Tyson Fury boxing comeback: Gypsy King confirms boxing return to Turki Alalshikh as he targets Oleksandr Usyk trilogy fight in 2026 | Boxing News
Tyson Fury confirmed that he would return to boxing in 2026, explains Turki Alashikh, president of the general entertainment authority of Saudi Arabia.
Fury announced that he had withdrawn from boxing in January earlier this year, a month after his defeat in Unanimous in Oleksandr Usyk in the heavy brief match of the pair.
The 36 -year -old has since teased a return by publishing images of him in the gym alongside coach Sugarhill Steward.
Alashikh went to social networks on Wednesday to announce the return of Fury, pointing to a fight against the trilogy against the Usyk.
“The ‘Gypsy King’ will be back !!! I spoke with him, and I have his word to have it in the Riyadh season in 2026. We have a rabbit to hunt!” Alashikh wrote on X.
Fury this week suggested that he would only return to boxing to fight Usyk in the United Kingdom. The Ukrainian beat Fury twice last year, the first of which seeing him become an undeniable heavyweight champion.
Asked about his reflections on the Usyk against Daniel Dubois for the undisputed heavy goods vehicle on July 19, Fury spoke of the possibility of a return.
“Dubois is very young and ambitious. Usyk is very experienced. But he has just fought with me, which is questionable that he won them or not, which he did not do, but he obtained the decision that is all that matters,” he said.
“If I was going to come back, I would come back for Usyk, but I want a fair result in England. It would be the fight I want afterwards.
“I do not want favors, I want a fair fight and a fair result that I know that I did not get. I thought I had won this second fight by five rounds. I looked literally 250 times and in each direction, I never see that there is a way he has won. But, they can do what they want.”
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Fury reaffirms his retirement position to wonder why he wants to come back with views of Lake Como. Instagram credit: @Tysfury
Earlier, speaking to the media, Fury said: “Why would I come back? There is not much to come back. Does the love of sport overthrow my health?
“You have to worry about your health. Your health is your wealth.”
Fury had previously announced his retirement in April 2022 after beating Dillian Whyte but returned six months later to fight Derek Chisora.
The double world heavyweight champion won his first title when he beat Wladimir Klitschko in 2015.
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Three years later, he returned to the ring and defeated Deontay Wilder in their second fight in 2020 to become WBC champion, before defending his title against Wilder again in 2021, then against Dillian Whyte and Derek Chisora ​​in 2022.
He overcome a great fear against Francis Ngannou in 2023, before losing twice against Usyk last year.
Fury has never fought Anthony Joshua, but says he does not regret competing against his compatriot and thinks that the attention surrounding if he returns “how relevant I am”.
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“As far as I’m concerned, I am happy, I won everything I had to do,” he added.
“My last fight was a clear victory for King Gitan. Anyone in boxing can see him. Politics, as you want to call him.
“As soon as I saw the result, I thought:” What’s going on here? “But I accept it, I am a man.
“I went home to my family. I am in Morecambe, I train twice a day. I drink when I want, I eat when I want. I won the right.”
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