EDDIE HEARN criticized Tyson Fury, who tried to take the spotlight away from Anthony Joshua's rematch against Oleksandr Usyk.
Joshua fights for the chance of winning back the WBA and IBF titles in Saudi Arabia on Saturday night and possibly saving his career.
Tyson Fury has confirmed his retirement from boxing
Eddie Hearn blasted Tyson Fury as 'insecure'
It comes after Fury reiterated his decision to retire, even though he claimed he would be returning two days earlier.
Hearn, AJ's promoter, was furious at the timing of the announcement and believed that the Gypsy King was trying to hog heavyweight glory.
He said to iFL TV, "Someone told my that Tyson Fury had announced his retirement once again.
"He must feel so insecure that he has to do this every time AJ fights.
"I don’t know when you should sit down and say, "What I am going do is talk s*** to get publicity to try to take away the spotlight from AJ."
"You self-proclaim to be the number one heavyweight fighter in the world, so why bother about Anthony Joshua?
"He doesn’t want the money, has no interest in them, but he also wants half of a billion.
"I've never seen so many contradictions. I contradict myself so much, but he is on a different level.
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"Let's watch what happens next week, and Anthony Joshua knockout Usyk. Then he will come for Tyson Fury."
Fury, now 34, announced his intention to retire from boxing in April after he defeated Dillian Whyte (34), at Wembley.
The door was open for Joshua (32) and Usyk (35) to fight again.
Fury claimed that he was in discussions for an unlikely trio with Derek Chisora (38), whom he defeated in 2011 and 2014.
The unbeaten heavyweight has vacated his Ring Magazine belt. It will be up for grabs on Saturday.
Fury was also granted until August 26 by the WBC to confirm his desire to vacate his title as world champion.
Anthony Joshua in September was defeated by Oleksandr Uzyk
