everyone who had an input in my career over the years,” Fury stated via social media. “After long hard conversations, [I’ve] finally decided to walk away and on my 34th birthday I say ‘Bon Voyage.’”
As a professional fighter, he has everything, won all titles and becoming the world champion in prime age without any lose is definitely outstanding. But 34 years old is not an old number for the big-name sportsman, many out there still boxed above 35. We just have to wait for the next statement from Tommy Fury’s brother, because we still want to see another record made by him.
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