Eddie hears Tyson Fury will fight winner Joshua-Usyk 2
By: Sean Crose
Tyson Fury has said that he is retiring. He’s said it before and honestly there’s a very good chance he’ll say it again. Fury is definitely a nice guy, but he loves to talk untied. He also tends to contradict himself, from changing his mind or just enjoying messing with people. Either way, Fury has announced that he’s out of the fighting game after completely killing Dillian Whyte with a rocket-like hit a few weeks ago. Count and Matchroom promoter honcho Eddie Hearn as someone whose latest announcement of Fury’s retirement is like salt in the water.
“It was very easy for Tyson,” said Hearn iFl TV, “To go back and go back, ‘Look, I just need a little time now. Let me just think about what I’m going to do. I know I said that after the fight, but give me a moment. ” Then Hearn interrupted the chase. “We all know he’s not going to retire.” And so how does Hearn feel for the current WBC heavyweight and heavyweight champion of the world? “I look forward to seeing him fight winner Joshua-Usyk in December.” WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman may agree with Hearn. He’s at least skeptical of Fury’s retirement claim, as he was officially awarded “The Gyspy King” a while before he stripped the WBC title from the towering Briton.
Should Fury decide to keep fighting, Hearn believes he will take on the winner of the Anthony Joshua-Oleksandr Usyk rematch, which will conclude in the summer. Since defeating Joshua in his first bout, Usyk has owned the WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight belts. If Fury were to take on winner Joshua-Usyk II, a truly undisputed heavyweight champion of the word would be crowned – something that hasn’t happened in quite some time.
Fury is undoubtedly the most colorful heavyweight since Mike Tyson and George Foreman dominated the ’90s. Big, outspoken and simply quirky, the undefeated Fury has a natural ability to draw eyeballs. He has also proven to be an excellent fighter. Along with Lennox Lewis and Wladimir Klitschko, Fury has essentially quelled the long-held belief that giant men do not possess the ability to wear giant rings. It’s a safe bet that the man will be given priority to enter the ring with either Joshua or Usyk, should he decide to face the winner of their much-anticipated second leg.