Tyson Fury is back in the gym as he looks to make his dream return to the ring against Anthony Joshua a reality.
However, on first glimpses the self-proclaimed ‘Gypsy King’ has a long road ahead of him to reach the levels that saw him reach the height of boxing back in 2015.
Fury ducked and dodged his way to the WBA, WBO, IBF, the ring magazine and lineal heavyweight titles against Wladimir Klitschko a little under two years ago to reach the pinnacle of his career.
But the 29-year-old looked a long way from his best as he got back to the gym on Monday, as he fooled around with his trainer, showboating for the camera in a light training session on Monday afternoon.
He did appear to be taking things a little more seriously though in another clip, as he trained with Ben Davison in Ricky Hatton’s gym in Hyde.
Fury posted on Instagram: ‘First session back on the pads with Ben Davison in Hatton Gym, feeling good.’
Fury’s new-found desire to return to the ring has been fuelled by an online feud with reigning world heavyweight champions Anthony Joshua.
The 28-year-old has set his sights on American Deontay Wilder and a unification fight in early 2018.
To that effect he has met any challenge from Fury with a series of putdowns his latest delivered in an interview to Sport360.
He told the Dubai-based news outlet: ‘Sometimes if a dog at you so many times, the other dog needs to bite back and make sure the other dog puts his tail between his legs.
‘And that’s what you have to do with Tyson Fury.’
Fury saw the video and responded to the remark, tweeting: ’10 men like you AJ couldn’t make me put my tail between my legs. I’d die first! Punk.’
Fury hasn’t returned to the ring since his victory over Klitschko in Germany in November 2015.
Since then, he has been battling with depression as well as well as taking on UK Anti-Doping over a positive test for cocaine in June 2016.
