Tyson Fury was ready to retire from boxing for good last year - now he wants to fight another TEN times.

Fury, 35, will attempt to become the first undisputed heavyweight world champion since Lennox Lewis when he takes on Oleksandr Usyk in Saudi Arabia on May 18. He will then turn his attention to bitter rival Anthony Joshua after promising him a domestic double-header - first in the Middle East and then at Wembley Stadium.

Fury has 'retired' from the ring on several occasions - but insists he was ready to walk away until the sudden influx of Saudi's oil money And now he wants to follow heavyweight legends George Foreman and Evander Holyfield and box into his 40s. "If Saudi didn't come into boxing and put my last fight on, I wouldn't be boxing now," Fury said.

"We've talked about 10 more fights and that's the aim. I'm not even 36 yet so I'll go to 40, all these fighters go to 40. If they can line them up quickly I’ll do them. I can get the best out of me when I have two, three, four fights on the spin. If they can do it, fantastic. I'll do Usyk, Usyk, AJ, AJ - if he doesn't get beat in the meantime - so that's four. Then I'll do Daniel Dubois and Joe Joyce, then Joseph Parker, that's seven.

"Then I'll go to America and chuck in an American, maybe Deontay Wilder for a fourth time. Maybe a European, an Agit Kabayel. Then for the 10th I'll probably do a trilogy with Usyk." Fury and Joshua agreed a deal to fight in 2021 before Fury was instead forced to take on Wilder in their trilogy bout when the American took him to court.

Joshua went on to lose his world titles to Usyk but four successive wins since their rematch have propelled him back into world title contention. He is expected to challenge for the IBF world title in September against either Daniel Dubois or Filip Hrgovic who are due to collide this summer.

Fury expects to take on Usyk for a second time in October, potentially setting him up for a meeting with Joshua early next year. But the champion is in no mood to rush into a fight with his fellow countryman. "The rematch was always very important to the little Usyk fella, he was crying like a little b**** about it," he added. "I never wanted rematches after that Wilder stuff, I wanted one fight, but now I see it’s good because if I was chinned in a round I would get the chance to avenge it and get paid double. So I take my bald head off to Usyk, he gets a second chance and paid twice."