British boxing legend Ricky Hatton believes if Tyson Fury stays retired, he will come to regret not fighting Anthony Joshua.
Fury and Joshua are both former world champion heavyweights, both from Britain and their rivalry has been building for a number of years now
Fury publicly announced his retirement from boxing in January and has given no indication as yet that he plans to reverse that decision.
But Hatton told Sky Sports: “Tyson’s retired before. It just so happens they were trying to make the Joshua fight. They were trying to make it for 10 years and it looks like they’re still not going to make it now Tyson’s retired.
“But I would take that retirement with a pinch of salt knowing Tyson. If he gets offered the right money, the right purse for the AJ fight, knowing Tyson as I do, I think he’d jump at it.”
“I think Tyson will kick himself if he’s sat on his sofa 10 years down the line and thinks to himself: ‘I wonder what would have happened if I’d have fought AJ?’” Hatton said.
“He’s in a position to do something about now rather than be cursing himself for the rest of his life.”
However if Fury does box Joshua, Hatton believes he should then call time on his career. “If he does, that’s the last one I’d like him to have. Because you don’t like to see your mates get hurt,” Hatton said.
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