‘Nobody else’ – Tyson Fury ‘obsessed’ with training but will only come out of retirement to fight Anthony Joshua, says father John

John Fury believes a long-awaited showdown against Anthony Joshua is the only fight that will tempt Tyson Fury out of retirement, revealing his son ‘is still obsessed’ with training.

Fury has remained adamant that his boxing days are behind him after vowing to walk away from the sport to spend more time with his family following his knockout win over Dillian Whyte in April.

Many in boxing believe the 33-year-old, who still holds the WBC heavyweight title, will be tempted back to fight the winner of Oleksandr Usyk vs Joshua, who will meet in their rematch in August with the Ukrainian’s IBF, WBO and WBA titles on the line.

Fury was last week forced to dismiss reports claiming he is already in negotiations to fight the winner of that contest in Saudi Arabia later this year.

And according to his father John, ‘The Gypsy King’ will stay happily retired if Joshua fails to beat Usyk this summer.

Asked if it is just Joshua who can lure Tyson back, John Fury told Metro.co.uk courtesy of FreeBets: ‘Yes. Nobody else will.’

He continued: ‘To be honest with you, he’s never come out the gym. He’s obsessed with training at the moment, twice a day, every day. I’ve been participating in some of it myself.

‘He enjoys training, the pressure is off and he loves the gym life. He’s turned into a gym rat basically. It’s funny to see but he is.

‘He’s super fit and he’s enjoying his time out the ring. Whether it’s going to be permanent or not, it’s up to him. He says he’s retired but you never know with Tyson.

‘He’s training very hard for a retired man in my book. But that’s up to him, we’ll see in the future.’

Joshua suffered the second defeat of his professional career against Usyk last September, outboxed by the brilliant Ukrainian at the Tottenham