To believe Tyson Fury’s assertion this week that he has retired from boxing – only for him to recant within three hours – is to enter the fighter’s disturbed world of mocking disregard for public opinion. In this constantly changing landscape, every critic is a conspirator, every sycophant a friend and every lie is a truth.
Not even Fury can be sure if he will box again, whatever he says. The unbeaten but confused heavyweight champion of the world might well issue another statement at any time – through his promoter or close associates in the guarded language of the business, or, more likely, in a coarse rant on Twitter – declaring he will indeed walk away from the several millions available to him for doing the one thing he is good at.
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