Boxing: The British heavyweight’s promoter is “sure” that Tyson Fury will “answer the bell” and make a comeback to face the victor of Oleksandr Usyk vs. Anthony Joshua 2.
In his second fight against Joshua on Saturday, Usyk defends the WBA, IBF, and WBO crowns.
However, Fury’s US promoter Bob Arum is optimistic that the 34-year-old can be persuaded to return to the sport by a lucrative matchup against Usyk or Fury. Fury recently restated his plan to retire.
“Absolutely – it’s really the only fight that makes sense for Tyson Fury,” Arum told Sky Sports. “I’ve discussed this with my co-promoter of Fury, Frank Warren, and once this fight is over we’re going to put together a total unification match between the winner and Tyson Fury.
“Now, if Usyk wins the fight, which I expect, that will be quite easy to do because we’re very close to the Usyk people as they’re the same people who manage Vasyl Lomachenko who fights for us.
“If Joshua wins, Eddie Hearn is his promoter. We’ve talked many times with Hearn about various matches and I’m sure we’ll be able to come together on this one.”
“I’ve talked with him [Fury] and every day is different, but he’s a fighter and if the right fight is there then Fury will be up for that fight,” Arum added.
“The right fight is the unification fight against the winner of Usyk and Joshua and I think – based on my conversations with Fury – he’ll be up for that challenge.
“How much longer he will go after that, god only knows and I’m not sure, but I’m confident at least that he’ll answer the bell for that major fight.”
Usyk defeated Joshua by unanimous decision in London last September, and Arum expects the Ukrainian to perform similarly in their fight on Saturday in Saudi Arabia.
“I like Usyk in the fight, I think that he’s a much better boxer,” Arum predicted. “Joshua can beat him if he presses the action, but Usyk has a pretty good punch.
“I don’t know if Joshua can prevail if he just trades punches with Usyk. We’ll have to see, but that’s Joshua’s only chance in my opinion. I like Usyk pretty big in this fight, but it’s heavyweight boxing and anything can happen.
“It’s a very interesting fight and it should be a very good fight but, all things being equal, I like the Ukrainian boy to win the fight and retain his title.”
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