Why Tyson Fury’s ‘Dick Turpin’ reference shows he hasn’t really retired… he must be FUMING over Joshua fight offer
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TYSON FURY’S mysterious Dick Turpin reference in his latest retirement speech looks like a moan at his paymasters undervaluing him. The Gypsy King was the heavy A-side going into his first Oleksandr Usyk clash, taking home around £80m from Saudi Arabia the undisputed loss.
And he even had a shared split of the £180m Riyadh rematch where he was dominated again. With the undefeated record and world titles well out of his grasp, Fury was getting involved in talks to finally face Anthony Joshua - perhaps twice - with London and Saudi legs that could generate around £500million.
![[Referee raising Daniel Dubois's arm in victory after a boxing match.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/daniel-dubois-arm-raised-referee-934899415.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
But - just as 35-year-old AJ was lowering his guard and goading him on social media, with a post on Saturday night about being on the hunt for the unmissable 6ft 9in Traveller - Fury pulled the rug from under us all. “I would like to announce my retirement from boxing,” he told his Instagram account from a car parked on his Morecambe drive.
![[Turki Alalshikh, Chairman of the General Entertainment Authority, at a boxing match.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/turki-alalshikh-chairman-general-entertainment-959057178.jpg?strip=all&w=756)
"It has been a blast and I have loved every single minute of it. "I'm going to end with this - Dirk Turpin wore a mask.”. A large chunk of boxing fans took the reference to the 18th century highwayman to be another dig at the Ukraine southpaw king. But that’s old news and Fury has not needed cryptic messages to hide his rage at the gap-toothed genius he so generously labellled a “little rabbit sausage who could never beat me in a million years”.
![[Illustration of Tyson Fury's retirement history.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GM_13-01_FURY-RETIREMENT_GRAPHIC.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
