Eddie Hearn is not worried about Tyson Fury’s defeat last Saturday to Oleksandr Usyk in Riyadh, saying the Gypsy King showed that the USAThe peak of his power,” and wants to talk to Turki Alalshikh to make the fight between Tyson and Anthony Joshua next.
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Hearn wants to set up two fights between AJ and Fury, one at Wembley and one in Riyadh. Trying to sell the Fury vs. Joshua, since both of them have lost, it seems that both of them are trying to get the last day to lead the fans.
British fans would still buy the fight at high prices, but it wouldn’t be popular in the American market, as fans would see it as a money grab between two washed-up players who never beat tough guys in their prime. Both are built fighters worked on defeating 40-year-old Wladimir Klitschko. That was the high point of Fury and Joshua.
They are already rich, and it seems sad to do this war now. It’s late in the game and they haven’t come back to get solid wins against top heavyweights like Martin Bakole and Daniel Dubois.
Hearn says Fury (34-2-1, 24 KOs) didn’t look “poor,” and he saw the fight as a draw. However, Fury lost a 12-round unanimous decision, and fans didn’t think he would win, and they didn’t see him at his “peak.” He’s a bit below average for him, but he’s never been great, even at the best of times.
“One” War.
“This night is Usyk-Fury, but the truth is that there is only one fight for Tyson Fury, and that is Anthony Joshua,” said Eddie Hearn speaking to DAZN Boxing, reacting to Fury’s defeat by Oleksandr Usyk last Saturday.
“It’s the biggest fight in British boxing history. Everyone will want to see you. By the way, that wasn’t the Tyson Fury that looked finished. That was no mean feat. That was not a bad performance. He didn’t look like he had a gun. He didn’t look like his resistance to boxing was being talked about like we talked about,” said Hearn, trying to put a positive spin on Fury’s reasonable efforts in last night’s loss against Oleksandr.
“So, I think Tyson Fury is probably at the peak of his power. He’s not good enough to beat Oleksandr Usyk tonight, but for me, AJ against Fury is the one at Wembley. [Stadium in London]then it comes back out here [for the Fury-Joshua rematch] for Riyadh season. I will be pushing the hon [Turki Alalshikh] to do battle, but that’s another maybe for another day,” said Hearn.
Fury looked washed out last night against Usyk and will lose to other heavyweights in this division. If Hearn doesn’t fight the Joshua-Fury fight now, it will be too late because he still won’t be able to beat the top five heavyweights.
Usyk looked very good last night but he was still very good against Fury. As for Joshua, he can no longer take the boxing and is only safe as long as Hearn protects him by making the match.
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