Tyson Fury's retirement plan is going well. The former heavyweight champion of the world is enjoying 'wearing the old slippers' around his house despite clamour for the boxing legend to get back into the ring.

Fury sensationally announced his retirement for the fifth time with a social media post last month. The Gypsy King called time on his career after a second defeat against Oleksandr Usyk in December, believing he had been robbed after the Ukrainian claimed a unanimous points decision.

Speculation around another comeback continues to swirl, however. Fury and Anthony Joshua remains the big draw that would excite the British public. Fellow fighter Derek Chisora, after his victory at the weekend, is lining up one last fight before his own retirement and had been tipped to fight Joshua himself, but he claims that it won't happen because Joshua will fight Fury.

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"Who knows? Right now AJ is healing himself after the defeat from Daniel Dubois. He's not ready yet. When he's ready he'll come back and I think he'll come back - not to fight me but to fight the 'Gypsy King'," Chisora said.

Fury's promoter, however, insists that the 36-year-old is enjoying the fruits of his career, spending time with his family away from the spotlight which brought him incredible highs and devastating lows.

"He came back from a terrible place when he fell off a cliff, with the boozing, the drugs, the problems that he had, suicidal thoughts. Just to get over that - that was life-defining for him," Warren told Sky Sports News.

"Boxing gave him that drive, that focus to get his life back on track. He's done that and he should enjoy the spoils of his labour, in the toughest of all sports. If he comes back, he'll come back. But for me I just want to see him be happy. He deserves it."

"I asked him: 'What's it like wearing the old slippers around the house?' and he's happy. He's in a good place and I didn't talk about boxing. I'm not doing that. I'm happy, if he's happy. It's not just me in the boxing business, he's a friend and I want him to be happy," Warren said.

"Look what he's done in the game. He's gone to the other guys' backyards, won world titles, spectacular fights. Look at the fights he's had, the trilogy of fights he's had with [Deontay] Wilder, brilliant fights, going into [Wladimir] Klitschko's backyard, doing a job there, some fabulous, fabulous fights. Great fights with Usyk," Warren continued.

"Really, really good quality fights. The two best heavyweights of the 21st century. He's done everything you can ask of him."

Fury was on top of the world back in 2015 when he defeated Wladimir Klitschko to claim all four world title belts. However, his world soon came crashing back down and he battled with depression and drug addiction, which ultimately cost him his belts and saw him retreat from the sport he loved.

Within a year he had no titles and had been forced to back out of the planned Klitschko rematch due to a combination of his weight ballooning to 27 stones, injury, and a charge from UK Anti-Doping regarding the banned substance nandrolone. There was also a failed drug test for cocaine.

His depression had led to alcohol addiction, which he said saw him "drink 20 pints four or five times a week". In an emotional interview with Rolling Stone, he revealed the dark place he was in.

“They say I’ve got a version of bipolar,” he says. “I’m a manic depressive. I just hope someone kills me before I kill myself. I’ve been out drinking, Monday to Friday to Sunday, and taking cocaine. I can’t deal with it and the only thing that helps me is when I get drunk out of me mind."

He added: "I’ve done a lot of things in my life. I’ve done lots of cocaine. Lots of it. I’ve been going through depression. I just don’t want to live anymore, if you know what I’m saying. I’ve had total enough of it. They’ve forced me to the breaking edge. Never mind cocaine. I just didn’t care. I don’t want to live anymore. So cocaine is a little minor thing compared to not wanting to live anymore."

He is now, thankfully, in a much better place. Fury's retirement announcement means he will be able to spend more time with his wife Paris and their seven children. After more than a decade in the spotlight, and with all the demons that he has successfully fought, no one would deny him that opportunity - and with a fortune estimated to be around £140million there is plenty of scope for him to enjoy a life without boxing.