{"id":292872,"date":"2023-11-02T18:09:19","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T18:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=292872"},"modified":"2023-11-02T18:09:19","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T18:09:19","slug":"eddie-hearn-fuels-tyson-fury-retirement-talk-after-ngannou-bout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/boxing\/eddie-hearn-fuels-tyson-fury-retirement-talk-after-ngannou-bout\/","title":{"rendered":"Eddie Hearn fuels Tyson Fury retirement talk after Ngannou bout"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Eddie Hearn says he has heard “rumblings” that Tyson Fury is considering retirement after receiving the scare of his life from Francis Ngannou. Fury was awarded a split-decision victory over the Cameroonian-French MMA star on Saturday night but many feel Ngannou did enough to get his hand raised.<\/p>\n

A fight that was supposed to be a walk in the park for the undefeated professional boxer turned into one of the toughest tests of his career. He was floored in the third and wobbled in the eighth as he went all ten rounds with his novice foe in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n

Fury is now set to face Oleksandr Usyk for all four major sanctioning body belts in his next outing. The fight was originally proposed for December 23 but promoter Frank Warren recently declared that the time frame is now “unrealistic”.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It is understood that the undisputed bout is most likely to happen early next year in either January or February before Riyadh Season ends in March. However, Hearn claims the event may never take place after hearing rumours that Fury is debating whether to hang up his gloves in the immediate aftermath of his embarrassing showing against Ngannou.<\/p>\n

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“Listen, I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if he retired honestly. I heard Spence Oliver say it, I\u2019ve heard rumblings of it, I wouldn\u2019t be surprised,” Hearn\u00a0told iFL TV.<\/p>\n

Former heavyweight champion Riddick Bowe would support Fury’s decision should he make it.\u00a0\u201cEither he needs to retire or he shouldn\u2019t fight anymore,\u201d Bowe told Fight Hub TV. \u201cHe fought a guy with no fights. For a guy to have no experience, Tyson Fury should have got him out of there early.\u201d<\/p>\n

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