The former heavyweight champion Tyson Fury announced Monday that he is retiring from boxing at the age of 36, less than a month after “The Gypsy King” lost for a second consecutive time to Oleksandr Usyk.
“Hi everybody, I’m going to make this short and sweet. I’d like to announce my retirement from boxing,” Fury said in a video posted to his Instagram account.
“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.”
Fury was one of the best boxers in the world and one of the top draws in the sport over the last decade, carrying an undefeated 34-0-1 record into his first fight with Usyk in May.