By Scott Gilfoid: For those who were worried sick about British heavyweight Tyson Fury (21-0, 15 KO’s) suddenly announcing today that he’s retiring from boxing, you can rest at ease. It seems that Fury was just blowing smoke for some reason, maybe because he lost his 5 million pound ($8 million) payday bout against David Haye. Fury’s trainer Peter Fury says that Tyson will be continuing his career and that he’s currently in negotiations for a fight with the unbeaten Deontay Wilder (30-0, 30 KO’s).
Peter said “You will not see Tyson in the ring unless it’s a worthy opponent and if boxing is anything like he’s had to endure regarding Haye camp, can keep it. Tyson will fight and win world titles but this time with real fights! That’s what he means. @BronzeBomber, yes, talks ongoing [with Deontay].”
So there it is. Fury will be continuing with his career and we can ignore his blather about retiring because that’s not happening, as anyone believed he would retire.
I don’t think Fury has had to go through too much with the Haye episodes. Look at it this way: Haye has made Fury better known just by having agreed to fight him, and you can’t take away the the little bit of fame that Fury got after the Haye-Fury fight was announced.
The best part of all, at least for Fury’s sake, he didn’t have to fight Haye and risk getting knocked out in the first two rounds. Fury can way walk away from the experience smelling like a rose compared to Haye, which is probably a lot more than what Fury would have been able to say had the fight actually taken place. So, it’s actually a win-win situation for Fury because he didn’t get whipped by Haye, and he got more of a name out of the situation.
On top of that, Fury is in the process of getting a fight with arguably the most talented contender in the heavyweight division in Deontay Wilder, so that’s definitely a huge plus for Fury. By the time the Fury vs. Deontay fight is through in February, Fury will be well known throughout the United States. Yeah, he’ll probably lose the fight, but at least his name will be known by a ton of casual boxing fans in the U.S.
Fury won’t have to go through the same problems with Deontay that he did with Haye, because Deontay is a lot younger than Haye, he’s a bigger guy, and he’s probably not going to make the silly mistake of sparring the week before the fight. Deontay doesn’t life a lot of weights, so he’s not prone to shoulder injuries. He’s just naturally strong without having to lift a mess of weights to get like that.
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