By Boxing Scene Staff
August 29, 2022
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Frank Warren, promoter for WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, has fired off in the direction of domestic rival Eddie Hearn. who recently backed Oleksandr Usyk to beat Fury.
Usyk recently decisioned Hearn's star fighter, Anthony Joshua, over twelve rounds to retain the WBO, IBF, WBA, IBO heavyweight titles.
The attention now turns to an undisputed fight between Fury and Usyk - which may take place in early 2023. Hearn believes Usyk will be too good for Fury.
“Tyson Fury doesn’t want to fight Oleksandr Usyk,” Hearn told the DAZN Boxing Show. “But he may have to because the money might be so big. It’s actually not a very good fight to watch, but it’s an intriguing fight to watch, because I think they’re going to negate each other a lot with movement. I don’t think Fury’s going to be chomping at the bit to fight Usyk. I think he could beat him, but I would favor Oleksandr Usyk in that fight. Just because I think he’s so good."
Warren has reacted to those statements, explaining that Hearn has been on the wrong end of the stick when it comes to boxing predictions in recent years.
“He said that Deontay Wilder would beat Tyson on three occasions. He said that we would not sell any tickets in America yet it broke the record for a heavyweight fight in Las Vegas. He said that Dillian Whyte would beat Tyson and we wouldn’t do any business for that fight yet it broke the Wembley box-office record and our man won by knockout," Warren told The Daily Star. "He said that Anthony Joshua would knock out Usyk twice. He even said Canelo Alvarez would beat Dmitry Bivol. His boxing predictions are about as good as hemorrhoids would be for Frankie Dettori. Whatever happens, after Joshua’s defeat last weekend, Hearn is now out of the heavyweight title picture.”
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