07 February 2024 , 13:22
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Tyson Fury insists he will fight at least five times before retiring - including a potential doubleheader against Anthony Joshua.
Fury was due to take on Oleksandr Usyk next weekend but pulled out a week ago after suffering a cut in sparring The undisputed heavyweight world title fight has been rescheduled for May 18 - and Fury has rubbished suggestions he could hang up his gloves instead of fighting the Ukrainian.
The 35-year-old took to social media to claim he will fight Usyk twice before turning his attention to Joshua. Fury also envisages himself facing former UFC champion Francis Ngannou for a second time having been dropped by the Cameroonian last October before scraping a points win.
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“I keep hearing talk from people that I should retire or that I’m going to retire soon or whatever,” Fury said in a video. “I ain’t retiring anywhere. I’ve got two fights with Usyk for the undisputed, twice, then I’m going to fight AJ at least once, maybe twice if there’s a rematch... if he wants one after the battering I’m going to give him.
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“Then I’m going to fight Ngannou again and that’s just the start. That’s five fights to whet your appetite. I’m going nowhere, nowhere. I'm 35 and in the prime of my life.” Fury required 11 stitches on the cut above his right eye and has returned home to Morecambe from Saudi Arabia to recover.
He has agreed to a £10million penalty clause which could see him hand over the eight-figure sum to Usyk if he pulls out again. Meanwhile, Fury’s promoter Frank Warren has hit out at critics who have questioned the validity of his fighter’s injury - including former world champion Carl Froch.
Warren told the Daily Star: "Now people can see that he’s come home, he’s been stitched up and all this b******s that’s gone down and come out from people, especially idiots like Carl Froch who should know better, is nonsense. Then again this is the guy who thinks the world is flat.
"He should know better than anyone, lots of fights over the years have been postponed because of injury. I remember when Amir Khan was starting out and he was only a kid, he was having a pop at him because he was getting lots of publicity. He has gone at Anthony Joshua since he left Sky and Rob McCracken."