Tyson Fury says he'll fight for a long time after Ngannou, Usyk - ESPN

Tyson Fury briefly retired last year, a hiatus that lasted all of four months before he scheduled a December trilogy fight with Derek Chisora.

Fury is set to meet former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou on Oct. 28 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (2 p.m. ET, ESPN+ PPV), and afterward is already contractually committed for an undisputed heavyweight championship fight with Oleksandr Usyk.

Fury (33-0-1, 24 KOs) told ESPN on Thursday that he won't stop fighting anytime soon after that.

«I'm looking to sign another 10-fight deal after this, so I don't know, I'm going to put my feelers out there and see who I can get the best deal off for another 10 fights,» said Fury, who signed a multi-fight deal with Top Rank in 2019.

«What else is there? I retire, plenty of money, plenty of achievement, whatever — 35 [years old]. What am I going to do?… This makes me f---ing happy fighting. This is all I've ever done and all that's ever made me happy. So it'd be stupid now to walk away from it when I'm making millions of dollars and getting loads of joy from it as well.»

Fury, nicknamed «The Gypsy King,» is already an all-time great heavyweight but can greatly enhance his legacy with a pair of victories over Usyk, who is three spots ahead of Fury on ESPN's pound-for-pound list at No. 3.

The long-awaited clash between England's Fury and Ukraine's Usyk is tentatively scheduled for Dec. 23 in Riyadh, sources said, but the date won't be finalized until after Fury's bout with Ngannou. The Usyk deal contains a two-way rematch clause, sources said, that will likely lead to a rematch next year.

Fury's WBC heavyweight title won't be on the line in his 10-round bout with Ngannou and it won't count on their records. But Fury must emerge without injury