Eddie Hearn insists Tyson Fury must reverse his retirement within the ‘next three to 4 weeks’ to salvage a summer showdown with Anthony Joshua.
Fury hung up his gloves earlier this week after suffering a second consecutive defeat to Oleksandr Usyk last month.
Before dropping the bombshell announcement, Fury was being heavily linked with the long-awaited all-British showdown against Anthony Joshua.
Nevertheless, those plans have now been placed on hold.
Fury’s promoter Frank Warren told talkSPORT on Monday that he believes his client’s profession is over.
But Hearn is holding out hope that Fury will change his mind like he has so again and again before.
The unique plan was for Joshua and Fury to duke it out in the summertime of 2025, although they’ll should get a move on if that were to still occur.
Hearn told the Each day Mail: “None of us know what Fury will do next, but when we’re to see the fight in the summertime, he would probably have to come back out of retirement in the subsequent three or 4 weeks.
“After that, the summer gets difficult for a fight of this size.
“The longer term? Hopefully […] I believe he will probably be back, nevertheless it’s in his hands.
“For AJ, we have now options to pursue and we’re taking a look at them currently.'”
If Fury does follow his guns then Hearn has named Martin Bakole, Dillian Whyte, and Deontay Wilder in addition to the winners of Daniel Dubois vs Joseph Parker and Zhilei Zhang vs Agit Kabayel as potential backup options for AJ next.
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Saudi boxing chief Turki Alalshikh desires to see Joshua vs Wilder next if he cannot make the Fury fight while he’s also eyeing up a blockbuster showdown in Africa with Bakole as well.
“For those who want something concerning the British markets, I would like to see Joshua and Wilder now,” he told talkSPORT on Thursday.
“If Tyson isn’t available why not Joshua and Wilder?”
Speaking about Bakole, he then added: “We finished the cope with Bakole against the Nigerian fighter [Efe] Ajagba.
“We finished that as they have to do it because that is mandatory for the IBF.
“Then after that we’re open to see Joshua also against Bakole.
“I would like to see this fight right. I would like to see it but you already know where I would like to see it. I would like to see it in Africa.”
