“I will not tempt fate or risk brain damage”

Tyson Fury says today he has decided to stay retired rather than “tempt” fate to return to the ring. Former two-time heavyweight champion Fury (34-2-1, 24 KOs) declares that he has 100% retired from the sport, leaving it with his faculties “in order” after 17 years as a professional.

No more tempting fate

The 37-year-old ‘Gypsy King’ boasts that he has won every belt, made tons of cash and not “not a scratch” on him. He doesn’t want to take any chances where he can still walk in a straight line. I remember Fury getting knocked out cold by Deontay Wilder in 2018. He should have gotten a scratch in that one.

Fury’s decision to retire now means the mega paydays he would have received for two to three “Battle of Britain” fights against Anthony Joshua and a trilogy fight with Oleksandr Usyk will no longer take place.

“The Gypsy King is dead. I don’t want to tempt fate, you know what I mean, I don’t want to keep going back and back and back to the world because how many times can you keep doing that without getting brain damage,” Tyson Fury said. Madness about his decision to remain retired.

There is a strong possibility that if Fury had chosen to keep fighting for another five years, he would have ended his career with a net worth of $500 million, possibly even more if he was ambitious enough to fight three times a year.

Why another $100 million doesn’t matter

Tyson considers continuing his career “pointless.” He now has a net worth of $160 million, but he says that adding another “100 million” won’t change his life. He says that being “rich” didn’t make him “happy”.

“Like if you give me another 100 million, what am I going to do with it? Like it’s not going to affect my life at all.”

Of course, the wealth gave Fury time to do recreational things that he wouldn’t have had time to do if he was still poor and forced to work 12 to 16 hours a day, seven days a week to support himself.

Fury doesn’t know what it’s like to be poor as he’s been making good money as a pro since he first started playing. Of course, not millions at first, but from 2008 he received a respectable income due to his talent.

“I thought, oh, being rich and famous and successful and having everything you ever wanted would make you feel better,” Fury said.

The harsh reality – by Olly Campbell

Sounds like Fury doesn’t know how to enjoy his money like some people do. He’s not living it up in luxury mansions in Essex in the UK, next to promoter Eddie Hearn. He made a lot of money as it is.

The way Tyson has looked in his last three fights against Oleksandr Usyk (twice) and Francis Ngannou, the odds of him winning any of his fights against Joshua, Usyk and or Moses Itauma are slim. He would make an absurd amount of money, but would not enjoy it.

Fury seems more into a frugal life. He has the same mindset as the late billionaire John D. Rockefeller. It is not in him to be a man about town, flash his money, buy expensive cars, mansions and clothes to impress people he will never know.

“It doesn’t really matter if you drive a Ferrari or a Fiat 500. You might think people care, but nobody cares, and nobody cares,” Fury said.