Tyson Fury's promoter claims coronavirus could fast-track Anthony Joshua superfight

Anthony Joshua’s £250million superfight with Tyson Fury could happen next because of the fall-out from the coronavirus lockdown.

Both fighters’ next contests have been postponed because the pandemic has KO’d boxing and Fury’s US promoter Bob Arum claims it is possible the two Brits could clash.

Arum cannot see WBC king Fury’s trilogy fight with Deontay Wilder happening in the US because of Donald Trump ’s travel ban, opening the door to a showdown with Joshua for the undisputed heavyweight title in Britain.

Top Rank chief Arum said: “With or without audiences, we can’t do the Wilder fight while Fury can’t get back into the United States due to the travel ban.

“Wilder couldn’t get into England either.

Tyson Fury overcame Deontay Wilder in his previous bout (ETIENNE LAURENT/EPA-EFE/REX)

“Everything is possible and nothing is off the table. We have to sit and discuss this, to figure out how to move into the future.

“I can’t predict when Fury v Wilder will take place or if it will happen.

“Everybody in the UK wants to see the two Brits fighting, Fury and Joshua. When can that happen? I don’t know.”

Anthony Joshua regained his titles from Andy Ruiz in December (Action Images via Reuters)

Joshua holds the WBA Super, IBF and WBO belts and his defence against Kubrat Pulev at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium has been postponed because boxing may only resume in the UK in July behind closed doors.

Joshua cannot fight without the millions he makes from selling out stadiums and his promoter Eddie Hearn claims he is likely to stage Dillian Whyte’s clash with Alexander Povetkin first behind closed doors.

Hearn believes he could still create a spectacle for TV audiences without a crowd.

“When Whyte knocks out Povetkin, stands on the turnbuckle and there are six people watching, it will be weird, but I want people to tune in and say ‘wow’,” said the Matchroom MD.

“I want to build a fight camp, a different kind of environment, more dramatic. It will look spectacular on TV. We need to dramatise it.

“It’s about taking over a hotel, testing all the teams, creating a sterile fight camp where no-one goes in until we know they’ve had a negative test. It’s about creating changing room areas, ring walks. It will add to the story.”