The Gypsy King continues to drop hints about his fighting future

TYSON FURY has ramped up training ahead of a potential return to the ring.

The Gypsy King announced his fifth retirement from the sport in January just a few weeks after his second-straight loss to pound-for-pound king Oleksandr Usyk.

But the Wythenshawe warrior performed an unsurprising U-turn late last month in an expletive-filled rant at his two-time conqueror.

And the 35-year-old has been putting in some hard work in the gym since returning from a luxury holiday in the Bahamas.

On Wednesday afternoon, the former two-time heavyweight champion shared a post-training snap of himself, dad John and cousin Ricky Gorman to his Instagram page.

His accompanying caption read: “Great work today in gym 12 rounds of boxing with @gypsyjohnfury @ricky_gorman__ @gypsyprince.”

Scores of the fan favourite’s followers commented on the post, with on saying: “Coming back.

“Another said: He’s back!!”

“And another said: “Man is back like a boomerang.”

One remarked: One more ride. Let’s go.”

Another chimed in: “Get up!”

Awaiting Fury is a long-overdue £300million showdown with Brit rival Anthony Joshua, which many thought was a sure thing before his fifth retirement.

But the fight won’t be happening anytime soon as Joshua is set to go under the knife to address a long-standing elbow injury.

When quizzed about his ring return, AJ told DAZN: “I’m trying to get my body right.

“I have got to actually have a little surgery on my elbow.

“A small surgery sometime in May. I’m finalising the details.

“That will see me out of the gym for maybe six to eight weeks, and then when I’m healed, I will be back.”

Tyson Fury has a massive advantage over Anthony Joshua, according to a former world champion, who believes ‘The Gypsy King’ would get the better of a potential showdown.

While the pair are no longer at the pinnacle of the sport, the rivalry between them remains as fierce as ever.

Having conquered the world of boxing himself, Anthony Crolla knows all about what it takes to win monster fights. With that in mind, he’s the perfect person to give his take on what would be the biggest bout in British history.

In an exclusive interview with Sporf, via Free Bets, the former WBA lightweight champion explained: “I still think there’s a great chance it happens. The fight isn’t what it once was, but there’s no denying it’s an absolute mega fight still, and sells out any stadium around the world, whether it’s Old Trafford or Wembley. It’s one of the biggest fights in boxing.

“Going off recent form, you’ve got to fancy Tyson Fury, but Tyson is going to have a big break—obviously the weight is going to fluctuate, go up, he’s going to have to bring it back down—that probably makes it more of a level playing field.

“But I just think stylistically, Fury’s movement will cause Big AJ problems and I’d say Tyson wins via late stoppage or points.”

In his esteemed career, ‘Million Dollar’ gave the Manchester fans many a happy memory. Most notably, Crolla destroyed Ismael Barroso, who was renowned as one of the biggest punchers in boxing.

Now, with his legacy carved in stone, the retired athlete has started to pass his wisdom down to the next generation, taking a group of fighters, including his brother William Crolla, out to Benidorm to enhance their skills.

While most travel to the Spanish tourist destination to party and enjoy Take That tribute acts, the ex-world champion and his boxers have been working harder than ever as they prepare for their returns to the ring.

Crolla enthused, “William is good, he had two fights in six weeks. He had a little holiday himself after that, so he’s come back and he’s straight back into it, looking to improve. He had a really good learning fight last time out, and he’s getting better all the time.

“He’s alongside Bobby Faulkner and Callum Bradley, who’ve got fights coming up, so they’re at a very serious part of camp. It’s nice for fighters to get away, a change of scenery.

“I always got told by my coach, ‘You learn a lot more about your fighters when you’re away with them, because you see how they are away from the gym’.”

Tyson Fury will beat Anthony Joshua, according to a boxing legend who explains why ‘The Gypsy King’ has the edge

EXCLUSIVE: Tyson Fury has a massive advantage over Anthony Joshua, according to a former world champion, who believes ‘The Gypsy King’ would get the better of a potential showdown.

While the pair are no longer at the pinnacle of the sport, the rivalry between them remains as fierce as ever.

Anthony Crolla explains why he thinks Tyson Fury beats Anthony Joshua

Having conquered the world of boxing himself, Anthony Crolla knows all about what it takes to win monster fights. With that in mind, he’s the perfect person to give his take on what would be the biggest bout in British history.

In an exclusive interview with Sporf, via Free Bets, the former WBA lightweight champion explained: “I still think there’s a great chance it happens. The fight isn’t what it once was, but there’s no denying it’s an absolute mega fight still, and sells out any stadium around the world, whether it’s Old Trafford or Wembley. It’s one of the biggest fights in boxing.

“Going off recent form, you’ve got to fancy Tyson Fury, but Tyson is going to have a big break—obviously the weight is going to fluctuate, go up, he’s going to have to bring it back down—that probably makes it more of a level playing field.

“But I just think stylistically, Fury’s movement will cause Big AJ problems and I’d say Tyson wins via late stoppage or points.”

