Fury’s fans will hope that there’s still a fight or two left in “The Gypsy King,” with a potential bout with Anthony Joshua still out there as a massive stadium-sized event.
“I just feel it’s a fight that everybody would watch, everyone wants to see,” Warren told Seconds Out.
“It’d just take over because of the natural rivalry over the years. And it’s not like one guy’s 10 years older than the other and it’s a young guy and an old guy. They’re both more or less the same age. Wembley’s sold out if that fight happens.”
But despite that mouthwatering prospect, Warren insisted that any decision on whether Fury carries on will be Fury’s, and Fury’s alone.
“I really, really, really have a lot of time for him. I’m very fond of him, and I just want the best for him,” he said.
“If he wants to fight on, I’ll be there with him. If he wants to retire, I will say, God bless you, go and enjoy your retirement. Whatever he chooses to do, one thing I won’t be doing is encouraging him in any way to make either of those decisions. It has to be his decision.”
Promoter Warren has been there alongside Fury throughout “The Gypsy King’s” illustrious career, and while the Queensberry Promotions supremo may have been adamant that his man had won the rematch with Usyk, he explained that he has given Fury some much-needed space to be with his family in the aftermath of his defeat.
“I spoke to him, I think maybe once, maybe twice, since the fight,” said Warren.
“He’s with his family, which is where he wants to be, where he should be, enjoying his time with his family.
“He’s been in training, two long training camps, very hard and tough training camps … and whatever he’s going to do, if indeed he’s going to do, if indeed he does continue boxing, his decision that he’s got to make himself, along with the help from his family. I certainly would not try and convince him to carry on boxing, or tell him to retire – that’s a choice he must make.”
Warren said he won’t attempt to influence Fury’s decision over his next move, but he did admit that every fighter eventually reaches the point where they decide to move on from life inside the ring.
“What boxing needs and what Tyson needs may be two different things,” he said.
“What Tyson needs is to have peace of mind, and what Tyson needs is to have a life outside of boxing, and whether that’s now, or a year’s time, or two years time, it will happen, because that’s what happens in boxing.
“There comes a point in your career – it’s the fighter who normally knows first, but is the last to admit it – it comes to a point where you know your career in the ring ceases.”
Warren did hint that, if Fury did opt to call time on his in-ring career, there would still be a future for him in the sport, should he want one, as part of Warren’s promotional company, Queensberry Promotions.
“Boxing does need him, and he would be great.. I would work with him,” he said.
“I’d like him to come and work with Queensberry, work with me outside the ring after he finishes, because he can contribute a lot to boxing.
“He’s no nobody’s fool. He’s a smart guy, he knows his fights, knows his boxing. For me, it’d be boxing’s loss for him to step away from the sport completely.”
