Since then he has cleaned out two entire divisions. Firstly he became undisputed at cruiserweight, then moved up and repeated the trick at heavyweight. Across back-to-back fights with Anthony Joshua, he managed to take and then defend three of the four world titles before retaining them against Daniel Dubois via stoppage.

Fury is one of the best fighters of his generation, reaching boxing's pinnacle as a heavyweight, but skeptics wonder whether this will stick

British heavyweight Tyson Fury has retired from boxing — again — one month after losing a rematch with Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk.