Lennox Lewis launches stinging attack on Eddie Hearn over Anthony Joshua fight and warns ‘you’ll never be ready for me’
LENNOX LEWIS has launched a stinging attack on Eddie Hearn over Anthony Joshua's potential shot at an undisputed blockbuster.
Joshua takes on Francis Ngannou in March, with the victor in line to face the winner of next month's historic bout between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk, in which all four belts will be on the line.
However, heavyweight legend Lewis insists AJ should NOT get a shot at being the heavyweight king.
Instead, the former champ, 58, thinks there would be a "better case" for the winner between Joseph Parker or Zhilei Zhang to get the chance.
The two will fight each other on March 8 on the same card as AJ's bout with former UFC star Ngannou in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
And Lewis told promoter Hearn that, despite not being a big names as AJ, Parker and Zhang are more deserving of the opportunity.
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He on X: "Ok @EddieHearn I know this is the promoter in you speaking, so I’ll break it down like the boxing fan I am.
"If AJ beats Ngannou, which he should, does that elevate him to a shot at undisputed? Beating Wallin & Ngannou?
"There’s a much better case for the winner of #ParkerZhang.
"And if AJ gets through Ngannou, and Usyk wins undisputed, is the appetite for #usykJoshua3 out there?
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"If Fury becomes undisputed, the man says he’s vacating all belts but the WBC and ring so Fury in effect becomes last undisputed until someone else can Thanos them back together.
"I still want to see AJ fight Fury and Wilder… those are big fights.
"But like I told Mike Tyson, if you keep fighting guys like Lou Savarese, you will NEVER be ready for me."
Hearn responded to Lewis as he insisted that the "dream has always been undisputed".
He wrote: "Break down whatever you want. His Excellency [Mohammed bin Salman] confirmed the plan. Winner of #JoshuaNgannou v winner of #FuryUsyk.
";The dream has always been Undisputed and we are one win away from challenging for it.
"No problem with you preferring Parker or Zhang getting a shot at Undisputed over AJ."
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