FURY: I’M NOT RETIRING
Gypsy King insists he’ll fight five more times... including AJ clash
TYSON FURY insists he will fight at least another five times before retiring — including a potential double- header against Anthony Joshua.
Fury was due to take on Oleksandr Usyk next weekend but pulled out a week ago after picking up a cut in sparring. The undisputed heavyweight world title fight has been rescheduled for May 18 – and Fury has s rubbished suggestions he could uld hang up his gloves instead of f fighting the Ukrainian.
The 35- year- old took to social media to claim he will fight Usyk twice before turn- ing his attention to former er world champion Joshua.
Fury ( main picture) also plans to face former UFC champion Francis Ngannou for a second time having been dropped by the Cameroonian last October before scraping a points win.
“I keep hearing talk from people that I should retire” Fury said. “But I ain’t retiring anywhere. I ’ve got two fights with Usyk for the undisputed, then I’m going to fight AJ at least once, maybe twice if there’s a rematch.
“That’s if he wants one after the battering I ’m going to give him.
“Then I ’m going to fight Ngannou again and that’s just the start. That’s five fights to whet your appetite. I ’m going nowhere, nowhere. I ’m 35 and in the prime of my life.”
Ngannou will take on Joshua ( below) next month, though the Brit has been warned by promoter Eddie Hearn he must fight smart to win.
Thee x-UFC king floored Fury in Riyadh with a left hook in the third on what was his pro debut.
Hear Hearn refuses to take Ngannou ligh lightly, insisting he beat Fury no m matter what the scorecards said, and says Joshua must be fully switched on if he is going to make it four straight wins w on March 8 in Riyadh. The Matchroom chief claims th eh C Cameroonian who recorded 12 of his 13 UFC wins by knockout, proved against Fury that he can take a punch. “It’s definitely a fight with a lot of jeopardy,” said Hearn. “You really have to be on your guard for this fight, you’ve got to be razor sharp.
“Francis has surprised everybody. He’s one stubborn competitor and it’s not going to be easy. You’ ll have to knock him down and keep banging away. You’ve got to be really smart in this fight; don’t get hit, break him down and hopefully he’ ll go over like a big tower and we can just move on.”