Eddie Hearn has responded to Tyson Fury's claims that Anthony Joshua is scared to face him in a heavyweight unification fight, with the promoter claiming he's focused on negotiations while Fury "screams and shouts on TV".
The path was cleared for Joshua and Fury to meet in what would be the biggest fight in British boxing history after the former knocked out Kubrat Pulev in emphatic fashion at Wembley Arena last weekend.
In the immediate aftermath, Joshua said his focus was on securing the fourth heavyweight belt - the WBC title held by Fury - to cement his legacy as an undisputed champion rather than directly calling out the 'Gyspy King'.
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Fury then took to social media to accuse Joshua of being scared and pledged to win the eventual match-up by knockout inside the first three rounds.
"Anthony Joshua just s*** himself live on television," Fury wrote. "He got asked 'did he want the fight?', and he went round the bushes and put his a*** on the edge. I want the fight - I want the fight next.
"I'll knock him out inside three rounds. He's a big bum dosser - can't wait to knock him out."
When asked about Fury's comments on IFL TV, Hearn replied: "I didn't see the video, he's blocked me on Twitter. Big dosser, that sort of stuff? Yeah, okay. We'll see who s***s himself.
"Ultimately, AJ isn't the kind of guy to scream and shout on TV and call people dossers, that's not his style. We'll let Tyson do that and we'll just sign the fight and get it done."
But while both fighters and their respective management teams are intent on making the bout, several complications do still remain, with conflicting broadcast contracts and Fury's potential legal dispute with Deontay Wilder complication matters.
Whether a Fury-Joshua contest would in fact be an undisputed fight for all the heavyweight belts is also in doubt, with WBO president Paco Valcarcel indicating that Joshua had to fight his mandatory challenger Oleksandry Usyk next or relinquish the belt.
"If they don't want to sanction the biggest fight of all time, there's nothing we can do about it," Hearn said.
