TYSON FURY is plotting a dramatic comeback in 2026 – after Saudi supremo chief Turki Alalshikh teased a trilogy with Oleksandr Usyk.
Fury abruptly announced his retirement from boxing – for the fourth time – in January just a month after losing his rematch to Usyk in Saudi Arabia.
Tyson Fury has confirmed he will make his return to boxing in 2026, says Turki Alalshikh[/caption]
The ‘Gypsy King’ will be back!!! I talked with him, and I have his word to have him in Riyadh Season in 2026 …
We have a rabbit to hunt!
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— TURKI ALALSHIKH (@Turki_alalshikh) July 2, 2025
It was only seven months earlier that he also lost his undefeated record and WBC belt in 12 classic rounds against Usyk in Riyadh.
Disillusioned with the razor-tight pair of decision losses, the unpredictable Gypsy King took to Instagram to hang up his gloves.
And despite training up to THREE times a day, Fury, 36, has so far appeared uninterested in a comeback even to fight Anthony Joshua, 35.
That was until arriving in Turkey for the IBA pro boxing tournament – where he called out Usyk to a trilogy fight.
And shortly after Alalshikh – who delivered the mega-money two-fight series on Saudi soil – appeared to confirm he had convinced Fury into yet another return.
The Saudi boxing chief posted: “The ‘Gypsy King’ will be back!!!
“I talked with him, and I have his word to have him in Riyadh Season in 2026…We have a rabbit to hunt!”
Usyk, 38, returns on July 19 at Wembley in a rematch with Daniel Dubois, 27, following his 2023 stoppage win – this time for the undisputed throne.
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And Fury – who infamously referred to Usyk as “the rabbit” in 2022 – is eyeing revenge against the Ukrainian in London.
He said: “Dubois is very young and ambitious. Usyk is very experienced.
“But he’s coming off two fights with me, which is debatable which he won them or not, which he didn’t, but he got the decision which is all that matters.
“If I was going to come back, I would come back for Usyk, but I want a fair result in England. That would be the fight I want next.
“I don’t want any favours, I want a fair fight and a fair result which I know I didn’t get. I thought I won that second fight by five rounds.
“I watched it literally 250 times and each way, I never see there’s a way he won. But, they can do what they want.”
Fury also revealed he got the green light from wife Paris to come out of retirement for the umpteenth time.
