The five times Tyson Fury retired from boxing and what happened - including his first 11 years ago!
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Less than one month after suffering defeat in his rematch with Oleksandr Usyk, Tyson Fury took to social media on Monday to announce his retirement. After one of the most distinguished careers in modern heavyweight history, the Gypsy King revealed that he was bowing out of the sport in a 17-second video posted on Instagram.
![[The former heavyweight king delivered the announcement in a post on his Instagram account]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/13/20/94045995-0-image-a-14_1736799016988.jpg)
The announcement comes as a particular surprise, given that his second defeat to Usyk appeared to open the door for a long-awaited money-spinning showdown with Anthony Joshua. Fury's news was met with scepticism across much of the boxing world, and for good reason.
![[Fury was slated to fight long-time rival and former heavyweight champion David Haye in the autumn of 2013]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/13/20/94050209-14280073-image-a-15_1736799162561.jpg)
The erratic and outspoken 36-year-old has previously announced his intentions to step away from sport, only to later make a u-turn and return to the ring. Here, Mail Sport looks back at all five of Fury's 'retirements' and the events surrounding them. Tyson Fury announced on Monday that he is retiring from boxing with immediate effect.
![[But after Haye was forced to withdraw twice through injury Fury claimed he was stepping away from the sport]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/13/20/94050207-14280073-image-m-17_1736799212092.jpg)
The former heavyweight king delivered the announcement in a post on his Instagram account. Long before Anthony Joshua had made his mark on the professional ranks, Fury had found himself part of another long-running domestic rivalry in the heavyweight division.
![[Fury became the unified champion in 2015 by defeating long-reigning heavyweight king Wladimir Klitschko]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/13/20/94050223-14280073-image-a-18_1736799276900.jpg)
In 2013 the fight on everyone's lips was the up and coming contender Fury taking on David Haye, who had suffered his sole defeat in boxing's glamour division against Wladimir Klitschko. In September of that year Fury and Haye were scheduled to meet at the Manchester Arena, before the Hayemaker pulled out just a week before the fight citing a cut suffered in sparring.
![[He later pulled out of a rematch with the Ukrainian before retiring from boxing, citing his mental health]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/13/20/94050263-14280073-image-a-19_1736799341529.jpg)
