Eddie Hearn has sensationally revealed that a potential fight between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua can happen 'immediately'.
For years, speculation surrounding a potential bout between the two Britons has rumbled on - only for nothing to ever materialise.
There are hopes that a showdown can finally take place this year, however.
Fury and Joshua both lost their last fights, to Oleksandr Usyk and Daniel Dubois respectively.
Boxing news: Eddie Hearn has sensationally revealed that a potential fight between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua can happen 'immediately'
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But their remains a huge desire to make a battle happen, in what would arguably be the biggest boxing match in British history.
Hearn, speaking to The Stomping Ground, has now provided an update by saying that a clash could happen 'immediately'.
“It’s the fight that everyone wants. Tell me a bigger fight? There isn’t one," he said.
"I don't know if it's going to happen.
“There have been no discussions. Fury’s coming off that defeat and after his break, he’s going to decide what he wants to do.
"If he wants to fight AJ, the fight happens immediately. We’ll see.”
Hearn is, however, in no hurry to make the arrangements.
He says it's still too early to 'prod' Fury, who was beaten by Usyk via unanimous decision just weeks ago.
The boxing promoter added: “I don’t think it’s the time to start prodding Tyson Fury.
"Don’t forget, he lost on December 21, so give him a few weeks to chill out.
“Sooner or later, in the coming weeks, we will want to put a plan together for Anthony Joshua.
"That is when the conversations will come with Frank Warren, Spencer Brown [Fury’s manager] and His Excellency [Turki Alalshikh] and say, ‘we want to make AJ-Fury – what do you think? We’ll go from there.”
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It is currently unclear what the future holds for Fury, who refused to commit his future to the sport after his defeat to Usyk.
However, while that's the case, he's still expected to continue boxing for the foreseeable future.
Yet his promoter, Frank Warren, recently said he wouldn't be putting any pressure on the 36-year-old.
He told the Daily Star: "I will not be picking up the phone and asking Tyson Fury to fight again.
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"If opportunities come my way for him they will be passed on, but there will be no advice from me on whether or not Tyson should take them.
"I haven’t spoken to him yet about an Anthony Joshua fight and I will only do so if he comes to me and says he wants to get in the ring with him."
