Former heavyweight contender David Price is not convinced that Tyson Fury has truly retired from boxing and shared his thoughts on how a potential fight with Anthony Joshua would unfold.

Fury announced his retirement last month, weeks after consecutive losses to Oleksandr Usyk. Price, however, is not convinced. “I took his retirement with a pinch of salt.

The nature of it was quite blasé. It was just a quick video message on social media without much context,” “On the flip side, it wouldn’t surprise you if he did retire after the Usyk fight, because he doesn’t always do things by the book.

It wasn’t a massive surprise, given that he’d done it before. He’s a bit like the boy who cried wolf, as he’s announced it a few times now. You can’t take it too seriously. We’ll see with that one; I wouldn’t be so sure.”

Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn stated that if Fury intends to fight Joshua, he needs to reverse his retirement decision soon.

Regarding a potential Fury-Joshua fight, Price believes it would still be a massive stadium sell-out. “It’s still a massive fight; it would easily sell a big stadium. I’d certainly be watching it. They’re still in their 30s, they’re still in their prime as men,” he said.

“The wise money would be on Fury; if you look at like-for-like results and losses on the record, he’s lost to Usyk twice, while Joshua’s done the same but then lost to Ruiz and Dubois too.

“Fury has never been knocked out, which helps. Styles make fights, though, and Joshua is still an explosive, big puncher. For me personally, I think Fury would win that with a late stoppage.”

Derek Chisora has suggested three possible opponents for his next and likely final career fight.

After Saturday’s victory over Otto Wallin, Chisora canvased the crowd as to whether they wanted to see him fight Daniel Dubois, the IBF heavyweight titlist, Oleksandr Usyk, the unified WBC, WBA and WBO champion, or Anthony Joshua.

Joshua remains a major star in British boxing but he has not managed to reclaim a world title since his first loss to Usyk. He lost a 2022 rematch to Usyk and Dubois, now the IBF champion, knocked him out last September inside five rounds.

Chisora has always been on good terms with Joshua. They both boxed for the same amateur club, Finchley ABC, and now Chisora’s career is handled by Joshua’s management company.

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After his win over Wallin as he looks at imminent retirement, Chisora said: “I need something big. I think I’ve earned something big.”

He’s not convinced that will be Joshua, who he expects to fight Tyson Fury – despite the 36-year-old retiring after his second defeat to Usyk.

“Who knows? Right now AJ is healing himself after the defeat from Daniel Dubois. He’s not ready yet. When he’s ready he’ll come back and I think he’ll come back – not to fight me but to fight the ‘Gypsy King’,” Chisora said post-fight. “I’ll let the public decide [who next]. I’ll let you guys decide.”

Boxing Francis Ngannou, an MMA heavyweight champion in both UFC and PFL, in a crossover event has no great appeal for Chisora.

“I don’t think Francis Ngannou will come back to boxing after the AJ loss,” he said. “I want to fight a fighter.”

Then he joked: “I might fight Jake Paul, who knows?”

Chisora has now had 49 professional contests, including fights with Oleksandr Usyk, Vitali Klitschko and a trilogy with Tyson Fury.

A 50th and probably final fight is likely to take place overseas. “I think I’m getting old,” Chisora said after beating Wallin.

“It was very emotional for me,” he continued. “When I arrived I said to myself before I left my hotel, ‘I’m not going to cry’.

“It was very emotional for me and very sad because I love this game so much. So I just started crying. I was crying like a kid.”

Roy Jones Jr Predicts Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua After Both Losing To Usyk: “He Has The Edge”

Roy Jones Jr has given an insight into who he believes wins between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua.

The British heavyweight rivals are still being linked with one another despite Fury announcing his retirement from boxing at the beginning of January.

After ‘The Gypsy King’ suffered a second consecutive defeat to Oleksandr Usyk on December 21, it was speculated that the 36-year-old would finally meet ‘AJ’ in what would no doubt be the biggest fight in British boxing.

Joshua – who has also lost twice to Usyk – is now preparing to make his return to the ring after he was defeated by IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois in September.

The 35-year-old was floored three times before ‘Dynamite’ knocked him out in devastating fashion in the fifth round of their bout at Wembley Stadium.

Speaking to iFL TV, Jones was asked to predict who he believes would come out on top if a fight between Fury and Joshua ever happens.

“I like both guys, so it’s hard for me to really say, but because of their past experiences and what I’ve seen, I would probably give Fury the edge.

Looking at his two fights with Usyk, and Joshua’s two fights with Usyk, I think he [Fury] made a little better adjustments fighting Usyk than Joshua did, so I would probably give him [Fury] the edge.”

Despite his retirement announcement, it remains unclear whether ‘The Gypsy King’ intends to finally walk away from the sport or can be tempted back by the ‘AJ’ bout.

An all-British showdown has been many years in the making, but fans may be left wondering what would have happened if the pair had finally locked horns.

Anthony Joshua dealt major blow in pursuit of Tyson Fury super-fight – as Gypsy King’s promoter insists he’s happily retired

• Anthony Joshua’s hopes of facing Tyson Fury have suffered a major blow 
• Fury’s promoter Frank Warren declared that The Gypsy King is happily retired

Anthony Joshua has suffered a significant setback to his hopes of fighting Tyson Fury.

The clash between the two British stars has long been slated but now seems unlikely to happen, with Fury’s promoter Frank Warren insisting that The Gypsy King is happily retired.

Fury announced his retirement from boxing last month following on from his defeat to Oleksandr Usyk in December.

The proposed two-fight deal between Joshua and Fury which would be worth £150million now appears unlikely to be taken up.

Warren told BoxingScene: ‘I don’t speak to him on a regular basis because he’s spending time with his family.

‘He had nearly a year in training camp with a fight. One camp, very late into the camp, fell apart because of his cut eye.

‘Last year was a lot of sacrifice for him, not seeing his family, his wife and kids and so forth. He’s making up for it now.

‘He’s retired, and I’m just looking forward to him being happy. That’s all I want to do, is see him being happy. He’s retired and God bless him.’

Fury was initially beaten by Usyk in May 2024 before also losing the rematch.

As a result Fury ended up losing his WBC title as well as his unbeaten record.

Joshua, meanwhile, also lost his most recent fight as he was beaten by Daniel Dubois at Wembley in September last year.

After Joshua withdrew from talks regarding a rematch with Dubois there were hopes that he would be able to face Fury.

However, it now appears that Joshua will have to look for another opponent.

Prior to his defeat to Dubois, Joshua had won his previous four bouts as he overcame Francis Ngannou, Otto Wallin, Robert Helenius and Jermaine Franklin.

In total Joshua has won 28 of his 32 professional fights.