Old Tyson Fury interview from before the start of his comeback in 2017 shows he did everything he said he would
Matthew Sanders
Updated on April 07, 2026
When Tyson Fury announced that he'd decided to return to boxing in 2017, few believed he would even make it back into the ring, let alone become heavyweight world champion once again.
Fury first said that he was intending to return in March 2017, having addressed his mental health issues, and began a weight loss journey which saw him finally get back in action in June of the following year.
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A remarkable interview from midway through this process in November 2017 has now re-emerged in which the Gypsy King successfully predicted how his comeback would play out.
Fury told iFL TV at the time: "If I've been through it and overcome it, to get back to where I am today, then anybody can.
"Because I was as low as anybody could go.
"I couldn't go any lower, the next thing was suicide.
"But now I'm back, back on top, and I'm gonna be king of the world again, for the second time.
"This time no-one will be able to take it from me.
"Because what don't kill you makes you stronger. I've got more fire burning inside than I did before. I want it more, there's more pain involved.
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"When they say you can't have something it makes you want it even more.
"And when you're told you're gonna get banned for a long time, you want it more and more and more.
"And there's not a man out there born from his mother that can beat the Gypsy King.
"Especially not a man with a pair of gloves on, in a boxing ring, with a referee, with judges.
"You haven't just gotta overcome the size and the reach and the movement and all that.
"You've gotta overcome the burning passion inside never to lose a fight.
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"The will, the determination, the drive of this individual.
"I don't call it 'Return of the Mack' for nothing. I am the mack daddy of it all.
"It's my throne that I never lost. I'm the king of that throne in the heavyweight division, the emperor, and I'm still here.
"They may have tried to shut me out in the cold, but I'm still here, I haven't gone anywhere.
"My fans love me even more now than they did before, my popularity is on the up.
"Nothing can stop me or deter me away from my path.
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"No-one can stop me on this mission back to the top.
"It's a real life Rocky story. From zero to hero to zero back to hero again."
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