{"id":293479,"date":"2023-10-19T17:26:45","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T17:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=293479"},"modified":"2023-10-19T17:26:45","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T17:26:45","slug":"eddie-hearn-turned-down-chance-to-sign-tyson-fury-in-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/boxing\/eddie-hearn-turned-down-chance-to-sign-tyson-fury-in-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Eddie Hearn TURNED DOWN chance to sign Tyson Fury in 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"
Eddie Hearn\u00a0has revealed how he turned down the opportunity to sign Tyson Fury after the Gypsy King turned up overweight and ‘sweating’ to their meeting in 2017.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Fury beat\u00a0Wladimir Klitschko in November 2015 to become the heavyweight champion of the world but decided to walk away from the sport soon after.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Fury was struggled with his mental health during his two-and-a-half year hiatus from boxing, slumping into depression and ballooning to 28 stone.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Gypsy King decided to return to the ring in 2018 and reached out to Hearn to see if the Matchroom promoter would sign him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
However, Hearn turned down the opportunity to work with Fury after the Gypsy King turned up sweating to their meeting in Monaco.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Eddie Hearn has revealed how he turned down the opportunity to sign Tyson Fury after the Gypsy King turned up overweight and ‘sweating’ to their meeting in 2017<\/p>\n
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Fury beat Wladimir Klitschko in November 2015 to become the heavyweight champion of the world but decided to walk away from the sport soon after<\/p>\n
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Fury was struggled with his mental health during his two-and-a-half year hiatus from boxing, slumping into depression and ballooning to 28 stone<\/p>\n
Hearn told\u00a0The Overlap’s <\/span>Stick To Football podcast with<\/span> Sky Bet: ‘When Fury imploded and put on all that weight, he contacted me. He said would you be interested in signing me.\u00a0<\/p>\n ‘I was thinking oft, not sure. But, obviously at that time he had beaten Klitschko and that win was unbelievable. I never thought he would have a chance in that fight.\u00a0<\/p>\n ‘Then he had his problems [with mental health]. Then he came to me and said would you be interested? So, I said come and see me.\u00a0<\/p>\n ‘I was in Monacco at the time. He flew out. I sat down in a board room at this hotel and he walked in. I’ve never seen anything like it. He was massive, he was 26 stone.\u00a0<\/p>\n ‘He sat down and he could hardly talk, he was sweating to the floor. But, he was saying, I’m going to come back and I am going to do this, that and the other.\u00a0<\/p>\n ‘He was saying I want four easy fights then I will fight Deontay Wilder. I was like, I can’t give you four easy fights. If you have one or two that’s fine.\u00a0<\/p>\n ‘That’s all you need to get back in shape. But Fury was saying no, no I have to do it this way. It’s the only way.\u00a0<\/p>\n ‘I looked at him and I thought, I ain’t spending the money because I have to give you all those fights and look at the state of you. I don’t even think you will make it back into the ring.\u00a0<\/p>\n ‘Obviously, he ended up having two fights before fighting Deontay Wilder. I would have signed him 100 per cent [if he agreed to that with me].\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Hearn regretted that decision as Fury shed a staggering 8st before making a remarkable comeback in June 2018, beating Sefer Seferi\u00a0<\/p>\n ‘What he did to turn that around, was unbelievable. We have our ups and downs, I don’t always believe what he says but he is hilarious.<\/p>\n ‘He is a personality in a dying breed of personalities in sports, not just boxing. And, to come back from where he came back from is unbelievable.\u00a0<\/p>\n ‘I watched At Home with the Furys, which I thought was brilliant, and I was just watching this guy with all the back fat and I’m thinking how do you do it.\u00a0<\/p>\n ‘He’s got better durability over rounds than AJ, probably Usyk, Wilder. He’s a one off. He’s been boxing his whole life and he’s so natural with it.’\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n The discussion between Hearn and Fury took place when the Gypsy King made a surprise appearance at Derek Chisora’s European title fight with Agit Kabayel in November 2017.\u00a0<\/p>\n At the time of their meeting, Fury had not fought since his victory over Klitschko in November 2015.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Gypsy King had decided to take some time away from boxing for mental health reasons before approaching Hearn about his return.\u00a0<\/p>\n However, Hearn was concerned about Fury’s ability to return to the ring as he\u00a0 had ballooned up to 28 stone during his\u00a0two-and-a-half year hiatus.\u00a0<\/p>\n As a result, the Matchroom promoter politely declined the opportunity to work alongside the Gypsy King and two parted ways.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Gypsy King (left) will return to the ring next weekend to face Francis Ngannou, while Hearn is looking to get AJ (right) back in action in December\u00a0<\/p>\n Hearn regretted that decision as\u00a0Fury shed a staggering 8st before making a remarkable comeback in June 2018, beating Sefer Seferi.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Gypsy King then lost even more weight to take on Deontay Wilder in December 2018. However, that fight ended in a controversial draw.<\/p>\n Hearn’s decision to snub Fury benefitted Frank Warren with his rival now co-promoting the WBC champion along with Top Rank.\u00a0<\/p>\n Hearn is in regular communication with Warren as he is eager to secure a bout between the Gypsy King and his star boxer Anthony Joshua.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
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