Tyson Fury will have to wait another year to take on Deontay Wilder for a second time.
The heavyweight rivals fought to a controversial draw last December with Fury denied victory by the judges.
A rematch looked set to take place earlier this year but talks broke down and Wilder instead faced Dominic Breazeale.
Fury will take on the unknown Tom Schwarz on June 15 as part of his new deal with ESPN.
He will likely have one more fight later this year before taking on Wilder in 2020.
"Deontay Wilder cannot run from Tyson Fury forever. The fight has to happen," Fury told ESPN .
"This rematch has got to happen, but it won't be in May, June, July or August.
Boxing news: Tyson Fury hints Deontay Wilder is to blame for rematch collapse
"This fight, I'm being told, is likely to happen in March or April next year."
Fury also claimed Wilder was as much to blame as he was for the rematch talks collapsing,
"We were very close to a rematch. We had contracts, they had contracts, we were trying to agree terms," he added.
"All of a sudden I had a massive deal from ESPN and they made me an offer I couldn't refuse. That would've been in May I believe.
"Deontay Wilder apparently signed a three-fight deal before I signed an ESPN deal.
"He signed a deal to fight Dominic Breazeale, Luis Ortiz and Adam Kownacki, so this was all done even before I put pen to paper.
"I've got a few fights on ESPN, and hopefully I'll stick with ESPN throughout my full career.
"If the fighters are willing to fight then why should the networks get in the way?
"Fighters use that as an excuse, AKA Anthony Joshua, he uses that a lot as an excuse.
"But I believe if the fighters really want to fight each other they will, as I proved. I was on BT Sport and came over to United States and boxed on Showtime."
