Eddie Hearn Believes Tyson Fury Needs To Beat Usyk & Joshua To Be Considered A Modern Day Great

Eddie Hearn thinks Tyson Fury needs to beat Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua if he’s going to be considered an all-time great.

Fury is currently undefeated and is the heavyweight champ, but the two biggest names he hasn’t fought are Usyk and Joshua. He has tried to make both fights happen but for a variety of reasons, it hasn’t come to fruition.

According to Eddie Hearn, he believes Tyson Fury needs to fight and beat Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua, but more so Usyk if he wants to be considered great.

Tyson Fury is not always as truthful as he appears on Instagram. Timing is something. Television rights and partnerships are something. Instagram is something, ego is very much something,” Hearn told Piers Morgan Uncensored. “We have got to be honest. Tyson Fury cares about one thing only – the money. Don’t talk to me about legacy, don’t talk to me about undisputed. He has beaten Klitschko and Wilder – that’s his wins.

“He needs to beat Usyk and AJ and then we can talk about him – as I believe he is – as one of the greatest heavyweights of all time. Listen, he’s unbelievable. What he’s come back from, incredible, couldn’t commend him more. But to create a legacy, to create that history, to go down as a modern day great, to put yourself up with [Muhammad] Ali, Lennox Lewis, Joe Frazier, those guys, he’s got to beat Usyk. And he’s got to beat Anthony Joshua. But particularly Usyk.”

Currently, Fury is set to box Francis Ngannou in October in a fight some fans aren’t happy with.

Do you agree with Eddie Hearn?