Notebook: No retirement in sight for Fury, who outlines 5-fight hit list

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Tyson Fury has announced his share of short-lived retirements in recent years that virtually nobody believed and never stuck. Now, the lineal/WBC heavyweight champion has taken the opposite approach and claims he will be around for the long term.

He has recently told all who will listen that he has no plans to retire and wants as many as another 10 fights before he hangs up the gloves, and this week he specified five potential blockbusters he envisions having before he retires.

It starts with the long-awaited four-belt unification fight with Oleksandr Usyk for the undisputed championship that last week was rescheduled from Feb. 17 to May 18 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, because Fury suffered a nasty cut in a sparring session last Friday that required 11 stitches over his right eye.

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