{"id":671531,"date":"2026-01-03T16:41:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T16:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/671531\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T16:41:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T16:41:10","slug":"tyson-furys-first-training-footage-since-retirement-shows-current-shape-before-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/671531\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyson Fury&#8217;s first training footage since retirement shows current shape before comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tyson Fury has left very little to the imagination \u2013 regarding his physical condition, that is \u2013 as he alludes to a possible comeback fight in 2026.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/news\/tyson-fury-announces-retirement-from-boxing-ending-hopes-of-anthony-joshua-fight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The 37-year-old has not fought since suffering a second points defeat to Oleksandr Usyk in December 2024, which came roughly a month before the sudden announcement of his retirement.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Prior to that, many felt that Fury, despite losing to his heavyweight rival on two occasions, was not a million miles removed from his prime. He gave an encouraging account of himself in their first encounter, banking several of the early rounds, before Usyk eventually took control and claimed a split decision victory in May 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Again, Fury kept it competitive in their rematch later that year, but a more measured performance from Usyk ultimately saw him land a unanimous decision.<\/p>\n<p>With the period of inactivity that followed, it is now difficult to gauge how \u2018The Gypsy King\u2019 will perform if and when he returns to the ring. <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/news\/fury-names-5-man-hitlist-ahead-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Positive updates from both himself and promoter Frank Warren suggest he will be doing so in the first half of 2026.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>New training footage has now shown the Morecambe man pounding the pads and having a light move around with heavyweight contender Kevin Lerena in Thailand. Based purely on the video, it appears that Fury has a way to go to get into fighting shape, but it certainly looks like the desire is there. Fans said as much, with many commenting how hefty the two-time champion looks in the clip \u2013 not unusual before a true training camp begins.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet-lazy\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tyson Fury is back sparring with Kevin Lerena \ud83d\udcaa<\/p>\n<p>Who do you most want to see him fight if he returns to boxing this year \u2753 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CSQriQ8XjL\">pic.twitter.com\/CSQriQ8XjL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ring Magazine (@ringmagazine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ringmagazine\/status\/2007090309965250773?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 2, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.secondsout.com\/news\/fury-linked-with-russian-for-comeback\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News is expected soon on Fury\u2019s next move, with some tentative links to Russia\u2019s Arslanbek Makhmudov should he follow through on his plan to return.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                            <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tyson Fury has left very little to the imagination \u2013 regarding his physical condition, that is \u2013 as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":671532,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4108],"tags":[1935,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-671531","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115832165645819085","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=671531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/671532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}