"You know, it was hard to watch," said Eddie Hearn. "Look, Del's a diamond. He'll never stop trying. I don't like pointing out what's been said in the past because it just seems like me that gets all the stick anyway, but Frank Warren said like two years ago 'Derek Chisora should retire, it's a disgrace they're letting him fight' and then someone mentioned the Fury - Chisora fight and he said 'oh it's a joke' and then, two years later, promotes the fight."

Hearn - who has promoted many of Chisora's recent fights against the likes of Oleksandr Usyk, Dillian Whyte, and Joseph Parker - would like to see Chisora retire after the defeat.

"I think so. It's difficult because when you're beating Pulev - Pulev's a top 15 guy, Chisora beat him, so he doesn't want to retire. But then he gets a big payday against Fury and obviously Fury's a level above him.

"He can come back and fight a Zhang [Zhilei], or he can fight a [Filip] Hrgovic ... Fabio Wardley. But, he's also made a huge amount of money the last couple of years. We all love him, and I think now would be a great time to probably hang them up."

However, Chisora seems to have little interest in the prospect of hanging up his gloves. Speaking to Seconds Out after the Fury fight, Chisora said: "No not yet, not yet. F*** that s***. I'm gonna take time out, chill, relax and see how I feel I'm not going out like this. I want to go on the road now for more fights. We will see I don't know yet. I enjoyed it."

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