Tyson Fury says he’s decided today to stay retired rather than to “tempt fate’ to return to the ring. The former two-time heavyweight champion Fury (34-2-1, 24 KOs) states that he’s 100% retired from the sport, leaving it with his faculties “in order” after 17 years as a professional.
No More Tempting Fate
The 37-year-old ‘Gypsy King’ brags about having won every belt, made tons of cash, and not got “not a scratch” on him. He doesn’t want to take any chances where he can still walk in a straight line. I remember how Fury was knocked cold by Deontay Wilder in 2018. He had to have gotten a scratch in that one.
Fury’s decision to retire now means that the mega-paydays that he would have received for two to three “Battle of Britain” fights against Anthony Joshua and a trilogy match with Oleksandr Usyk will no longer be happening.
“The Gypsy King is dead. I don’t want to tempt fate, you know what I mean, I don’t want to keep going back and back and back to the world because how many times can you keep doing it without getting brain damage,” said Tyson Fury to Furocity about his decision to stay retired.
There’s a strong possibility that if Fury had chosen to continue fighting for another five years, he’d have ended his career with a net worth of $500 million, possibly even more if he were ambitious enough to fight three times a year.
Why Another $100M Won’t Matter
Tyson sees continuing his career as “pointless.” He has a net worth of $160 million now, but he says that adding another “100 million’ won’t change his life. He says that being “rich” hasn’t made him “happy.”
“Like if you give me another 100 million, what am I going to do with it? Like it’s not going to affect my life at all.”
Of course, the wealth has given Fury time to do leisure things that he wouldn’t have had time to do if he were still poor and forced to work 12 to 16 hours a day, seven days a week, to support himself.
Fury doesn’t know what it’s like to be poor, since he’s been making good money as a pro since he first started playing. Obviously, not millions at first, but he was receiving a respectable income from 2008 due to his talent.
“I thought like, oh, being rich and being famous and being successful and having everything you ever wanted, you’d make you feel better,” said Fury.
The Hard Reality – By Olly Campbell
It sounds like Fury doesn’t know how to enjoy his money the way some people do. He’s not living it up in luxury mansions in Essex in the UK, next door to promoter Eddie Hearn. He’s made a ton of money as it is.
The way Tyson looked in his last three fights against Oleksandr Usyk [twice] and Francis Ngannou, the chances of him winning any of his fights against Joshua, Usyk, and or Moses Itauma, are slim. He would make an absurd amount of money, but wouldn’t enjoy it.
Fury seems more into living a frugal life. He has the same mindset as the late billionaire John D. Rockefeller. It’s not in him to be a man about town, flashing his money, buying expensive cars, mansions and clothes to impress people he’ll never know.
“It doesn’t really matter if you drive a Ferrari or a Fiat 500. You might think people care, but no one gives, and no one cares,” said Fury.
Last Updated on 10/23/2025