The first instinct upon hearing Tyson Fury say he plans to retire after Saturday’s defense of his WBC and lineal heavyweight titles against Dillian Whyte at Wembley Stadium in London was to laugh and say, “Yeah, right."
I’ve heard it all before, and you have, too, if you’ve ever paid even a modicum of attention to the sport. Fighters say they’re going to retire all the time and the vast majority of them keep on fighting for years after they say that.
It happens for a variety of reasons. A lot of times, it’s emotional.