Exclusive: WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman provides Tyson Fury retirement update
The WBC president had an exclusive chat with Planet Sport about the future of Tyson Fury.
Tyson Fury told the world he had fought his last fight as a professional boxer after knocking out Dillian Whyte at Wembley Stadium last month.
The 'Gypsy King' made a second successful defence of his WBC title with a brutal sixth-round stoppage of Whyte and after the fight, Fury said he wanted to focus on being with his family.
If that's the case, Fury will be vacating the WBC title - a belt he won from Deontay Wilder in 2020 before defeating the American in their trilogy bout last October.
However, WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman has revealed he will give Fury time to decide but cannot wait forever.
"We need to address the situation if he is retiring but at this time, we are just giving him the much deserved time to enjoy his holidays," added Sulaiman.
Undisputed over mandatory
Should Fury continue to fight, the obvious route is to face the winner of Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua.
And Sulaiman is open to Fury facing Usyk - the current unified champion - or Joshua to determine the first undisputed champion since Lennox Lewis in 1999.
Wilder in line for shock world title shot?
Asked about the possibility of Wilder returning for a third successive challenge, Sulaiman said: "Wilder is the number one contender and you have Joe Joyce at number two, three is Joseph Parker.