Heavyweight champion Tyson Fury said he’d like to fight two more times and then call it a career.
The last leg in a trilogy is already set and another trilogy is already envisioned. Everybody is making plans for Tyson Fury
But Fury isn’t planning on anything beyond two more fights.
Retirement, he says, is an option.
“Hopefully, I’ll have two more fights and then sail into the sunset,” Fury told the U.K.’s Metro Wednesday.
Fury has two more fights left on his contract with ESPN. One, a third fight with Deontay Wilder, is tentatively scheduled for July 18 at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand. If Fury wins that one, the presumption is that he will move on to an all-U.K. showdown with Anthony Joshua. Joshua, of course, also has to win in a mandatory title defense against Kubrat Pulev on June 20.
But their respective promoters are already acting as though victories by both are a given. Preliminary talks are underway for a Fury-Joshua showdown at the end of the year.
In Fury-Joshua, Eddie Hearn foresees a potential trilogy, which from the promotional side represents three bites at the financial apple.
But Hearn, Joshua’s promoter, hasn’t consulted Fury.
“Yes, I got two more fights left,’’ Fury said.
Then, he said, it’s time to “think about what we’re going to do from there.’’
Fury compared his career to a piece of string. It’s not limitless, he said.
“How long’s a piece a piece of string?’’ he asked. “I’m undefeated from 31 fights and been a professional for 12 years.’’
Those close to Fury have already said they would like to see the heavyweight champion retire. His father, John Fury, said after the younger Fury’s stunning seventh-round stoppage of Wilder on Feb. 22, also at the MGM Grand, that he wants his son to retire now.
His wife, Paris, told the U.K.’s Mirror that she wants him to retire after a fight against Joshua.
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