Tyson Fury's return was brief.

The WBC heavyweight champion had caused fire among boxing fans by announcing Thursday that he would return to the rings.

A fire very quickly stifled by Tyson Fury himself, who published a message on Friday in which he declared that he was giving up his comeback.

“After long procrastination, I finally decided to retire on my 34th birthday.

I wish you "Bon voyage" (in French in the text),” Fury posted on his Twitter account.

Unbeaten in his career, the "Gipsy King", a nickname he gave himself because of his Irish origins, had declared on Twitter that he wanted to get back in the ring to face his compatriot Derek Chisora, whom he had even called a “chicken”.

A career that he had however ended in style with a monstrous uppercut inflicted on Dillian Whyte to retain his world champion belt at home, at Wembley.

“I owed the public to fight at Wembley, I did.

And it's over, "said the Briton last April in front of a jubilant crowd.

The boxer returned from Hell

Executioner of Ukrainian Wladimir Klitschko in 2015, the British giant had become WBA-IBF-WBO heavyweight champion.

His belts then abandoned due to a long period of depression which saw him sink into drugs and alcohol, the Gipsy King finally returned from Hell to recover his title against Deontay Wilder in 2020. Untouchable, the Briton has never lost in 33 professional fights, only the American Deontay Wilder will have managed to concede a draw in the very controversial first opus of a legendary trilogy of which Fury will emerge victorious.

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