Anthony Joshua’s ‘reaction’ to Tyson Fury retirement revealed by Eddie Hearn as £500m fight lies in tatters
EDDIE HEARN was probed on Anthony Joshua’s reaction to Tyson Fury announcing his retirement from boxing.
Fury took to social media to hang up his gloves – not for the first time – following consecutive losses to Oleksandr Usyk.
And it appears he is ready to walk away from a series of bouts with AJ worth a combined £500MILLION.
But Joshua’s promoter Hearn is not so convinced and claimed he has not even spoke to AJ about Fury’s bombshell retirement.
He told iFL TV: “I haven’t. Nope. Listen, one, we don’t really take it too seriously. Two, if it is serious there’s nothing we can do about it anyway.
“What do you think goes on? Do you think Josh is going to phone me up and go, ‘Oh Ed have you seen the news, mate?’
“He’s not that kind of guy.”
Hearn admitted Fury could have made the announcement for a number of reasons.
He said: “He could have been doing it because he’s got the hump. He could have been doing it for some attention.
“He could have been doing it because it’s true. What’s the point in guessing?”
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Fury has retired four times before, three of those coming on social media.
And in his latest, he said: “Hey everybody, I am going to make it short and sweet.
“I would like to announce my retirement from boxing. It has been a blast and I have loved every single minute of it.
“I’m going to end with this – Dick Turpin wore a mask. God bless everybody and see you on the other side.”
Not his first retirement...
THIS isn’t the first time Tyson Fury has retired.
His first came 12 YEARS ago, when in 2013 he grew frustrated when a fight with David Haye fell through.
He declared at the time: “Hi everyone, I have officially retired from boxing. There’s too many bent [crooked] people in the sport. They will have to f*** someone else. Goodbye boxing.”
Then, he took a three-year break from the sport between 2015 and 2018, during which many didn’t expect to see him again.
In 2022 he retired TWICE.
Speaking in the ring after defeating Dillian Whyte at Wembley with a sixth-round finish, he revealed he’d made a promise to wife Paris.
He stated: “I’m a two-time undisputed world champion. [I have] £150million in the bank and nothing to prove to anybody.”
Later in the year, he stated his plan to “100 per cent” return to the ring.
But then just four days later he posted on X that he was quitting again.
He posted: “Massive thanks to everyone who had an input in my career over the years & after long hard conversations I’ve finally decided to walk away & on my 34th birthday I say Bon voyage.”
It means there will be serious doubts that his latest declaration truly means we’ll never see him in the ring again.