Tony Bellew eyes one more fight at heavyweight, but not against Anthony Joshua or Tyson Fury

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TONY BELLEW has not decided what his next move will be. He was a huge underdog when he stepped up to heavyweight and beat David Haye last month but he could well linger in the heavyweight division for one last fight.

If he does though it wonโ€™t come against IBF champion Anthony Joshua or former heavyweight king Tyson Fury. โ€œForget Joshua thatโ€™s not even a name thatโ€™s come into the equation,โ€ Bellewโ€™s trainer Dave Coldwell told Boxing News. โ€œHeโ€™s just absolutely massive, heโ€™s a completely different animal.

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Similarly, even though Tyson Fury has been out of action and out of shape, Coldwell would not be willing for Bellew to take him on. โ€œWay too big, not just too big but too big and too tricky. He knows his way around a boxing ring and he knows how to use his size,โ€ Dave said. โ€œItโ€™s not about the body, itโ€™s what you can do with that body and Fury, he knows how to get the best out of his body in a fight in the boxing ring. His sheer size and his long arms and his long legs, no.โ€

David Haye has to recover from serious tendon damage but a rematch is an option. However Joseph Parker, the WBO champion, Deontay Wilder, the WBC champion, or Hughie Fury are more realistic options. โ€œIf Joseph Parker beats Hughie Fury, which is by no means a given, but if Parker were to beat Fury then Parkerโ€™s six foot four, heโ€™s about 17st but heโ€™s not the finished article heโ€™s not an absolute killer. Heโ€™s a decent fighter thatโ€™s coming through, I know heโ€™s got a version of the title but heโ€™s still a fighter thatโ€™s a work in progress,โ€ Coldwell said. โ€œWilder for me technically looks very, very poor at times but heโ€™s just very long, very, very big puncher and thatโ€™s the thing. Again heโ€™s a giant.โ€

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โ€œIf he was to carry on I genuinely think it would be one last fight and that would be it. Itโ€™s selecting that fight carefully,โ€ he continued. โ€œThe fights that have been mentioned and the kind of money youโ€™re talking about for those fights dwarves anything he can earn at cruiserweight and if he can have one more fight, it doesnโ€™t make sense to take a fight at cruiserweight against someone else thatโ€™s just as tricky, just as hard a fight. All the fights are going to be difficult, when youโ€™re faced with difficult fights, why not take the ones that are going to make you better money.โ€

But Coldwell added, โ€œI would still like him to retire but I totally understand the money that people are talking about for the fights that are out there for him, itโ€™s just fantastic and if thatโ€™s sort of money then I understand if he has one more fight to go out on.โ€

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