Tyson Fury retired after 'heartbreaking' comment from wife Paris which may have made his mind up

Tyson Fury has announced his retirement from boxing after back-to-back losses to Oleksandr Usyk - and previous comments from wife Paris may have made his mind up.

Although he has done it many times before, the Gypsy King took to social media on Monday to announce he is hanging up his gloves at the age of 36,

Captioning a video on his social channels, Fury wrote: "Thanks it's been a blast. Thanks to everyone who helped out along the way! Happy new year. Jesus is king now & forever."

In the video, the former unified world heavyweight titles said he had decided to call time on his career, saying: "Hi everybody, I'm going to make this short and sweet, I'd like to announce my retirement from boxing. It's been a blast. I've loved every single minute of and I'm going to end with this; Dick Turpin wore a mask."

It comes after he failed to win back his world heavyweight titles from Usyk, who beat him twice in Saudi Arabia.

Usyk won the first bout via split decision to take all the belts, before prevailing in the rematch after judges scored it unanimously in his favour.

A genuine retirement decision from Fury will please wife Paris, who has been desperate for him to call it quits for a while now.

Tyson Fury claims he has retired from boxing. Image: Getty

Speaking ahead of his win over Francis Ngannou, Paris said she "wanted him to retire a few years ago" but Fury "didn't enjoy" life after boxing.

Regularly expressing concern for his physical health, Paris also said she hoped he was done with boxing after his first fight with Usyk.

He proceeded to have the second fight with Usyk and claimed he did not speak to his other half for three months during training camp - something which Paris confirmed was "very difficult".

Paris Fury's heartbreaking comment

Speaking to iFL TV she explained: "I think after the last fight, everything that went on previously, personally in our lives and then Tyson obviously had the outcome last time, I just think he decided this on his own. And I had to support him in it.

"He didn't want to be involved in family life so he's cut himself off from us for the last few months. He's put himself in a serious, serious condition."

Fury has retired before, including back in 2022 when relinquished his Ring Magazine title - only to return and face Derek Chisora in a trilogy bout.

Many fans have suggested that Fury's move to retire is due to Anthony Joshua calling for a British superfight after years of back-and-forth.