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Eddie Hearn reveals next fight for Tyson Fury and insists it will be the 'biggest in history of British boxing'
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Updated 13:18 22 Dec 2024 GMTPublished 12:59 22 Dec 2024 GMT

Eddie Hearn reveals next fight for Tyson Fury and insists it will be the 'biggest in history of British boxing'

The British promoter has suggested what's next for Fury.

Ben McCrum

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Eddie Hearn has teased the next big fight for Tyson Fury following his loss to Oleksandr Usyk, and it would break records.

In a rematch of their bout in May, British heavyweight great Fury hoped to avenge the only loss of his professional career in a fight with unified champion Usyk in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

However, as was the case over the summer, it was the the Ukrainian boxer that had his hand raised as he earned a unanimous points decision over Fury.

And in the wake of the result, legendary promoter Hearn has spoken out to suggest what should come next for the Brit.

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Hearn sat ringside for the historic rematch, and revealed after the fight that he disagreed with the judges and had scored Fury as the winner of the bout.

However, with Fury having lost twice in a row to Usyk, the promoted believes it's time for the 36-year-old to face off against someone new, and suggested that fellow Brit Anthony Joshua would be the perfect opponent.

He said to DAZN (via The Daily Mail): "I don't think it's time to start screaming, this night is Usyk vs Fury, but the reality is there's only one fight for Tyson Fury and that's Anthony Joshua,

"It's the biggest fight probably in the history of British boxing, everyone will always want to see it."

The British promoted continued: "And by the way, that wasn't a Tyson Fury that looked finished, it wasn't a flat performance, it wasn't a poor performance, he didn't look gun-shy, he didn't look like his punch resistance was in question like we talked about earlier.

"I think Tyson Fury is still potentially at the peak of his powers, just not good enough to be Oleksandr Usyk tonight."

Oleksandr Usyk retained his WBA, WBO and IBF heavyweight titles with the win over Tyson Fury on Saturday. (Image: Getty)
Oleksandr Usyk retained his WBA, WBO and IBF heavyweight titles with the win over Tyson Fury on Saturday. (Image: Getty)

He concluded: "But for me, AJ against Fury is the one, it's the one at Wembley. I'm going to be pushing His Excellency (Turki Alalshikh) to make the fight, but that's maybe one for another day, tonight belongs to Oleksandr Usyk.

"But Fury will struggle with this, I think. All fighters do, AJ struggled with the Dubois defeat as well, you're a winner and when you get beat it hurts and this will hurt Fury."

Joshua, who has also lost twice to the Ukrainian champion, is coming off the back of a knockout loss to IBF champion Daniel Dubois, and has long been linked with a fight against Fury.

However, it remains to be seen if Fury intends to continue fighting after the consecutive losses, as after the fight he remained coy about his future in the sport.

"You might see me fight again, you might not," said Fury in the post-fight press conference.

"I'm going to go home and have a good Christmas. I'm going to go and enjoy it. Merry Christmas everybody! And a happy new year!"

Featured Image Credit: Getty

Topics: Tyson Fury, Oleksandr Usyk, Anthony Joshua, Boxing, Wembley Stadium, Eddie Hearn

Ben McCrum
Ben McCrum

Ben is a sports journalist who specialises in football, Formula One and MMA. He has written for publications such as Manchester Evening News, WiganToday, Manchester World and beIN Sports. Throughout his career, he has interviewed top athletes including Gareth Southgate, Luke Littler, Tom Aspinall and Jenson Button.

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