In April, Tyson Fury says he's "achieved everything I set out to achieve". A few weeks later, the boxer is pushing for a resignation from retirement. Offensively, the heavyweight champion challenges Derek Chisora in no uncertain terms. Fury already has a new coach.
Heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury has announced a comeback in the boxing ring after his supposed retirement. The 33-year-old wants to face Derek Chisora for a third time, he announced on social media. As a trainer, Fury will be looked after by the 28-year-old featherweight Isaac Lowe. "I've decided to return to boxing because I can be the first heavyweight champion in history to have two trilogies," Fury said. In a video clip, the Briton addresses his compatriot Chisora directly and challenges him: "You call yourself 'War', but you should call yourself chicken because you're running away from the trilogy and the biggest payday of your career."
After the fights against the American Deontay Wilder (2018, 2020 and 2021), Fury now apparently wants to compete for a third time after 2011 and 2014 against the now 38-year-old Chisora, who in July against the Bulgarian Kubrat Pulev, who was three years older first win since 2019. "I always said that at the end of my career I would fight Derek Chisora," said Fury.
Fury justified the decision for Lowe as the new coach as follows: "He knows me better than anyone on the planet and we are a great team." In April, Fury successfully defended his WBC belt against Dillian Whyte in front of 94,000 spectators at Wembley Stadium. It was Fury's 32nd win in 33 professional fights in a draw. Fury is still undefeated. After the fight in Wembley he had spoken of the "final curtain for the Gypsy King": "I have achieved everything I wanted to achieve."
After that, Fury had already made headlines with a comeback announcement. In the event that world champion Alexander Usyk wins the rematch against Fury's dethroned compatriot Anthony Joshua, a unification fight is conceivable - for a record purse of $ 500 million. The Ukrainian Usyk holds the belts of the WBA, WBO and IBF associations.
