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Eddie Hearn is sure that the Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury will finally happen – however one source close to the Gypsy King claims he’ll “never fight again”. There have been many requires Joshua to seem in the ring towards the previous heavyweight champion, however the mega-money combat was made more unlikely as a consequence of Fury’s premature retirement after his second defeat by Oleksandr Usyk. The 36-year-old introduced he was stepping away from the ring in January 2025, after Usyk retained his WBA (Super), WBC, WBO, IBO and The Ring heavyweight titles towards Fury.

However, a bout between the 2 British fighters has been rumoured for fairly some time and Joshua’s promoter, Hearn, believes it could actually nonetheless occur regardless of the roadblocks in the best way. He advised BBC Sport: “This is the kind of fight that probably gets made over a DM between the two or a text or a call.

“It’s like ‘look, do you fancy it?’ That’s it. And then, bang, it is completed.”

Joshua and Fury have both been beaten by Usyk in the past. Joshua, 35, has been out of the ring since September 2024 after he was knocked out by current IBF title-holder Daniel Dubois. Hearn has admitted that while neither have titles to fight for, the bout would still be an incredible spectacle.

He added: “Neither of them are champions. Both are enormous names, each on the back ends of their careers, however more importantly each are nonetheless comparatively in their prime.

“Before AJ lost to Dubois, everyone said this is the best AJ we’ve ever seen. And Fury never really showed any signs of decline against Usyk. He just got beat by the pound-for-pound number one.”

However, Fury’s ex-promoter Bob Arum is satisfied that the Gypsy King won’t ever return to the ring, and this time retirement is everlasting. Fury has retired more than as soon as in his profession, however Arum is adamant that his outdated consumer is previous the need to combat again.

The American advocate mentioned: “If I was a betting man I would say he will never fight again. Marvin Hagler had an expression – ‘a rich guy who goes to bed wearing silk pyjamas doesn’t get up in the morning to do road work’.

“Tyson, actually, I do not assume desires to get up in the morning and do highway work and undergo the expertise of having to coach when economically he would not should do it any more.”

Despite Fury’s retirement and Joshua’s time away from the ring, fans are still calling for the pair to lace up their gloves and face off against one another. Hearn doesn’t seem to fussed about making this fight happen soon, however, as he believes a defeat to Fury could end Joshua’s career for good.

He added: “If AJ was to lose again, [the Fury fight] is not actually there any more. Maybe his profession is not both, so we aren’t in any tearing rush.”

Hearn also dismissed Arum’s claims that Fury won’t fight again, as he claimed the promoter and boxer “by no means actually had the closest of relationships”.

“Tyson appears in great form. I believe he mentioned the opposite day he is coaching twice a day, so it might be very straightforward for him to enter 10-week camp,” Hearn said. “The subsequent resolution for AJ goes to be actually important. I hope it is Tyson Fury – we’ll see what the boxing gods enable.”