Eddie Hearn the promoter of Anthony Joshua is still hopefully AJ can fight Tyson Fury in 2025 and opened up on a range of subjects on AJ.
The boxing business has ups and downs like any and sometimes big fights that should have happened don’t happen. That’s life.
Speaking to Hot 97 Podcast Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn lifted the lid finally now the dust has settled on past failed attempts to make big fights for Joshua:
“We signed a contract to fight Tyson Fury a few years ago. But he lost a tribunal and had to rematch Deontay Wilder. So that fell through. We also signed to fight Wilder in 2023 planned to announce it in the ring on December 21st but Wilder lost to Joseph Parker that night. So we lost that one too. We chased undisputed. That’s all AJ and I wanted. We were one belt short. Then Alexander Usyk came up as a mandatory.”
He added:
“Many said ‘Don’t fight him he’s too good.’ AJ said ‘No way he’s my mandatory. I’m not giving up my belt. We’re here to win them all.’ He fought Usyk and lost twice. The second fight was much closer but the Ruiz loss was tough. It’s frustrating because AJ’s one of the nicest guys you’ll meet. A great role model. Yet he gets criticized despite being a two-time world heavyweight champion.”
He went on to point out:
“His resume is incredible. We’re just missing Wilder and Fury. I hope Fury comes out of retirement. He’s not in decline. He had two good performances against Usyk. AJ got beat by Dubois but before that people were calling him the most dangerous heavyweight again. Fans are fickle. But for me Fury vs AJ is still the fight. Hopefully it can happen this year. But it’ll need Fury to unretire.”
Candid from Hearn all in all.
Fury surely won’t stay retired the way things are in the heavyweight division.
Deontay Wilder is even having a comeback fight in June on the 27th.