By Tim Parsons-
Tyson Fury has been seen at Manchester arena where Anthony Joshua meets Eric Molina for the defence of his IBF title.
Dillian Whyte and Derek Chisora will also have their heavyweight showdown in the undercard of the exciting bill.
Fury who pulled out of his rematch with Wladimir Klitschko, citing depression is now yesterday’s man. Unless and until he comes back to fight for any of the titles he lost, he will only go down in history as one who once won the heavyweight title but did not defend it.
Fury was seen close to Shannon Briggs, a former heavyweight champion who nearly knocked out Lennox Lewis is his hey ay before Lewis stopped him in the fifth round. As a resident of Manchester, it is understandable that Tyson Fury would not have been able to resist showing his face at the venue.
Wladimir Klitschko will be at the same venue on the front row, keeping a close eye on Anthony Joshua, who he is slated to meet next April. It will be a long way back to being a champion for Fury after what will be no less than two years away from the ring whenever he does come back, if he does return.
The heavyweight gypsy, who was unbeaten in 22 fights at the time of his withdrawal is not likely to be able to beat any of the current champions by the time he returns. Fury has always said that his boxing career was mainly motivated by money, and now he has made that money, it is normal to expect he may not come back.
The unpredictable and controversial Fury had always threatened retirement even as an active boxer, so it will be no surprise if he never returns. He won’t come back after two years and beat Anthony Joshua, Deontey Wilder, David Haye, or Joe Parker, who fights for the WBO belt in the next few months.
He will need to train very hard to fight top second tier boxers on his immediate return, but the British public will have a long break from this cartoon character of a man. All focus tonight will be on the present day heavyweights who will give the packed and lively crowd her in Manchester an exciting night. The eye of media.com will be observing every detail and reporting on an interesting night’s action.