Fury’s Silence Worries Hearn: Is Joshua vs. Fury Doomed?

Anthony Joshua’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, worries that Tyson Fury may choose not to fight again after losing to Oleksandr Usyk three weeks ago.

‘The Gypsy King’ has undoubtedly been stewing on his second defeat against the talented Ukrainian, salty about what he believes was another robbery.

Empty Spectacle 

Fury has made a boatload of money already, sitting like a King on top of a massive fortune estimated to be $160 million smackers. He doesn’t need the extra dough that two fights against Joshua would bring him in. Tyson may freeze AJ, Hearn, and the fans just for the heck of it.

Joshua-Fury is seen as two has-beens by the boxing public anyway, and it would be seen as greedy if they were to fight now. The public would be excited to see this match if the fight had happened a few years back.

Now, it’s two shot-to-pieces old British guys, both filthy rich beyond anyone’s dreams, looking to increase their massive J. Paul Getty-esque fortunes.

“Tyson Fury is the fight he wants,” said Eddie Hearn to Sky Sports Boxing about Anthony Joshua wanting a fight against Tyson Fury in 2025. “The real key in this is Tyson Fury. He’s three weeks off a defeat. He’s probably still upset, and probably still reflecting on that defeat. We have to see if he wants to fight again, and if he does want to fight again, what else can Fury do?”

Hearn looked like a worried ice cream salesman at the Ring Awards, talking about the Fury-Joshua fight. It would be better if Turki Al-Shiekh chooses to make AJ and Tyson earn this fight by insisting that they take these fights first to show that they still have it:

• Anthony Joshua vs. Martin Bakole
• Tyson Fury vs. Daniel Dubois

If Joshua & Fury pass these tests, it would make sense for Turki to pull the trigger on this fight. At least the fans could respect that.