Eddie Hearn has provided an update on Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury, after the duo faced off at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday night.
Fury returned to the ring for the first time since December 2024 with a dominant victory against the heavy-hitting Arslanbek Makhmudov in London.
'The Gypsy King' was never in any trouble across the 12 rounds, and was unanimously awarded the win 120-108, 120-108 and 119-109 by the three judges.
Following the fight, Fury took centre-stage once again to call out Joshua, who had watched from ringside, filming the majority of the fight on his phone.
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Both Fury and promoter Turki Alalshikh attempted to get Joshua and Hearn in the ring to finally agree the 'Battle of Britain' fight there and then.
However, Joshua refused claiming: "You ain't gonna tell me what to do, I'm the landlord, you work for me."
Since the tense face-to-face, Hearn has since provided an update on the situation, revealing the contract has been sent.
"We received the contract last week, we are going through that," he told Sky Sports.
"I don't know if Fury has signed or not, that is his business. If he has then that is great."
Hearn stressed Joshua's involvement in the fatal crash that killed two of his close friends recently, meant they have to think very carefully about his return to the ring.
"Obviously there has been a lot happening in AJ's life and we want to make sure that he is ready to return to the ring," he continued.
"He is about to get the all clear in terms of the physical side to return to full training and that is great news.
"We expect to see him back in the ring in July, the original plan was to fight in March, then to fight Tyson Fury in August.
"Given everything that has happened, that has been delayed. July and November are the two dates that have been presented to us now and we expect to move forward."
Hearn did admit he thinks it's unlikely Joshua returns to fight Fury, with Deontay Wilder a potential option.
"I think it is very likely [he will have a tune-up fight]. Given what happened, we were supposed to be doing that anyway," he added.
"Fury has just had his tune-up fight with 12 really vital rounds to get him sharp for the next one and I expect us to do the same.
"Wilder would be a separate deal. We have made it clear we are willing to fight Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury back-to-back.
"I am not being disrespectful that Wilder is a warm-up fight but AJ is very comfortable to go into that fight next."
Topics: Anthony Joshua, Tyson Fury, Eddie Hearn, Boxing, Deontay Wilder
Tom Jenkins