Fury says 'final curtain' fallen on his boxing career
Tyson Fury reiterated he is ready to quit boxing after beating Dillian Whyte at Wembley to retain his WBC heavyweight title on Sunday (AEST).
A sixth-round knockout gave Fury an emphatic victory, but it remains to be seen whether he can be tempted back into the ring.
This was Fury's first fight since beating Deontay Wilder in the final part of their trilogy last October in Nevada.
The undefeated 33-year-old, who improved his career record to 32-0-1, said: "I promised my lovely wife Paris of 14 years that after the Wilder III fight that would be it, and I meant it.
"But I got offered to fight at Wembley, at home, and I believed I owed it to the fans, I owed it to every person in the United Kingdom, to come here and fight at Wembley.
"And now it's all done, I have to be a man of my word and I think this it. This might be the final curtain for the Gypsy King, and what a way to go out."
He was thrilled with the manner of his win, saying: "I think Lennox Lewis would even be proud of that right uppercut tonight."
Fury is confident there will remain quality fighters in the heavyweight ranks if he retires, praising the man he beat in London.
"Dillian Whyte is a warrior and I believe Dillian will be a world champion," Fury said. "But tonight he met a great in the sport. I'm one of the greatest heavyweights of all-time and unfortunately for Dillian Whyte he had to face me tonight.
"He's as strong as a bull and has got the heart of a lion, but you're not messing with a mediocre heavyweight, you're messing with the best man on the planet, and you saw that tonight with what happened."
