‘I’ll bring Tyson Fury out of retirement’: Don King jokes he will make the Gypsy King return to the ring before praising the unbeaten WBC champion for battling his demons from 2015 to return to the top of the sport
American promoter Don King has heaped praise on Tyson Fury and joked that he will bring the Gypsy King out of retirement.
Fury hung up his gloves after he stopped Dillian Whyte with a uppercut in the sixth round of their Battle of Britain at Wembley Stadium in April.
However, King said he would bring the unbeaten WBC champion out of retirement after watching the 33-year-old continue to train twice a day every day.
American promoter Don King has heaped praise on undefeated WBC champion Tyson Fury
Fury retained his world heavyweight title in front of a record British crowd of 94,000 fans courtesy of a brutal uppercut that thudded off the challenger’s chin and sent him tumbling to the canvas.
Whyte rose to his feet and tried desperately to carry on but he looked unsteady on his feet, prompting referee Mark Lyson to wave off the fight.
Speaking after the fight Fury – who is on course for the undisputed crown – said it was time for him to walk away from the sport after a ‘fairytale few years’.
However, King has joked that he could get the Gypsy King to change his mind and return to the ring. Speaking to BT Sport, King joked: ‘I’m gonna bring Tyson Fury out of retirement’.
Fury hung up his gloves after he stopped Dillian Whyte with a uppercut at Wembley in April
He went on to speak about his admiration for Fury – explaining how he respected the Gypsy King for overcoming his demons to return to the top of the sport
He went on to speak about his admiration for Fury – explaining how he respected the Gypsy King for overcoming his demons to return to the top of the sport.
King was referring to the time Fury ballooned to 27 stone after spiralling into depression, drug and alcohol addiction in 2015 after beating Wladimir Klitschko.
King said: ‘Fury is a human being. He ended up getting himself involved in drugs and all the different things there.
‘He had never lost but he quit because he got himself into trouble with humanistic things so I always had a great deal of respect for him when he came back.
‘He went straight back to the top again. So, now he says he is retired but maybe afterwards he may come out of retirement.
‘But anyway, the Fury boys are good people’.
Source: Daily Mail Online