Cheatham County Professional Boxer Announces Retirement

Tyler “Short Fuse” Tomlin has announced his official retirement on July 15, 2024 (Source: Ty Tomlin’s Instagram)

CHEATHAM COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — A Cheatham County professional boxer announced his retirement Monday night due to a chronic illness.

Ty “Short Fuse” Tomlin, who wrote in an Instagram post that it had been a year since his last fight, announced his official retirement from the sport on Monday night. Tomlin shared that he had been diagnosed with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), which affected his ability to think, his vision, his fitness and more.

Johns Hopkins University describes this condition as a blood circulation disorder that causes an increased heart rate when standing up from a sitting or lying position. Symptoms can include dizziness, headaches, blurred vision, and more.

“I thought a diagnosis would allow me to get treatment so I could get back in the ring, but unfortunately the doctors advised me not to fight again,” Tomlin wrote. “This was extremely hard to hear, as boxing has been my life since I was a kid.”

According to his Instagram profile, Tomlin has 14 wins and only two losses with nine knockouts to his name.

“I am so fortunate to have great opportunities ahead of me for my ‘life after boxing’ and I will embrace them with the same intensity I fought with,” Tomlin wrote. “I have no regrets, I would shed blood, sweat and tears again if I had the chance.”