Tyson Fury is the undisputed master of nonsense after retirement announcement, writes RIATH AL-SAMARRAI... plus, what one source close to him says about the man behind the mask
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There was one key quote in Tyson Fury’s latest retirement speech and it came when he said: ‘Dick Turpin wore a mask.’ To give Fury his due, he tends to be bare-faced when he flogs this particular brand of fib. There were two instincts to surface when he posted his short video on Monday. The first concerned the number of times we have now heard him sing this song – by my count it is four spanning an 11-year period. The second was whether any gullible souls failed to learn the lessons of the initial three.
![[Fury is the undisputed master of nonsense and his 'retirement' is a negotiating ploy]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/13/16/94044099-0-Fury_is_the_undisputed_master_of_nonsense_and_his_retirement_is_-m-29_1736786519350.jpg)
But chances are they won’t include those who have been attempting to orchestrate a fight with Anthony Joshua. Even in boxing, there is a limit to how daft you have to be to swallow certain words and Fury’s tend to be treated with more scepticism than those of anyone else.
![[His words tend to be treated with more scepticism than those of anyone else]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/13/16/94042969-0-image-a-18_1736784790100.jpg)
He is the undisputed master of nonsense and no challenger gets close. So, we shouldn’t take this goodbye as anything more than a negotiating ploy. One source in Fury’s orbit responded to my message with a simple winking emoji. Another, who is less fond of him, was a touch more blunt: ‘He’s full of s***.’.
![[The Gypsy King last announced retirement in 2022 and later that year fought Derek Chisora]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/13/16/94043215-0-image-a-21_1736785236956.jpg)
But none of them see this as a serious departure from a 36-yer-old nursing his most recent of two losses to Oleksandr Usyk. Instead all sensible judgement perceives Fury’s comments as a manoeuvre, which is to say a naked attempt to twist arms in the ongoing discussions over a fight with Joshua. The timing is the main detail in that regard.
![[It's naked attempt to twist arms in the ongoing discussions over a fight with Anthony Joshua]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/13/16/94043165-0-image-a-19_1736785031375.jpg)
