‘Tyson will kick himself’: Hatton says Fury will have regret if he doesn’t fight Joshua

Ricky Hatton says Tyson Fury has done enough to walk away from boxing but a fight against Anthony Joshua should happen first.

Ricky Hatton speaks to Sky Sports and says that although Tyson Fury says he’s walking away from professional boxing, he believes he should — and perhaps will — return for a fight against Anthony Joshua should the money be right, as he thinks Fury still has enough left in the tank.

“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.”

Hatton would continue by saying that Fury will likely be filled with regret later down the line if he doesn’t take the opportunity to fight Joshua as that fight has long been in demand but has never came to fruition for one reason or another.

“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.”

If Fury were to come back for a fight against Joshua, Hatton would like that to be Fury’s last hurrah, as he doesn’t want to see him stay in the sport too long to where he’ll be more vulnerable to getting hurt. As Hatton sees it, Fury has already done enough in the sport to walk away but a fight against AJ is really the cherry on top of the cake.