Turki Al-Sheikh says he’s going to speak with the recently retired Tyson Fury about bringing him back. He says he wants to give ‘The Gypsy King’ “some time” to be with his family before he talks to him about fighting.
Fury (34-2-1, 24 KOs) might still be salty about his recent loss to unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk on December 21st in Riyadh. At the post-fight press conference, he was in full denial mode, unwilling to accept that Usyk (23-0, 14 KOs) had soundly beaten him in his 12-round unanimous decision victory.
Childish Reaction
Tyson claimed he’d won by three rounds, and many of his fans backed this delusion by saying the same thing. Interestingly, Tyson also felt that he won the first fight with Usyk. He just thinks he’s been worked over by the judges and is bitter about it.
The retirement bit was a classic knee-jerk reaction from the ‘Gypsy King,’ as if to say, ‘You won’t have me to kick around anymore.’ He’s in full soak mode, being passive-aggressive to punish the boxing world for not giving him the win over Usyk.
It’s just so childish but utterly predictable from Fury. He wants his needs met with the victory given to him, and he can’t accept defeat with a stiff upper limit like most mature adults. He can’t process defeat.
“First of all, this kind of decision must be from the fighters. Of course, as a fan of boxing, I don’t like it,” said Turki Al-Sheikh to talkSport Boxing about Tyson Fury retiring.
“We want to see Tyson in more big fights, but I can understand his situation. You don’t know, this kind of decision can be changed by time. I will support him and discuss it with him. I will leave him for some time to be with his family, then we can discuss it.”
Luring Fury Back
Obviously, Fury will fight again. When Turki waves millions under his snoot for a Joshua fight, he’ll be back and acting like his old self. Tyson loves money too much for him not to return to grab that cash for the AJ fights.
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