UPDATED 10/3/16, 11:50 a.m.:
That didn't last very long. Just a few hours after announcing that he was "retiring," Tyson Fury took it back and said that he's not going anywhere:
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Tyson Fury is finished with boxing. Or so he says.
On Monday morning, Fury—who beat Wladimir Klitschko last November to win the IBF, WBA, and WBO heavyweight belts—took to Twitter to reveal that he has decided to retire from the sport of boxing. He did so by posting a NSFW tweet that included him calling boxing "the saddest thing I ever took part in":
Fury had been scheduled to take part in a rematch against Klitschko on Oct. 29, but he was reportedly deemed "medically unfit to fight" in September. He also reportedly tested positive for cocaine in recent weeks, which prompted him to post this on Twitter over the weekend:
He has since made that photo his Twitter avatar. In addition to announcing his retirement, Fury also posted a video on Twitter on Monday morning that shows a lawyer talking about the corruption within the boxing world:
Fury is obviously not the first fighter to go this route. Conor McGregor announced his "retirement" on Twitter back in April, and Adrien Broner did the same thing on Instagram in August. Neither fighter ended up retiring.
If we had to guess, this won’t be the last we see or hear of Fury. But Fury, who is a perfect 25-0 as a professional boxer, will likely be stripped of his title belts and suspended as a result of his positive drug test.
