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03rd Oct 2016

Surprise surprise, Tyson Fury’s ‘retirement’ announcement wasn’t real

The reaction was inevitable...

Tom Victor

Wait a second. So the boxer who claimed the media only print ‘bull shit’ and called on them to stick to what he actually says has said something to trick the media into spreading falsehoods? Get outta here.

Yes, that’s right, Tyson Fury’s retirement from boxing lasted a grand total of two hours and 56 minutes.

At 12.55 today he went all Conor McGregor, announcing that he was retired and telling the world to ‘go suck a dick’.

And the clock had barely ticked past 3:51pm when the following comment emerged.

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Judging by some of the responses, it’s tough to tell whether people were upset that he indeed hadn’t retired, or whether they’re just despairing for the Manchester fighter.

https://twitter.com/stu_89/status/782960279764267009

https://twitter.com/CllrDuncanSmith/status/782959990101446656

But regardless, we’re back to where we were when we woke up this morning. So, how’s about a recap.

Fury isn’t fighting Wladimir Klitschko in Manchester this month.

Fury has allegedly tested positive for cocaine, but will likely not lose his belt as a consequence.

Fury has mocked the drugs story, mocking up a photo of himself as Tony Montana from Scarface.

Klitschko may end up taking on Anthony Joshua at the Manchester Arena in November, after Eddie Hearn confirmed that both fighters seem to be keen on the bout.

We think that’s all for now, but we’ll be sure to update you the next time Fury retires/unretires/shares a photo that looks like it was made using WordArt.

There we are. Right on cue

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