{"id":294262,"date":"2023-10-19T17:26:49","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T17:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=294262"},"modified":"2023-10-19T17:26:49","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T17:26:49","slug":"eddie-hearn-turned-down-chance-to-sign-tyson-fury-in-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.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":"<h1>Eddie Hearn TURNED DOWN chance to sign Tyson Fury in 2017 after the Gypsy King ballooned to 28 stone&#8230; as Matchroom promoter tells all on Monaco meeting<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Eddie Hearn held talks with Tyson Fury in 2017 during his boxing absence<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Hearn rejected the chance to work with him as he was over 28 stone in weight<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Mail Sport&#8217;s new boxing podcast &#8216; The Hook &#8216; will be available every Tuesday<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Eddie Hearn\u00a0has revealed how he turned down the opportunity to sign Tyson Fury after the Gypsy King turned up overweight and &#8216;sweating&#8217; to their meeting in 2017.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>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<p>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<p>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<p>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<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/18\/10\/76698999-12643993-image-a-1_1697621275765.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Eddie Hearn has revealed how he turned down the opportunity to sign Tyson Fury after the Gypsy King turned up overweight and &#8216;sweating&#8217; to their meeting in 2017<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/18\/11\/76701545-12643993-image-a-4_1697625319906.jpg\" height=\"377\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>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<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/18\/11\/76701637-12643993-image-a-8_1697625498531.jpg\" height=\"845\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>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<p>Hearn told<span>\u00a0The Overlap&#8217;s <\/span>Stick To Football<span> podcast with<\/span> Sky Bet: &#8216;When Fury imploded and put on all that weight, he contacted me. He said would you be interested in signing me.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;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<p>&#8216;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<p>&#8216;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&#8217;ve never seen anything like it. He was massive, he was 26 stone.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He sat down and he could hardly talk, he was sweating to the floor. But, he was saying, I&#8217;m going to come back and I am going to do this, that and the other.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He was saying I want four easy fights then I will fight Deontay Wilder. I was like, I can&#8217;t give you four easy fights. If you have one or two that&#8217;s fine.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;That&#8217;s all you need to get back in shape. But Fury was saying no, no I have to do it this way. It&#8217;s the only way.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I looked at him and I thought, I ain&#8217;t spending the money because I have to give you all those fights and look at the state of you. I don&#8217;t even think you will make it back into the ring.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;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><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/18\/10\/76700013-12643993-image-a-2_1697622907579.jpg\" height=\"465\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Hearn regretted that decision as Fury shed a staggering 8st before making a remarkable comeback in June 2018, beating Sefer Seferi\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;What he did to turn that around, was unbelievable. We have our ups and downs, I don&#8217;t always believe what he says but he is hilarious.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;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<p>&#8216;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&#8217;m thinking how do you do it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He&#8217;s got better durability over rounds than AJ, probably Usyk, Wilder. He&#8217;s a one off. He&#8217;s been boxing his whole life and he&#8217;s so natural with it.&#8217;\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The discussion between Hearn and Fury took place when the Gypsy King made a surprise appearance at Derek Chisora&#8217;s European title fight with Agit Kabayel in November 2017.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At the time of their meeting, Fury had not fought since his victory over Klitschko in November 2015.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>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<p>However, Hearn was concerned about Fury&#8217;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<p>As a result, the Matchroom promoter politely declined the opportunity to work alongside the Gypsy King and two parted ways.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/18\/11\/76700005-12643993-The_Gypsy_King_above_will_return_to_the_ring_next_weekend_to_fac-m-7_1697625453656.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/18\/11\/76701605-12643993-image-a-5_1697625450112.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>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<p>Hearn regretted that decision as\u00a0Fury shed a staggering 8st before making a remarkable comeback in June 2018, beating Sefer Seferi.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>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<p>Hearn&#8217;s decision to snub Fury benefitted Frank Warren with his rival now co-promoting the WBC champion along with Top Rank.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>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<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/article-12643993\/Eddie-Hearn-TURNED-chance-sign-Tyson-Fury-2017-Gypsy-King-ballooned-28-stone-Matchroom-promoter-tells-Monaco-meeting.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eddie Hearn TURNED DOWN chance to sign Tyson Fury in 2017 after the Gypsy King ballooned to 28 stone&#8230; as Matchroom promoter tells all on Monaco meeting Eddie Hearn held talks with Tyson Fury in 2017 during his boxing absence Hearn rejected&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294261,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Eddie Hearn TURNED DOWN chance to sign Tyson Fury in 2017 - Sports-Life-News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/boxing\/eddie-hearn-turned-down-chance-to-sign-tyson-fury-in-2017\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Eddie Hearn TURNED DOWN chance to sign Tyson Fury in 2017 - Sports-Life-News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Eddie Hearn TURNED DOWN chance to sign Tyson Fury in 2017 after the Gypsy King ballooned to 28 stone&#8230; 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