Tyson Fury reveals on the Jonathan Ross Show that he was ‘in a very low place’ before announcing his return to boxing and admits he doesn’t know what he will do when his career is over despite receiving an acting offer from Sylvester Stallone!
- Tyson Fury is a guest on The Jonathan Ross show on ITV this Saturday
- During his interview he opened up about retirement and life after boxing
- Fury said he was in a low point after retiring following win over Dillian Whyte
- He doesn’t know what he will do when his boxing career does eventually end
- Hollywood superstar Sylvester Stallone said Fury would be good in a movie
Tyson Fury has revealed he was in a ‘very low place’ for four months after retiring from boxing in the aftermath of his victory over Dillian Whyte this year.
The Gypsy King announced he was hanging up the gloves after his knockout victory over Whyte in April, but has since announced his return and will fight Derek Chisora for the third time in his career on December 3 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Fury is a guest on The Jonathan Ross Show which will be broadcast at 10pm on Saturday on ITV and the ITV Hub, and during his interview he said that other ventures he has been involved in don’t give him ‘the same fulfilment as boxing’.
Tyson Fury spoke about his short retirement on The Jonathan Ross Show which is to be shown on Saturday
Fury said he was in a ‘very low place’ for four months following his win over Dillian Whyte
He said: ‘I suppose I’m going to have to cross that bridge (retirement) when it actually happens. For four months I was in a very, very low place.
‘Even though I had a lot going on, I was writing a book, I was singing a song, I was doing a Netflix documentary, I was doing tours up and down the country, but it still didn’t give me the fulfilment that I get from boxing.’
He added: ‘I’m not really too sure what I’m going to get into after boxing. For now I’m just focusing on enjoying the latter end of my career and taking it all in.
Fury returns to the ring on December 3 when he completes a trilogy with Derek Chisora
‘As a youngster coming up you take everything for granted and you think it’s never going to end. But when you get to near 30 you start prevention rather than cure.
‘You start working on things you actually appreciate what you have, as in your physical, your body, and it’s not broken and you know it can be broken any time soon and it takes a lot longer to recover, so you start taking more precautions in your old age.
‘I never really took my career seriously until I got to about 30, which was about four years ago. Now I’m an ultimate professional. It’s a little bit too late unfortunately. At 34, how long have I got in the game? Who knows, it might be 10 fights, it might be one fight, it might be two. Who knows. The one thing I do know is I’m going to enjoy every second and it’s going to be electric while it lasts.’
Fury said he only started taking his boxing career seriously at 30 which was a ‘little too late’
Fury was among a number of high-profile guests on The Jonathan Ross show including which include Sylvester Stallone, Martin Freeman, Danai Gurira, Rio Ferdinand, Ellie Taylor and Little Simz.
During the interview, Stallone described Fury as the ‘greatest heavyweight that ever lived’ – praise in which the Gypsy King said he would ‘add to the memory book’ – and believes the boxer would be a great addition to the ‘Expendables’ movie franchise.
In response, Fury said: ‘100% in the future, it’s something I’d love to explore. Who better to help me than the man himself Mr Rocky Balboa? The guy I grew up watching on TV. A great opportunity and a great offer and something I’d love to have a go at later when I finish with the boxing career.”
Hollywood superstar Sylvester Stallone, famed for the boxing Rocky movies, praised Fury on the Jonathan Ross Show and said he would be great for his ‘Expendables’ movie series
Fury is currently preparing for his fight with Chisora, in a bout which he is heavily expected to win after previous wins over his upcoming opponent in 2011 and 2014.
The Gypsy King told Ross that he is ‘always confident’ no matter who the opponent is, that he is training ‘really hard’ and ‘whatever will happen in the ring on the night will happen’.
To see Tyson Fury’s interview, watch The Jonathan Ross Show on Saturday, November 12 at 10pm on ITV and ITV Hub.
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