Johnny Nelson has implored a once great heavyweight champion to hang up his gloves for good.
Walking away from the sport is a notoriously hard thing to do for boxers who have reached the very top of the mountain and enjoyed all the financial acclaim and stardom that comes with it.
Nelson himself retired as a WBO cruiserweight champion in 2005 after a fine career and more than 10 defences of his belt over the course of six years.
Right now, the heavyweight division is in flux with some of its biggest recent stars all at the end of their career and close to 40, including Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua, Deontay Wilder and current two-time undisputed ruler Oleksandr Usyk, who may only have one fight left.
Speaking to talkSPORT, Nelson admitted there is only one fight he wants to see for Joshua, or else he should walk away from the sport.
“I think Anthony Joshua has nothing else to prove in this game, and he should rather walk away than hang about and let someone turn him over. It’s either him and Tyson Fury, which we’re all sick of, is it happening or isn’t happening, or just walk out of it. He’s a very comfortable, wealthy man.”
Right now, Fury remains retired and Joshua has not fought in over a year. With both men inactive and now approaching their forties, that fight seems quite a way off, and is much diminished from what it could have been a few years ago when both former world champions were in their fighting primes.
