Tyson Fury has dropped yet another hint that he will reverse his retirement.
‘The Gypsy King’ hung up his gloves in January after falling to a second consecutive defeat at the hands of Oleksandr Usyk.
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However, he has since teased a return to the ring multiple times.
Last month, he sent the boxing world into a frenzy when he uploaded a video of himself and long-time trainer SugarHill Steward in the gym together.
“Just in the gym. I just bumped into somebody you might know,” he said before turning the camera to Steward.
“You know what is coming.” Steward concurred: “You know what time it is.”
Fury has since stoked the fires further by posting a clip of him and his dad, John Fury, heading to a “business meeting” together.
“Business meeting today, Dad,” said Fury. “En route. Incoming, incoming.”
Boxing fans will be hoping the news is the announcement that Fury is coming back to face long-time rival Anthony Joshua.
The pair have been locked into negotiations on several occasions to no avail.
The closest they came to exchanging leather was back in 2020 when both men held all four major heavyweight belts between them.
However, a judge in a US court ruled that Deontay Wilder was due a third fight with Fury, leading to the all-British showdown being scrapped.
It’s happened before….
🥊 Fury retired after his fight with Haye collapsed in 2013
🥊 Fury due to mental health struggles following his win over Klitschko in 2016
🥊 Fury retired again in 2022 after beating Whyte
Since then, they have entered into preliminary talks on a couple of occasions, but nothing has ever come to fruition.
Joshua’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, believes the fight can be easily made now that the boxing landscape has changed and remains hopeful that the pair can finally get it on this year.
“I do [think it can be easily made],” he told talkSPORT last month. “In the past, it’s always been: one’s a champion, one’s a challenger.
“Now, both guys are in a similar position: they’re coming off a defeat… Fury has two defeats, both to Oleksandr Usyk.
“They’re both still pretty much in their prime, and as we saw last Saturday, sometimes you don’t need the world championship belt.
“Sometimes when you’ve got two champions trying to become undisputed, it’s a little bit cagey.
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“Benn vs Eubank Jr was just a great example of two guys that just went to war, and that’s exactly what you’d get with AJ against Fury.”
The fight won’t be able to take place until Joshua has fully recovered from his recurring elbow injury.
AJ is set to undergo surgery in the coming days, which is said to have a six-to-eight-week healing process.
That means that the earliest a fight with Fury can be made is October.
