Tyson Fury steps closer to boxing return after securing BBBoC licence and revealing he will be his own manager

Tyson Fury has taken a step closer towards a return to the ring after nearly two-and-a-half years away from boxing, with the former heavyweight world champion posting an image of his new British Boxing Board of Control licence on social media.

Not only has the BBBoC granted Fury a licence to return to the sport, but they also appear to have granted him a manager’s licence, with the Manchester-born boxer also posting an image of the licence on his Instagram page.

Fury, who has not boxed since beating Wladimir Klitschko in November 2015 to win the WBA, IBF, WBO, The Ring and lineal heavyweight titles, plans to make his return at Manchester Arena on 9 June, and posted a training montage onto his Instagram stories that showed the 29-year-old working out in the gym in preparation for his comeback – against a currently unknown opponent.

Having lost the world titles as well as his boxing licence due to a series of well-documented problems with drugs and mental illness, Fury announced his comeback earlier this month in what he hopes will be the start of a collision course with Anthony Joshua, the current WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight world champion.

Admitting that he first needed to lose weight, Fury has gone about shedding off the unwanted pounds before joining up with promoter Frank Warren, and this latest update is the next step towards fulfilling his boxing return, having had his suspension lifted by the BBBoC last January.

Posting a picture of his new licence on Instagram, Fury added: “Officially back! Watch me go!”

But not only that, Fury has also registered himself as his own manager with the BBBoC, with a second post revealing his manager’s licence along with the caption: “Well then boys & girls I’m an official BBBoC manager. Thanks to the BBBoC for the opportunity.”

The licence acquisition ends a frosty period between Fury and the BBBoC, with the ex-world champion claiming at the end of last year that he was considering applying for his licence elsewhere after being treated “like some piece of s***”.

"I just mean to settle a couple of things regarding this BBBofC boxing licence," Fury said in a post that he would later delete. "I know they keep commenting on my career. Let’s talk straight.

“I have not held a BBBofC boxing licence since I fought [Wladimir] Klitschko two years ago.

"Every year you have to renew your licence, and medicals and pay your fees. I have paid no fees or renewed no licences with any boxing board of control around the world. Nowhere.

"It is what it is. Who knows. I might not go back to the British Boxing Board of Control [because] how they conducted themselves and the manner in which they behaved around this whole thing.

“So get it out of your mind that it is cemented that I am going to go with you guys because I have a vast array of board of controls around the world, with open arms welcoming the gypsy king and treat me like the king I am and not like some piece of s***.”