Tyson Fury was inspired to return to boxing by the tragic accident that saw Anthony Joshua lose two of his closest friends.
Fury and Joshua, two of Britain’s most prominent sports stars and both former heavyweight world champions, have a long-standing rivalry.
But all personal animosity was put aside when, in December, Fury heard that Joshua, while visiting family Nigeria, had been in a road traffic accident.
Two of Joshua’s friends and members of his training team, Sina Ghami and Latif Ayodele, were killed. Joshua himself was hospitalised and is recovering.
At the start of 2025, Fury had announced that he would retire from boxing. But now he will come back to fight Arslanbek Makhmudov on April 11 in London.
At a press conference at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium, Fury explained what inspired his return.
“Tomorrow might not ever come,” he said. “The biggest turning point in this comeback for me was the tragedy that happened with Anthony Joshua. I was on holiday in Thailand with my family for Christmas, just to get away from the rain.
“I hear all that bad news that’s gone on and I thought, you know what, life is very, very short and very precious and very fragile.
“Anything could happen at any given moment and you should never put things off until tomorrow, or the next year or next week, because tomorrow is not promised to nobody.
“Tomorrow is a mystery, we have to live for today. And me living for that day, I made my mind up there and then that I’m going to come back to boxing – because it’s something that I love, I’m passionate about and that I’ve always been love with.
“There is no tomorrow to put it off to, so that’s why I’m back today for this big fight.”
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