What Tyson Fury could mean by ‘Dick Turpin wore a mask’ comment in cryptic retirement post
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Tyson Fury surprised the boxing world by announcing his retirement from the sport on Monday and he did so with a interesting flourish. The Gypsy King has lost his last two fights, both to Oleksandr Usyk, and he appears to have hung up his gloves after posting a video on Instagram.
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Whether he actually does retire is yet to be seen, as he has made this claim before only to fight again, but another comment in the video added some intrigue as Fury said: ‘Dick Turpin wore a mask.’. Fury said in the social media post: ”Hi everybody, I’m going to make this short and sweet. ‘I would like to announce my retirement from boxing. It’s been a blast. I’ve loved every single minute of it.
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‘And I’m going to end with this… Dick Turpin wore a mask. God bless everybody see you on the other side. Get up!’. Turpin was a famous highwayman in the first half of the 18th century, executed in 1739 at the age of just 33. A masked robber and killer, Turpin’s name has lived on in history and been romanticised thanks to works such as William Harrison Ainsworth’s 1834 book Rookwood, in which Turpin was the leading character.
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video. Up Next. The phrase ‘Dick Turpin wore a mask’ is used to state that the highwayman tried to conceal his identity, while suggesting that others have not done so while committing their wrongdoings.
