Former heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has disclosed that Anthony Joshua’s car crash played a vital role in influencing his decision to return to boxing.
The announcement came a week after compatriot Joshua was involved in a car crash in Nigeria, which killed his close friends Sina Ghami and Latif Ayodele.
Fury will step back into the ring on April 11 after a 15-month absence to face Russian-born heavyweight Arslanbek Makhmudov in a bout at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
“Tomorrow might not ever come and I suppose the biggest turning point in this comeback for me was the tragedy that happened with Anthony Joshua,” Fury said.
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“I was on holiday with my family in Thailand for Christmas just to get away from the rain. I was sick of the rain, it was depressing me, and then I hear all about the bad news that’s gone on and I thought, `You know what, life is very, very short and very precious and very fragile and anything can happen at any given moment.´
“You should never put things off until tomorrow, or next year, or next week because tomorrow is not promised to nobody.
“I made my mind up there and then I was going to come back to boxing because it’s something I love, I am passionate about and I have always been in love with. There is no tomorrow so that’s why I am back today.”
