Via Scott Gilfoid: Eddie Hearn doubts that Tyson Fury could choose to face Anthony Joshua next instead of Oleksandr Usyk because it’s a much bigger fight.
If given the opportunity to fight Joshua for big money, Fury would choose to go that route rather than take a risk with Usyk and be humiliated by him. Usyk is completely wrong for Fury, and he knows it.
Hearn says Fury (32-0-1, 23 KOs) can say he doesn’t appreciate Joshua (24-3, 22 KOs), but he does, and a fight with him would be good best. “The biggest of all time.“
In terms of money, fame, and legacy, WBC heavyweight champion Fury will do much better than he would a risky undisputed title fight with the IBF, WBA & WBO champions regardless defeated Usyk (20-0, 13 KOs) next.
Usyk will make a monkey out of Furyput him to shame with his skills and showed how limited he is as a boxer.
Let’s face it; Fury is just a giant who made it through the last three fights by bullying opponents with his size.
We’ve seen the shoves, rabbit punches, hold and hit, and side kicks Fury has won.
The rule-bending Fury has taken won’t work on Usyk because he’s too smart and won’t allow the bear-like Fury to hold, tilt, and connect with illegal rabbit hits to the back of the head.
“I don’t know if they will open a top floor. It’s very difficult, especially in December when it’s freezing cold,” Eddie Hearn told iFL TV about the December 3 bout between WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and Derek Chisora at Tottenham Hot Spurs Stadium in London.
“30,000, 40,000, whatever it is, it’s a very good crowd, but it’s hard. You have to create a compelling event and you can’t do it every week. Every fight is a gangbuster.
“I see,” Hearn said of the £26.95 pay-per-view price tag for Fury compared to Chisora III. “Tyson Fury wants [for his purse]and you have to find a way to get there to make him fight.
“I know it’s clear that Tyson Fury wants to fight Anthony Joshua for free, but it’s £26.95 for a fight with Chisora. You have to find a way to get the money together and that’s the price they need to try and hit their numbers.
“For me, AJ should fight three times a year per year, but because of his commercial responsibility and the size of his events, it sometimes ends up in two. And because of COVID, sometimes it is one.
“We have to make sure that in 2023 he will appear three times. It really matters, and activity is key. Not really; it depends on what the fare is. If AJ is in a big game, every match will be in the stadium.
“The return could be O2. It was a great location for him. It will be a big fight, and it will sell out in no time. Like I said, it’s going to depend on who he’s fighting for, but you’ll see a lot of stadium games because of AJ in 2023 and beyond.
“And three days ago, he said he [Fury] can’t retreat unless he fights AJ, and he desperately needs that fight,‘ Hearn said in response to being told that Fury said he didn’t want to fight Joshua because he was a ‘coward’.
Hearn said of the ramblings Fury did in interviews: “Now you’re seeing responses on social media where people are starting to accept that what he’s saying is nonsense.
“Let him continue. Maybe he fights AJ instead of Usyk? I wouldn’t even be surprised. That fight with AJ is so big that sometimes you just meet and you fight right away.
“I think Fury wants legacy, and he knows the fight against AJ is legacy because it’s the greatest war of all time. He could say he didn’t judge Anthony Joshua. He does, and he knows it’s a real fight.
“We have to see that fight, but you also have the Usyk fight. You have Chisora coming. We’ll see what happens,” Hearn said.
