Eddie Hearn ‘doubts’ Tyson Fury is ‘serious’, claims Anthony Joshua ‘wants the fight’ in December
Matchroom supremo Eddie Hearn has responded after Tyson Fury called out Anthony Joshua for a WBC world heavyweight title fight later this year.
After beating Dillian Whyte, Fury seemingly retired from boxing. To the surprise of no one, he now has his heart set on making a comeback.
'The Gypsy King' has challenged his fellow Brit to a world title fight with him eyeing a return before the end of the year. Joshua soon responded saying that he would be ready to fight in December.
Fury's words have to be taken with a pinch of salt nowadays and Hearn is not ready to get too excited about the potential matchup just yet.
"I would love to get really excited about this," Hearn told talkSPORT.
"Don't forget, we signed for this fight last year before the arbitration forced the Deontay Wilder fight for Tyson Fury.
"So, it's an interesting one, because last week he retired, then he came back to fight Usyk, then he made an offer to Derek Chisora, then he wanted half a billion, then he'd retired again, then he's fighting Usyk in December and now he's fighting AJ.
Hearn went onto claim that Fury's comments in recent weeks over social media are "unbelievably bizarre".
"Fury's outstanding at getting the public to believe absolute nonsense," he added.
Fury was quick to respond to Hearn's interview on talkSPORT, as he reaffirmed his stance that Joshua is who he wants to fight next.
This is easy fight to make normal champion to challenger privileges, & I’m 100% serious 🧐
— TYSON FURY (@Tyson_Fury) September 6, 2022
Let’s rumble uk 🇬🇧 https://t.co/tV2CeNXOyg