Eddie Hearn is optimistic that a fight between his client, Anthony Joshua, and Tyson Fury will happen sooner rather than later.
Last week, The Gypsy King breathed new life into the British blockbuster by insisting he couldn’t retire happily without sharing the ring with AJ.
“I don’t think I can retire today because I need this fight against Joshua. We’ve been trying to make this fight for years. This is the fight people want to see,” Fury said.
“This is the fight I want to see as a boxing fan. I think it would be a travesty of absolute death if Joshua and I weren’t fighting back then.
Days later, Fury distanced himself from the fight with Joshua whom he called a coward: “I don’t fight cowards; I only fight real men,” he insisted.
“So to say it’s a glamorous fight?” Certainly not. My glamorous fight was fighting the 43-0 Deontay Wilder in America.
The president of Matchroom Sports becomes frustrated with Fury constantly contradicting himself and thinks many fight fans are annoyed by it as well.
“Two or three days ago he said he couldn’t retire unless he fights AJ, and he really needs that fight,” Hearn told IFL TV when asked if Fury was walking away from a fight with Joshua.
“You see now from the social media responses, people are starting to accept that what he’s saying doesn’t really make sense. Let him go on.
Despite Fury’s constant flip-flopping on a potential fight with Joshua, Hearn believes the match could be booked ahead of an undisputed bout with Oleksandr Usyk.
“Maybe he fights AJ instead of Usyk. I wouldn’t even be surprised. This fight is so big with AJ that sometimes you come together and fight instantly,” he added.
Fury and Usyk are set to battle it out for all the heavyweight belts in the first quarter of 2023, provided Derek Chisora doesn’t cause an upset when he takes on the WBC heavyweight champion on December 3 at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
However, the 34-year-old Briton recently suggested he will fight Joe Joyce if Usyk is not ready in February and could therefore be ready to face Joshua who remains one of the biggest names in boxing.