Anthony Crolla has just been training his brother in Benidorm

In his esteemed career, ‘Million Dollar’ gave the Manchester fans many a happy memory. Most notably, Crolla destroyed Ismael Barroso, who was renowned as one of the biggest punchers in boxing.

Now, with his legacy carved in stone, the retired athlete has started to pass his wisdom down to the next generation, taking a group of fighters, including his brother William Crolla, out to Benidorm to enhance their skills.

While most travel to the Spanish tourist destination to party and enjoy Take That tribute acts, the ex-world champion and his boxers have been working harder than ever as they prepare for their returns to the ring.

Crolla enthused: “William is good, he had two fights in six weeks. He had a little holiday himself after that, so he’s come back and he’s straight back into it, looking to improve. He had a really good learning fight last time out, and he’s getting better all the time.

“He’s alongside Bobby Faulkner and Callum Bradley, who’ve got fights coming up, so they’re at a very serious part of camp. It’s nice for fighters to get away, a change of scenery.

“I always got told by my coach, ‘You learn a lot more about your fighters when you’re away with them, because you see how they are away from the gym’.”

Anthony Joshua vs. Tyson Fury: Barry McGuigan picks one fighter to knock the other out ‘reasonably quickly’

Barry McGuigan believes Anthony Joshua could score a quick KO over Tyson Fury should the British heavyweights ever step into the ring together.

Joshua and Fury have long been linked to a super fight but have never squared off despite their parallel rise to the top of the sport in the 2010s. They each held world titles to start the current decade, although both eventually lost their belts to current unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk.

Both men remain big names in the division despite not holding any titles, making a potential fight between the two an attractive one for fans and pundits alike.

Retired former WBA featherweight champion McGuigan has urged Fury and Joshua to make a fight happen, pointing to a possible undisputed bout against the winner of the July 19 fight between Usyk and Daniel Dubois as motivation.

Should it happen, McGuigan thinks the fighters’ respective styles gives Joshua the advantage, with the 64-year-old even going so far as to suggest that “AJ” could earn a quick victory.

“Styles make fights though and styles will always make fights,” McGuigan told Betway. “You have to look at the combination of styles and apparently Joshua gave Fury a hiding all of those years ago when they went to spar but it is all sparring talk.

“I do believe Joshua has the style to always be a major problem to Tyson Fury. He has the right style for Fury, and he could knock Fury out reasonably quickly too, that’s the combination of styles.

“But Tyson will always give someone like Daniel Dubois problems because he has good feet, he’s a mover and is a thinker whereas Joshua will stand there and have a fight with someone like Dubois and get knocked out every time.

“If Fury fights Joshua, I will say Joshua has a real chance of knocking him out.”

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A meeting between British heavyweight kings, Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua, has been a dream fight that boxing fans have wanted for ages, but to this day it has eluded them. To add fuel to the fire, a mutual conqueror of both has weighed in on who he feels would claim the victory.

Oleksandr Usyk has defeated both Fury and Joshua twice and there have been rumours that a potential third fight with the Gypsy King is on the cards. Usyk has said himself that he would like another meeting with the man from Morecambe to round off his career. The Ukrainian’s feelings as to who would come out on top in a clash between his former rivals would explain why he wants a trilogy with Fury instead of Joshua.

Speaking to the podcaster, Zach Hirsch, the former undisputed heavyweight champion shared that he believes that the man who defeated his compatriot, Wladimir Klitschko, to become WBO, WBA, IBF champion would better Joshua, who Usyk took the same titles off in 2021.

Oleksandr Usyk Predicts Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua

Usyk has fought both, on two separate occasions, so he’s a good judge

For almost a decade, one of the heavyweight fights that boxing fans have most wanted to see is Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua. Even though the relevant parties who could put the fight together have been in negotiations many times over the years, for many reasons ranging from boxing politics to momentary retirements, the fight is yet to take place.

Days after Fury’s most recent fight against Oleksandr Usyk, boxing financier Turki Alalshikh made it clear it was his intention to book the huge all-British heavyweight showdown between ‘The Gypsy King’ and ‘AJ,’ potentially as early as the summer.

However, weeks after Fury’s second loss to Usyk, he announced his retirement from the sport which once again poured cold water on the fight. In recent weeks, though, Fury has been teasing another boxing comeback on social media, which would likely see him finally face Joshua, but, regardless, the fight has suffered yet another setback before it could even be discussed behind-the-scenes.

Anthony Joshua to Undergo Elbow Surgery

Joshua’s surgery will likely mean his fight against Tyson Fury will be pushed back even further

In recent weeks, there has been new hope given to boxing fans regarding a potential fight between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua, however, that hope has now dwindled yet again as it has been revealed that ‘AJ’ will soon have to undergo surgery on his elbow, which could potentially keep him out of the gym for “six to eight weeks.” It pushes the fight even further into the latter part of the year, if at all.

‘AJ’ said the following to DAZN: