Tyson Fury has admitted he can ‘never say never’ but insists he has moved on from boxing and has no interest in fighting Anthony Joshua.
‘The Gypsy King’ announced his retirement from the sport after a stunning knockout win over Dillian Whyte in April.
But many in boxing still believe he will be lured back, with Fury himself forced to rubbish reports last week that he is in negotiations to fight the winner of Joshua vs Oleksandr Usyk – who will meet in their rematch in August.
Fury has repeatedly insisted he is open to taking part in exhibition fights in the future. But in an interview with PA, the 33-year-old says he has no immediate plans to compete at the top of the sport again.
Fury said: ‘There’s always going to be that clamour – even when Joshua and Usyk are finished and there’s new contenders and champions, they will always ask Tyson Fury to come back as undefeated champion and fight these people.
‘But rumours are rumours. Until I say that I’m actually doing a fight, take me at my word. For now I’m done with professional boxing and I’ve moved on to other things, but you can never say never. You never know what the future holds.’
Joshua and Fury were set to meet to crown heavyweight boxing’s first undisputed champion since Lennox Lewis last year before talks sensationally collapsed at the 11th hour.
The Olympian would go onto lose his IBF, WBO and WBA titles last September against Usyk with Fury believing his fellow Briton will fall short in their rematch in August.
Fury’s father John Fury believes the Joshua fight is the only one out there that could tempt his son back to the ring. But the undefeated WBC champion insists the fight and the riches it would bring are of no concern to him.
‘Anthony Joshua’s bubble has burst,’ Fury said. ‘He’s been bounced off the canvas by a little fat fella, then he’s been comprehensively outboxed and battered by a middleweight who nobody had heard of until he beat AJ.
‘I don’t see what the big clamour is. If he’d been undefeated like (Deontay) Wilder, and everyone thought he could batter me, then it’s challenging. Joshua might need me but I don’t need him, nor what he can bring.
‘The only thing these fighters come back for is the money. As Clark Gable said in many movies, quite frankly, I don’t give a damn.
‘The money is not tempting to me. I live in Morecambe and shop in Asda, and if I had a trillion dollars I couldn’t live any differently to the way I live now.
‘There’s nothing I want or need from a comeback. I’ve won every belt in boxing, every award there is to win. There is nothing at this present moment that would tempt me back.’
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