A few days ago, former cruiserweight champion Tony Bellew explained that he's still capable of fighting the top names - and strongly believes that he could easily defeat former unified heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz.
Bellew retired from the sport in November 2018, when he suffered a brutal knockout loss at the hands of then undisputed cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk.
But Bellew's promoter, Eddie Hearn, cautions that the 37-year-old retired boxer will not return to the ring.
Hearn promised Bellew that he wouldn't allow him to return. The veteran promoter fears that Bellew could get hurt.
"He phoned me and said: 'I would smash Andy Ruiz Jr'. He said: 'I know I could beat him'. He is a fighter that misses it. After the Usyk fight he told me: 'Make sure I never get in the ring again'. I'm 20 times more scared of [his wife] than I am of Tony," Bellew told Sky Sports.
"He could fight again. He's not shot, he's not finished in the slightest, but isn't it better to go out like that, than have one too many? Maybe he could beat Ruiz Jr but maybe he would get knocked out and we'd think: 'we shouldn't have done that'."
Hearn would rather see Bellew leave the sport on the back of his last performance. He submitted a respectable performance and had success in the fight, before getting caught in the contest.
"Tony's legacy is as a guy who won British, European, Commonwealth and world championships and tried the greatest feat of all to become undisputed champion," said Hearn.
"He was winning the fight in some people's eyes, but Usyk was too good and Tony got knocked out in trying to become undisputed champion. It's nice to see people leave their career happy and he is a great example."