Tyson Fury has responded to Sky Sports Boxing’s Instagram page, documenting his training in Thailand, saying his return to boxing in 2026 will be “the biggest and best event at the moment”.
Fury announced Sunday that he will return to boxing this year, nearly a year after announcing his retirement from the ring.
After losing three of his four major world titles by two points to heavyweight rival Oleksandr Usyk in December 2024, Fury confirmed he was calling an end to his professional career the following month.
On Monday, in response to a Sky Sports Boxing Instagram post posing the question: “Who will Fury fight in 2026?”, the 37-year-old replied with the comment: “Whoever it is, it’s going to be the biggest and best event of its time. Viewers and headlines are coming in because GK (Gypsy King) has brought back the circus. #Legend.”
Fury also posted an Instagram Live from Thailand, telling his 6.7 million followers: “I finished my run today, I feel great.
“I feel sharper, faster and more ready than last week. Second week of training, let’s get fit and go.”
Fury, who also said he intended to take a break from the sport after defeating Dillian Whyte in April 2022, but returned later that year, posted on Instagram on Sunday: “2026 is the year. Mack’s return.”
“I was away for a while, but now I’m back and at 37 years old, I’m still punching.
“There’s nothing better than punching a man in the face and getting paid for it.”
Fury has made several U-turns since retiring, so few believed his recent claims that he was ending a career that had brought him 34 wins in 37 races and several stints as world champion.
Fury announced his return to boxing in an Instagram post on Sunday.
He was furious at the referee’s decisions in his two defeats to Usyk, the only boxer to beat Fury, and said in his retirement message last year: “This is it. Dick Turpin wore a mask.”
But the self-proclaimed Gypsy King posted several clips of himself training on his social media feed, fueling speculation that he could make a comeback over the Christmas period.
Despite Fury claiming he has stepped back from the sport, a long-awaited all-British bout with Anthony Joshua, another former world heavyweight champion, has been repeatedly rumored.
The two men, who held all major world titles, had agreed to meet in August 2021, but that agreement was scrapped after an arbitration hearing ordered Fury to face Deontay Wilder for a third time.
Fury could face Oleksandr Usyk in a rematch of their previous fight
Joshua and Fury had been training earlier this year, with plans in the works for an eventual match-up towards the end of the summer or the end of 2026.
However, the 36-year-old’s boxing career is likely to be on hold after a car crash in Nigeria on Monday left him injured and killed a close friend and two team members.
If Joshua is unavailable, Fury could seek a three-division fight with Usyk, who holds the WBC, WBA and IBF belts, or a fight with WBO champion Fabio Wardley. If Fury wins either fight, he will join Muhammad Ali as a three-time world heavyweight champion.
