Tyson Fury: ‘I’m an abnormal alien’

World heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury has likened himself to ‘‘an abnormal alien’’ as he outlined the motivation behind his latest comeback.

Fury defends his WBC belt against fellow Brit Derek Chisora in London on Sunday (NZT).

Fury has had several retirements and a failure to negotiate a unification fight with Oleksandr Usyk who holds the WBA, IBF and WBO belts, or a British superfight against Anthony Joshua looked like it may see him hang up his gloves for good.

But Fury, 34, said he found the fight game irresistible after failed attempts to be a true homebody.

‘‘I need this,’’ Fury (32-0-1, 23 KOs) said on the MMA Hour. ‘‘I need this more than I ever thought

I’d ever need something and I still have a lot to give.

‘‘I need it mentally, physically, emotionally . . . I’m not ready to let it go right now. Hopefully, in the short distant future there’s going to be a time where I’m ready to let it go, but I ain’t ready to let it go right now.’’

Fury said boredom had eventually characterised his few short breaks as he came to the realisation that he simply wasn’t ‘‘a normal person’’.

‘‘I was at home, I did everything I wanted to do. I wanted to spend some time with my family. I wanted to be that father. The kids, the school runs and all that, the dog, I wanted to do all that sort of stuff.

‘‘Then I realised that’s for normal people, and I’m anything but a normal person. I’m like an abnormal alien. I only thrive when I’m in training camp for a fight.’’