sport news Tyson Fury 'retired' FOUR months ago but now wants Derek Chisora fight - what ... trends now
Nobody believed Tyson Fury when he said he was going to retire from boxing after knocking out Dillian Whyte in April.
At just 33 years old and with huge potential paydays still on the horizon, it was inevitable that the Gypsy King would announce his return to the ring.
It was just a case of where, when and who would entice the world heavyweight champion to step back into the ring.
Tyson Fury's next opponent is up in the air as he looks to come out of his brief 'retirement'
All fingers point towards the winner of Anthony Joshua's highly anticipated rematch with Oleksandr Usyk, which takes place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on August 20.
That would give the boxing world what everyone has been clamouring for and that's a unification bout to prove who is the true king of the heavyweight division.
The hope among British boxing fans is that that clash will be between Joshua and Fury - something which appeared to unravel when Usyk's hand was raised in victory at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium last September.
It is something that could still happen if Joshua were to beat Usyk next week, and both AJ and the Gypsy King are available and looking for a fight in December.
Fury (right) claims to have sent a contract to Derek Chisora ahead of a potential trilogy bout
Chisora is coming off a revenge victory over Kubrat Pulev after losing three prior fights
So what wasn't expected was the Gypsy King coming out on Instagram and telling Derek Chisora to sign a contract for a trilogy bout - with talks of the contest taking place at Old Trafford in December.
Fury has twice defeated Chisora, the last of which came nearly eight years ago when Del Boy's corner forced him to withdraw from the fight in the tenth round of their November 2014 clash.
While a fight involving Fury will always do good numbers, there isn't the same public demand, nor would it make anywhere near the amount that a unification bout with Usyk, or especially Joshua, would make.
So it raises the question of what game the Gypsy King is really playing ahead of his inevitable return to the ring.
To start with there are some, including potential opponent Chisora, who felt his plans to retire ahead of his last bout were simply to increase ticketing and pay-per-view sales for his fight with Whyte.
Chisora told talkSPORT: 'Tyson says so many things, man. He's a guy who has gone through a lot, he's done well for himself and he says so many things.
'Wembley is a big stadium to sell out, fellas. Only a few fighters can sell out Wembley, only a few promoters can do that. The last big show at Wembley was AJ and Klitschko and other fighters. If he sells out, this won't be his last fight.'
It was expected Fury would come out of retirement for a unification bout with Anthony Joshua (pictured, left) or Oleksandr Usyk (right) to finally get one king of heavyweight division
Now Fury is talking about the fight with Chisora - with the pair having reconciled since their second meeting in 2014.
Chisora recently exacted a
