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Anthony Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn doubts ‘bluff merchant’ Tyson Fury will retire as his ‘biggest fights’ await him
EDDIE HEARN doubts “bluff merchant” Tyson Fury will retire – with the “biggest fights” of his career yet to happen.
Fury, 33, signed off what he promised was his final win with a brutal uppercut knockout against Dillian Whyte, 34.
Tyson Fury celebrates knocking out Dillian WhyteGetty
Eddie Hearn stands between Andy Ruiz Jr and Anthony Joshua in 2019Getty
But an undisputed super-fight will become available after Anthony Joshua, 32, rematches Oleksandr Usyk, 35, this summer.
And for that reason, AJ’s promoter Hearn is not ready to believe that Fury is calling it quits.
He said told DAZN: “Tyson Fury is a great bluff merchant, he ain’t retiring.
“The biggest fights for Tyson Fury haven’t happened yet.”
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But Hearn does admit Fury’s 2015 win over Wladimir Klitschko, now 46, and the KO of Whyte proved him wrong.
He conceded: “I give Fury the credit and respect of knocking people out.
“I said he wasn’t a one-punch knockout artist, I still don’t think he is compared to some of the other bigger-hitting guys.
“He’s proving me wrong. I didn’t rate him before Klitschko, I thought he had no chance; he won nearly every round.
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“I didn’t think he had a chance in Wilder 1, he won that fight, and I didn’t think he’d knock Whyte out, and he did.
“So, respect to the man.”
Joshua was beaten by Usyk in September and the pair are set to rematch in July, where the winner will eye Fury.
Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua are set to rematch in the summerGetty
ReutersTyson Fury knocked out Dillian Whyte in round six[/caption]
