Tyson Fury’s retirement ‘real’ as he ‘is aware of sport is up’ after ‘soul-destroying’ Usyk loss
Tyson Fury’s retirement announcement on Monday is genuine, according to a body language expert, despite the ‘Gypsy King’ previously returning to the sport twice before
Tyson Fury’s retirement from boxing is “genuine”, a body language expert has claimed.
The ‘Gypsy King’ announced he is hanging up his gloves in a video posted to social media on Monday. The 36-year-old lost the rematch bout for the heavyweight world championship against Oleksandr Usyk last month.
Despite not admitting to any suggestions of retirement after his defeat, Fury announced that he is hanging up his gloves via a video he posted to social media. “Hi everybody, I’m going to make this short and sweet,” Fury began.
“I’d like to announce my retirement from boxing. It’s been a blast, I’ve loved every single minute of it. I’m going to end with this. Dick Turpin wore a mask. God bless everybody, see you on the other side. Get up!”
In the wake of Fury’s retirement, body language expert Darren Stanton told OLBG that he believes the former heavyweight champion is being sincere. “I do believe he is being genuine – when he’s ‘retired’ on previous occasions I never believed him having assessed quite a lot of his Netflix show” Stanton said.
“At that time, he looked to have too much fire in his belly to truly be in retirement, he had too much energy and looked bored. However, coming out of retirement and losing twice in the manner he has done, I think he’s realised that the game is up now.”
Stanton added: “He’s got to a point in his career where we’ve seen the best of him; so as much as he gives it large with his bravado, I do think his time might really be up. He will obviously have had lengthy discussions with his family and his wife Paris.
“Despite his persona, I believe that she carries a lot of weight in terms of decisions in the relationship. I think it’s very unlikely that we’ll see him come out of retirement now. To lose again was probably too soul destroying. At least now he can say he came out of retirement and tried.
“From a non-verbal point of view, the video is so short and sweet. In terms of the way he said it I really do think that this is the end of his professional boxing career. He won’t disappear, because he’ll still be a pundit; so overall I do feel that this time it’s different because I think he’s lost that belief and fire in his belly.”
Fury had previously said he had retired twice before, the first time coming after achieving his boxing dream by becoming heavyweight world champion after defeating Wladimir Klitschko in 2015. His second retirement came after beating Dillian Whyte at Wembley in 2022, only to return at the end of the year to fight Derek Chisora.
