Tyson Fury could still return to the ring for a showdown with Anthony Joshua, Turki Alalshikh has revealed.
The Gypsy King announced his retirement from the sport last month aged 36.
Fury ended his career with a professional record of 34-2-1, his final fights seeing him record back-to-back decision losses to Oleksandr Usyk.
He’s enjoyed a stellar career however, a highly-anticipated bout against Joshua never materialised.
Alalshikh has now hinted the fight could still happen in the future despite Fury hanging up his gloves.
Speaking on Saturday at the Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol event, he confirmed he remains hopeful Fury will make a comeback.
Alalshikh told The Stomping Ground, as quoted by Ring Magazine: “I want Joshua vs Tyson… I spoke with (Fury) but not about boxing. I think he maybe will return.”
The hopes are despite Fury telling fans his career was over as recently as January.
In a video shared to social media, the former heavyweight world champion said: “Hi everybody, I’m going to make this short and sweet.
“I’d like to announce my retirement from boxing. It’s been a blast.
“I’ve loved every single minute of it, and I’m going to end with this. Dick Turpin wore a mask. See you all on the other side.”
Meanwhile, Joshua has been out of the ring since suffering his fourth professional loss in September.
The Brit was knocked out by Daniel Dubois at Wembley Stadium in their IBF title bout.
Joshua, who now has a 28-4 record, remains keen to return to action, though.
Having watched ringside as Joseph Parker beat Martin Bakole on Saturday night, he admitted he had been keen to step in to replace Dubois on late notice.
Bakole was beaten on short notice after the IBF champion was forced to withdraw through illness.
Joshua’s hopes of a rematch with Parker were denied by ‘injuries’, however, the 35-year-old confirmed.
Praising Bakole, he told DAZN: “He’s a fighter, that’s what he’s supposed to do. I wanted to step in, I got my injuries.”
Parker, meanwhile, called for a bout with Usyk after his victory at the Kingdom Arena.
The Ukrainian has yet to schedule his next fight after securing a second win over Fury in their rematch in December.