Eddie Hearn has cast doubts over the legitimacy of Tyson Fury's offer to Anthony Joshua ahead of what would be the biggest heavyweight boxing bout in British history.
This past weekend, the Gypsy King stated that that he was looking for an opponent this winter with Oleksandr Usyk unavailable after reportedly rehabbing an injury that will keep him out until 2023.
Fury posted a video on his social media on Monday calling out Joshua, with AJ responding later that night and accepting the offer.
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Joshua's promoter Hearn has said that although Joshua 's camp would immediately accept an offer from Fury, he is unsure whether an official approach will arrive given Fury's tendency to backtrack on retirement.
Fury has also called out Dereck Chisora in the past month, before again announcing that he planned to retire and changing his mind.
Hearn told talkSPORT: "I would love to get really excited about this. Because it’s the fight that I get stopped in the street for more than any fight that could be made and it’s a fight that AJ has wanted for a long time.
"Don’t forget, we signed for this fight last year before the arbitration forced the Deontay Wilder fight for Tyson Fury.
"So, it’s an interesting one, because last week he [Fury] retired, then he came back to fight Usyk, then he made an offer to Derek Chisora, then he wanted half a billion, then he’d retired again, then he’s fighting Usyk in December and now he’s fighting AJ.
"The message is quite clear from AJ, we don’t want to get involved in a backwards and forwards, we want the fight, it’s the fight he’s wanted for a long time. We had plans after the Usyk defeat to come back in December and then go again in March, get active and get the rhythm going again and then try and fight for the world heavyweight title.
"But, I know having spoken to AJ, if that fight is there and they’re serious, which I have my doubts about, but for the good of trying to make it happen let’s believe Tyson Fury and I said to George Warren last night, get the details and the offer over to us and I’ll take it to AJ, he’s ready to go.
"We didn’t expect this opportunity, but it’s a great opportunity to fight for the world title in the biggest fight in boxing and we will definitely look at it. For me and the cynic in boxing, this smells of, ‘Oh, we couldn’t agree the AJ deal so I’m fighting this bloke you’ve never heard of instead, but no one else was available.’
"But let’s take the cynic away and see what we get back from the Fury camp, because we’re ready to discuss it and we’re ready to make that fight for sure.
"Fury’s outstanding at getting the public to believe absolute nonsense. It worries me actually what people do believe, if you look at the timeline over the last two or three weeks, it’s unbelievably bizarre.
"Personally, I don’t believe Fury is serious about this, but if he is, which I said to the Warrens last night, 100 percent we will sit down and make the fight."
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