Fury ends career, then appears to change his mind

LONDON: Controversial world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury appeared to make a U-turn on his retirement decision on Monday, tweeting: “I’m here to stay.”

LONDON: Controversial world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury appeared to make a U-turn on his retirement decision on Monday, tweeting: “I’m here to stay.”

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“Hahahaha u think you will get rid of the GYPSYKING that easy!!! I’m here to stay. #TheGreatest just shows u what the Medea (sic) are like. Tut tut,” Fury wrote on Twitter.

The outspoken 28-year-old British fighter, dogged by reports he failed a drugs test for cocaine, had earlier declared himself “retired” in a profanity-strewn tweet.

“Boxing is the saddest thing I ever took part in, all a pile of shit,” he wrote earlier in the day. “I’m the greatest and I’m also retired...”

The British fighter recently cancelled an October bout with Wladimir Klitschko to defend his WBA and WBO heavyweight belts.