Tyson Fury is my friend - but Anthony Joshua blockbuster must be his grand finale

Boxing great Tyson Fury should hang up his gloves straight after a blockbuster finale fight with Anthony Joshua.

That is according to British boxing great Ricky Hatton now that the dust has settled on Fury v Usyk 2. The Gypsy King went all 12 rounds with the Ukrainian warrior but ultimately fell short on a contentious points decision. Fury was adamant he had won the fight but has yet to reveal whether or not a trilogy is on the cards.

Corners of the boxing world have also called for him to finally fight Anthony Joshua after a decade of build up or even retire given his incredible career. Good pal Hatton, however, thinks he can have it both ways. Speaking to Vegas Insider, he said: "Make the Anthony Joshua fight [happen]. In the heavyweight division, Daniel Dubois deserves a rematch against Oleksandr Usyk as he had hard lines last time, with controversy over the ending. Let the two lads who won fight each other and the two fighters who lost fight each other. We’ve been waiting to see Tyson Fury fight Anthony Joshua for 10 years now which is incredible.

"Tyson has had a great career; AJ has had a fantastic career, but both are showing signs of miles on the clock but it’s a fight we have always wanted to see. You would still pay all day long to watch the fight. Let them fight each other and then I would like to see them both retire then as they have nothing more to prove as a friend. If they have that last send-off fight as we’ve all been waiting to see, they can then hang the gloves up and have done us proud."

Hatton believed Usyk "just did enough" to beat Fury again and that his boxing mate "is probably coming to an end now" and "has seen better days". Hatton revealed that he has not spoken to Fury since the fight but