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22nd December 2017
04:44pm GMT

"I said to him 'we can't talk about the Joshua fight now, because you can't expect to have a conversation about it when you haven't boxed for two years.' He might come back and stink the place out and have small value in the fight.
"He came back to me and said 'right, I'll make it really easy for you and give you a deal that you will accept straight away'. Then he said: 'I want a 60/40 split and all the champion's benefits. I want to walk second, it's my name on the poster and I want choice of changing rooms'.
"It made me laugh, I said 'that's great, yeah, good joke'. But he was deadly serious. He says Joshua is only where he is because of him. Then I realised he was actually serious with those terms."
Hearn recently offered to sign Fury to his Matchroom stable, which would make it much easier to make the fight, but that doesn't look like it will come to fruition.
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If Fury decides to pledge his loyalty to BoxNation's Frank Warren, as is expected, then it will add a significant stumbling block when it comes to agreeing upon a broadcast location for the bout.
"I think he probably will go with Frank which will make the fight unlikely won't it?" Hearn added. "Obviously we are with different broadcasters. I don't think it would warrant a dual broadcast with Sky and BT.
"But to be honest, more worrying than that is that we are so far from a deal. This fight is unmakeable. It's not even as if we are within 5, 10, 15 or 20 per cent. Fury is a voluntary challenger for two titles.
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"Let's make it clear that he has a lot of value in the fight, it's not like we see him as 20 per cent, but at the moment we should not even be considering this fight until we see if he can actually do something rather than just talk about but that's all I see.
"All I see is someone that has got six stone to go and talks a good game but let's see him back in the ring.
"Tyson Fury says it's not about the money, it's about the legacy but if you give me a load of money I'll take the fight. Who Tyson Fury goes with is purely about who pays him the most money. It's very simple. It doesn't matter if it's me, or Frank or Sid Snot."Explore more on these topics: