British world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has
admitted he could quit boxing before defending the titles he won last year.
Fury, 27, pulled off one of the biggest upsets in
boxing history with a unanimous points win over Wladimir Klitschko in
Dusseldorf last November, and is scheduled to meet the Ukrainian who activated
a rematch clause.
But the volatile Manchester-born fighter has
warned fans not to hold their breaths as he could hang his gloves any minute.
“I’m struggling to get motivated. I could walk
away. I could just sail into the sunset unbeaten with all the belts and live a
normal life.
“All that I would be boxing for is money and I
always thought to myself I never want to let sport become about money.
“I’ve accomplished a dream. It’s about how much
motivation I have to keep going on.
“There is life after boxing and I don’t know what
I’m going to do at the moment. I haven’t even cemented I am going to fight in a
rematch.”
Tyson Fury displays his WBA, WBO and IBF belts
after the Klitschko bout. Image: BBC
Fury, who crashed WBC champion Deontay Wilder’s
win over Artur Szpilka in New York earlier this year, insists nothing can match
that magical night in Dusseldorf.
“If I win another 50 fights, it’s not going to
mean as much…I believe I’ll be frozen in 2015 for the next 40 years, or however
long I live for. Nothing’s going to outdo that achievement.”
His rematch with Klitschko could come up in the
summer, while his theatrics in New York has got him in Wilder’s crosshairs.
Source: Mirror
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