Zhang on Fury and Joshua: It’s a shame they didn’t fight in their prime

Fans are skeptical about Tyson Fury's statements that he is retiring from the boxing scene and leaving his gloves behind. Few believe in the sincerity of his statements, especially when we know the character of this fighter and his earlier outbursts. 'Gypsy King' could have other intentions, wanting to take as much money as possible. At least this is the opinion shared by the majority of experts in this sport.

Eddie Hearn and Anthony Joshua are also interesting in this story, especially when we know that week after week they call out Fury, but it seems that the British fighter is not interested in such an option. 

Will he consider returning and fighting Joshua or does he want a better option? Chinese heavyweight, Zhilei Zhang is not sure how popular that fight would be, especially when the two are not at their peak.

Zhilei Zhang reacts

Zhang is also skeptical about Tyson's decision, believing that the experienced fighter could be waiting for the right opportunity.

"Who knows, only Fury knows what's going on. I mean, it's possible that at this point he's asking for more money for the Joshua fight with that excuse, or it's possible that he's just really tired of boxing. He just wants to finish," Zhang said in a press conference.

Zhei admits that he would have liked this fight to have taken place earlier, but obviously there were other plans at that moment. There were a lot of factors at play.

''I just think this fight should have happened while both of them were still in their prime and I think it's a shame it didn't happen then. Now we see both of them on the way out and in decline, and people are still talking about that fight and it looks like it's going to happen. I don't know who's going to win, but it's a shame the fight didn't happen. before'', he added.

There's nothing to add to this. They should have fought when they were both at their peak and had titles, and this now seems like an attempt to extract every last cent from the Saudis for a fight. The question is what will happen in this story, but it is clear that both sides are trying to make a profit.