ISTANBUL

Former heavyweight champion Tyson Fury announced on Sunday that he would return to boxing this year.

"2026 is that year. Return of the Mac. Been away for a while but I'm back now. 37 years old and still punching. Nothing better to do than punch men in the face & get paid for it," Fury wrote on the US social media platform Instagram.

Fury last fought in December 2024, when he was defeated for a second time by Ukrainian world heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk in a heavyweight rematch.

The Briton announced his retirement a month later.

Fury, a two-time heavyweight world champion, first claimed the title in 2015 after defeating Wladimir Klitschko, also of Ukraine.