Though the comeback of Tyson Fury this week went from probable to inevitable following his recent posts on social media, the heavyweight’s promoters Queensberry today told BoxingScene they’ve had no dialogue with the Englishman about boxing since he lost a unanimous decision to Oleksandr Usyk in December.

That second consecutive points defeat to the Ukrainian came seven months after Fury was beaten on a split verdict and triggered his latest retirement announcement.

For now, Queensberry is busy enough. Tickets for their July 19 Wembley Stadium event, headlined by the rematch between Usyk and Daniel Dubois, go on sale today while rumors that Jarrell Miller has pulled out of his June 7 showdown with Fabio Wardley gathered pace overnight.

Amid huge interest in both the Chris Eubank Jnr-Conor Benn rivalry and the confirmation of Usyk-Dubois II, Fury teased his intention to return with a third fight against the Ukrainian seemingly at the top of his list.

On Monday – as Usyk and Dubois began their media duties – Fury recorded a video on his mobile phone while “just in the gym”. His familiar face took up the entire screen until he panned left to reveal he was with his coach SugarHill Steward. “I just bumped into somebody you might know,” he went on. “You know what’s coming.”

Well, of course we do.

Fury first disappeared from boxing after dethroning long-reigning heavyweight king Wladimir Klitschko in 2015. Triggered by a failed drug test and then entrenched by depression, Fury’s hiatus lasted until 2018. He would regain a portion of the world heavyweight title in 2020, stopping Deontay Wilder in seven rounds. He has toyed with retirement ever since, most famously after beating Dillian Whyte two years later when he promised his wife that he would never fight again. Contests against Derek Chisora, Francis Ngannou and Usyk followed.

A few hours after bumping into Steward in the gym, and with Usyk-Dubois II publicity starting to gather pace, the 36-year-old Fury took out his phone again with an apparent address to the man who twice defeated him in Saudi Arabia: “Beat the fucker two times and the world knows the truth… any time any place… uk next time 100k people.”