ABNORMAL SERVICE RESUMES

Fury trades home comforts for what he does best

- DAVID ANDERSON

TYSON FURY’S priorities after his previous fight at Wembley were to spend time with his family and walk the dog.

Now ‘The Gypsy King’ wants to fight Oleksandr Usyk in Saudi Arabia for the undisputed world heavyweight title followed by Joe Joyce in a Wembley return to make “2023 the biggest year of my career”.

So much for retirement then. Fury says he sincerely wanted to

live a “normal” life after beating Dillian Whyte in April, but realised, four months later, that he loved the “abnormal” life of boxing.

He claims nothing compares to the adrenalin rush he experienced in the changing room just before he walked out in front of 59,769 adoring fans at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium to face Derek Chisora in their trilogy fight.

“I retired back in April and I really meant it, hand on heart,” said the unbeaten WBC champion (below).

“Frank Warren tried to come to me with exhibition fights and I said, ‘I don’t want to box any more’.