TYSON FURY has teased a potential SIXTH and final retirement from boxing just weeks before his ring return.
On April 11, the Gypsy King will lace up his gloves for the first time since his second straight defeat to Oleksandr Usyk in December 2024.
Fury, 37, will be welcomed back to the ring by Russian man-mountain Arslanbek Makhmudov live on Netflix.
The former two-time unified champion hopes to grease the wheels against Makhmudov as preparation for an unlikely trilogy with Usyk, who sent him into his fifth retirement from the sport.
But just weeks before his Tottenham tussle with the bear-wrestling Russian, Fury admits he could spurn any other offers which come his way and hang ’em up for the umpteenth time.
He told Sky Sports: “I can only concentrate on who I’m fighting and that’s Arslanbek Makhmudov.
“And that’s what I’ve got to do.
“I’ve got to get him out the way, beat him and then who knows?
“That might be the end. I might retire again.”
A shock retirement after beating Makhmudov will see Fury walk away from the biggest payday of his career – a multi-million-pound showdown with Anthony Joshua.
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There’s a massive year of boxing ahead!
It’s shaping up to be a blockbuster year of action inside the boxing ring.
Tyson Fury will make his return in April against Arslanbek Makhmudov while Oleksandr Usyk takes on the king of kickboxing Rico Verhoeven.
Conor Benn features for the first time since making the switch to Zuffa Boxing and Fabio Wardley will defend his newly won heavyweight crown.
Canelo Alvarez will be hoping to return after his defeat to Terence Crawford and heavyweight king Oleksandr Usyk will also need to defend his straps.
Derek Chisora will fight for the 50th and (perhaps) final time against Deontay Wilder while Daniel Dubois is also on the comeback trail.
A whole bunch of British stars could also take a leap into superstardom, with the likes of Moses Itauma, Hamzah Sheeraz and Adam Azim ready to join the very top of the sport.
Here’s all the big fights coming up…
February
- Sat 28 – Emanuel Navarrete vs Eduardo Nunez – super-featherweight unification – DAZN
March
- Sat 14 – Jazza Dickens vs Anthony Cacace – WBA super-featherweight title – DAZN
- Sat 21 – George Liddard vs Tyler Denny – British & Commonwealth Middleweight title – DAZN
- Sat 28 – Moses Itauma vs Jermaine Franklin – DAZN
- Sat 28 – Sebastian Fundora vs Keith Thurman – Amazon Prime PPV
April
- Sat 4 – Deontay Wilder vs Derek Chisora – DAZN PPV
- Sat 11 – Tyson Fury vs Arslanbek Makhmudov – Netflix
- Sat 11 – Conor Benn vs Regis Prograis – Netflix
- Sat 18 – Callum Smith vs David Morrell – DAZN
- Sat 18 – Manny Pacquiao vs Ruslan Provodnikov
- Sat 25 – Mike Tyson vs Floyd Mayweather
- Sat 25 – Lawrence Okolie vs Tony Yoka – DAZN
May
- Sat 9 – Fabio Wardley vs Daniel Dubois – WBO title – DAZN
- Sat 9 – Zurdo Ramirez vs David Benavidez – WBA & WBO Cruiserweight titles – Prime Video
- Sat 23 – Oleksandr Usyk vs Rico Verhoeven – WBC title – DAZN
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The pair were on course to finally collide this September before Joshua lost two of his close friends, Latif Ayodele and Sina Ghami, in a horror car crash in Nigeria last December.
And Fury admits AJ’s crash, which he escaped from with minor injuries, is partly what motivated him to return to the ring.
The Wythenshawe warrior said: “Tomorrow is not promised to anybody.
“The Bible says tomorrow is not a gift. Tomorrow ain’t promised.
“Tomorrow is a mystery. So we have to live for today.
“And me living for that day, I made my mind up there and then that I’m going to come back to boxing.
“Because it’s something that I love and I’m passionate about. And that I’ve always been in love with.
“And there is no tomorrow to put it off to. So that’s why I’m back today for this big fight.”
