'Retirement is terrifying - but Fury's not done'

Tyson Fury insists he's retired. And if you judge that, you astir apt haven't been pursuing boxing – aliases his Instagram floor plan - for long.

In nan past he whitethorn person meant it. This clip it mightiness conscionable each beryllium a strategy. I don't deliberation he's finished.

The 'Gypsy King' is backmost successful nan gym and has been posting clips of himself moving and training.

He's starring america each down a plot way and heavy down, I reckon he knows it too. Fury's occurrence is still burning.

I've been successful this athletics since nan property of 7 and I've seen it countless times. When a combatant says they're done, sometimes it's conscionable a pause. A chance to breathe, reset, return nan unit off. At different times it's a determination made successful nan power of nan moment, based connected impulse.

That was nan lawsuit erstwhile I laid my gloves successful nan ringing aft losing to Anthony Cacace successful September.

I told my dada successful nan area aft my 3rd consecutive conclusion that "it's not location immoderate more".

I was 100% committed to that decision. I was broken, some physically and mentally. I did a thigh of honour and told Eddie Hearn I was retiring.

The adjacent day, connected nan measurement home, was nan longest and astir achy thrust of my life. For nan adjacent mates of weeks, I'd return my kids to schoolhouse past travel backmost and get into furniture and commencement crying.

Because boxing isn't conscionable a occupation to maine – it was who I was. It kept maine distant from trouble, gave maine a intent erstwhile others astir maine didn't person one. So erstwhile that portion of you abruptly disappears, it's terrifying.

People messaged me, moreover those who admitted they didn't for illustration me, telling maine to clasp my caput up. I watched my conflict and realised it wasn't arsenic bad arsenic I thought. At nan football, Leeds United fans were stopping me, telling maine I wasn't finished.

So I went backmost to nan gym, started moving again and realised I still had thing left. I couldn't spell retired for illustration that.

It's easy to say, "Why don't you conscionable locomotion away?"

But unless you've lived it, you don't understand. The building of training, nan routine, nan precocious of conflict week – it's for illustration a drug.

I've ne'er touched recreational worldly successful my life but I ideate nan deed of conflict nighttime is not acold off. The lights, nan adrenaline, nan buzz – it's addictive.

And let's not dishonesty – nan money matters. Boxing isn't conscionable a passion, it's a business. One punch tin alteration your life and nan salary packets? Insane. You've sewage influencers making millions from novelty fights.

So if you're a apical heavyweight for illustration Fury, what's 36 minutes successful nan ringing erstwhile there's 8 figures connected nan line?

But that's wherever it gets dangerous. The harm adds up. You're getting deed successful nan head. And what does each that money mean erstwhile your reside starts to slur aliases your reactions slow down?

That's why I opportunity boxing needs a union. Footballers person nan PFA (Professional Footballers' Association). We've sewage nothing.

Most of america travel from assembly estates and surgery homes – boxing is simply a measurement out. But erstwhile it ends, nan telephone stops ringing. The taxation bills rotation in. You don't cognize who to move to. And that's erstwhile immoderate fighters spiral into drink, gambling aliases depression.

A national could help. It could springiness guidance, finance advice, moreover group property limits for comebacks. Because let's look it, a 58-year-old Mike Tyson getting backmost successful nan ring? That's not a comeback – that's a wellness risk. This isn't Oasis reforming. This is group getting punched successful nan head.

As for Tyson Fury? He'll beryllium back. And yes, I deliberation nan Anthony Joshua conflict happens. It's excessively large not to. Maybe it's not what it erstwhile could've been – 2 unbeaten heavyweights fighting for each nan belts – but it still matters. There's still pride, still legacy.

Fury mightiness return a tune-up aliases he mightiness dive consecutive in.

Either way, I don't judge he's done. Not yet. Not until nan lights are off, nan gloves hung up for bully and he's recovered thing that gives him nan aforesaid thrill. But judge me, that's nan hardest part. I'm not judge thing other will ever travel close.

Josh Warrington was speaking to BBC Sport's Kal Sajad.