Tyson Fury has hinted that his retirement from boxing could end next year after declaring that the 'king must return to his throne.'
Fury had insisted that his boxing career was over in January after a second successive defeat to Oleksandr Usyk in an undisputed world heavyweight title fight last December.
But the 37-year-old has teased a comeback in a post on social media, stating "The king must return to his throne.
"There is a long & lonely road that only I can walk on, but after the long & hard battles awaits immortality!"
Fury's UK promotional team Queensberry have also posted the same quote, with an image of Fury sat on a throne.
It is not the first time Fury has threatened to walk away from the sport. He did so in April 2022 after beating Dillian Whyte, insisting his career had reached an end, only to return six months later to fight Derek Chisora in a trilogy bout at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Anthony Joshua's promoter Eddie Hearn remains hopeful that a long-awaited British battle with Fury will finally take place next year, provided that his fighter overcomes Jake Paul in a surprise showdown in Miami on December 19.
Speaking in October, Hearn revealed that Joshua was in talks with with Turki Al-Sheikh, chairman of the General Entertainment Authority in Saudi Arabia, about a multi-fight deal that could a Fury fight.
"I believe Fury is a competitor and that fight is on a plate for him now," Hearn told Your Site.
"So there's no excuses. The only excuse is I just don't want to do it anymore. And that's absolutely valid. He's done everything in the sport."
Fury is a two-time heavyweight world champion, firstly becoming a unified world title holder when he defeated Wladimir Klitschko in 2015.
After a three-year break, he returned to the ring and went on to beat Deontay Wilder in their 2020 rematch to become WBC champion, before defending his title against Wilder in a 2021 trilogy clash, then against Dillian Whyte and Derek Chisora in 2022.
He overcame a big scare in a split decision win over Francis Ngannou in 2023, before his title reign was ended last year by a points loss to Oleksandr Usyk, who repeated this result in a rematch.
