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15th November 2017
11:03pm GMT

"If they want to make the fight, then they should come off social media and pick up the phone."
While Joshua looks forward to a unification bout against either Parker or WBC heavyweight champ Deontay Wilder, Tyson Fury will likely be forced to go through a couple of tune-up fights before the much-discussed all-British showdown can come to fruition but he's eager to make a bit of money in the meantime by offering any fans an intriguing wager.
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Joshua would almost certainly be the bookmakers' favourite against Parker but Fury doesn't even see 'AJ' lasting the distance against the Kiwi.
Parker's promoter David Higgins has previously insisted that he wouldn't be willing to budge on a 60/40 split in favour of Joshua but he has since admitted that a little bit of wiggle room could possibly be agreed upon. However, he maintains that Hearn is nowhere near the minimum acceptable figure at present.
"It's got to improve a lot," Higgins said. "You never say never, but not a lot [less]. We should work together.
"We want a more collaborative, open book approach, rather than pay us off with a low fixed fee and we don't know what the revenues are.
"The world wants to see it, we want it, but we won't accept it for what we think is an unfair deal.
"His [Parker's] frame of mind, we are very aligned, our camp. He wants to fight Joshua, but he knows the deal is not what it should be.
"Joseph Parker's message to Anthony Joshua is: 'I want to fight you. I think I'll win, but I want a fair portion of the pie. It's a big pie and let's share it fairly'."Explore more on these topics: