Tyson Fury in talks to return to boxing with Oleksandr Usyk trilogy fight in 2026
Fury has posted on Instagram alluding to the proposed fight, saying that it would take place at Wembley Stadium on April 18 next year.
However, sources with knowledge of the situation have indicated that talks remain ongoing, though all parties are keen to reach an agreement. Fury's preference is for his return to be against Usyk, who is preparing for a rematch against British heavyweight Daniel Dubois for the undisputed crown on July 19 at Wembley Stadium.
It would mark Fury's first bout since December 2024, when Usyk defeated the 36-year-old by unanimous decision. It was a rematch of their fight in May of that year, which Usyk also won, this time by split decision, giving Fury the first professional defeat of his career.
Fury announced his retirement from the sport in January in a video on his Instagram, saying: 'It's been a blast, I've loved every single minute of it and I'm going to end with this: 'Dick Turpin wore a mask.''
He holds a record of 31-2-1 as a professional.
His retirement in January was the fifth time that Fury had publicly said that he would be retiring from boxing, only to return each time. He first indicated that he was stepping away in 2013, aged 25, after his fight against David Haye was called off twice. He returned the following year and would go on to defeat Wladimir Klitschko in November 2015 to become world heavyweight champion.
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Fury then faced mental health struggles and a battle with UK Anti-Doping after the prohibited substance nandrolone was found in samples given by him. In October 2016, he wrote on social media: 'Boxing is the saddest thing I ever took part in, all a pile of s***, I'm the greatest and I'm also retired.' He retracted the statement hours later.
He announced his retirement for the third time in 2017 but returned to the ring the following summer ahead of a memorable trilogy with American Deontay Wilder.
Fury remained active over the next four years but once again said he was stepping away following a knockout victory over Dillian Whyte in April 2022.
'This is definitely the end of the Gypsy King and I went out with a bang…I fulfilled everything I've ever wanted to fulfil,' he said at the post-fight press conference.
In December of that year, he returned to the ring to fight Derek Chisora before a high-profile bout with former UFC star Francis Ngannou.
Fury's retirement announcement in January was met with a mixed response from those familiar with the former heavyweight champion's history.
It marked the fifth time the Brit had announced his intention to leave the sport — with four of those proving to be false dawns. He has always come back, sometimes just months after telling the world he was gone for good.
This time, there was perhaps more of a feeling that it might just be the one that sticks.
Why? Age for one; at 36 years old and with a series of brutal fights with American heavyweight Deontay Wilder behind him, Fury is arguably past his peak. Also, with two defeats now on his record to Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua's copybook blighted by a heavy defeat to Daniel Dubois, what fights are left that would really get the Gypsy King's juices flowing? Finally, the Saudi investment in boxing in recent years has undoubtedly left Fury's bank account stuffed with more cash than he can likely ever spend. If money ever was really the draw for Fury, that element is surely nullified now.
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But all of those factors count for naught when it comes to Fury. He's made no secret of how much he needs boxing in his life. It is all he knows. All he has ever known. It is the thing that gives his days structure and purpose. The thing that helps keep his mental health in a positive place. In his mind, he has been wronged by close decisions going against him in the Usyk fights. While his initial reaction to that was to stick two fingers up at the sport and walk away, time was always going to dull the edges of that anger and mould it into a need to prove himself capable of beating the Ukrainian. And while the sport still wants and needs him, its pull will always be too strong for Fury to resist.
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