Eddie Hearn says he doesn’t understand what’s holding Tyson Fury back from agreeing to fight Anthony Joshua. It angered Hearn that Fury (34-2-1, 24 KOs) is interested in coming back to fight Oleksandr Usyk a third time, but he is not willing to fight Joshua.
The 0–2 Reality Check
“AJ would love to fight Usyk again. But he also understands that it’s not really a fight that he can just call out for yet, because he’s coming off a loss, and he’s lost to him twice before,” said Eddie Hearn. Sky Sports Boxing.
Hearn could have started a third fight between Joshua and Usyk if he wanted to. It’s not like the fight would be impossible to make. AJ and Hearn would have to fight for it. If Eddie had asked Turki Alalshikh to help him with this, he’d probably be doing the Joshua vs. made Usyk fight.
“Just the way the reality is, Tyson Fury is coming off two losses. The trilogy being 2-0 down isn’t really something that happens a lot,” Hearn said of a possible trilogy between Fury and Oleksandr Usyk.
Hearn is right. You rarely see a third fight when the first two were won by one fighter. Fury did this before when he fought Derek Chisora for a third time after beating him in the first two fights.
Fans want AJ, not Usyk
“No one is interested in Fury against Usyk, no one is interested in AJ vs Usyk, they’ve seen it twice and it was the same result both times. People are interested in AJ vs. Fury
I don’t know what the delay is to the inevitability of just saying Sure, let’s make the fight,” Hearn said. I think (it has to happen). Why delay the inevitable?
There are many fans who are very interested in seeing Usyk and Fury fight again. It’s entertaining to watch as the two listen to ‘The Gypsy King’ play the victim role during the build-up and try to get fans to feel sorry for him. He is the poor rich man.
Closure Before Chaos
Hearn needs to get it through his head that Fury is convinced he has earned the win in his two fights with Usyk. He believes he can beat Oleksandr in the third fight, and he wants to avenge those losses before he can move on to fight Joshua.
Once Tyson gets some closure on what happened in the two Usyk fights, he’s going to target Joshua. He knows how much money will be on the line, and he’s not going to target a smaller payday against someone just as tough, if not tougher.
Last updated on 20/10/2025
