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 wonโt come against IBF champion Anthony Joshua or former heavyweight king Tyson Fury. โForget Joshua thatโs not even a name thatโs come into the equation,โ Bellewโs trainer Dave Coldwell told Boxing News. โHeโs just absolutely massive, heโs a completely different animal.
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. โWay 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. โItโs not about the body, itโs 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. โIf Joseph Parker beats Hughie Fury, which is by no means a given, but if Parker were to beat Fury then Parkerโs six foot four, heโs about 17st but heโs not the finished article heโs not an absolute killer. Heโs a decent fighter thatโs coming through, I know heโs got a version of the title but heโs still a fighter thatโs a work in progress,โ Coldwell said. โWilder for me technically looks very, very poor at times but heโs just very long, very, very big puncher and thatโs the thing. Again heโs a giant.โ
โIf he was to carry on I genuinely think it would be one last fight and that would be it. Itโs selecting that fight carefully,โ he continued. โThe fights that have been mentioned and the kind of money youโre talking about for those fights dwarves anything he can earn at cruiserweight and if he can have one more fight, it doesnโt make sense to take a fight at cruiserweight against someone else thatโs just as tricky, just as hard a fight. All the fights are going to be difficult, when youโre faced with difficult fights, why not take the ones that are going to make you better money.โ
But Coldwell added, โI 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, itโs just fantastic and if thatโs sort of money then I understand if he has one more fight to go out on.โ