sport news Eddie Hearn leaves the door open for Battle of Britain between Anthony Joshua ... trends now Eddie Hearn leaves the door open for Battle of Britain between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury - despite Gypsy King's claims the fight was OFF yesterday - as promoter insists 'there has been NO talk of a deadline' Eddie Hearn is still confident a deal between Joshua and Fury can be reached He says the promoters and broadcasters have had several 'positive' phone calls Hearn says they are still trying to 'conclude the deal' despite Fury's comments Fury took to social media to say the proposed fight with AJ in December was off WBC champion Fury set Joshua a deadline of 5pm on Monday to sign the deal However, Joshua missed the deadline and the Gypsy King said the deal was off By Charlotte Daly For Mailonline Published: 09:18 BST, 27 September 2022 | Updated: 09:18 BST, 27 September 2022 Viewcomments Eddie Hearn has said Anthony Joshua's clash with Tyson Fury could still happen as the promoters and broadcasters involved in organising the fight are still trying to 'conclude the deal'. Fury set Joshua a deadline of 5pm on Monday to sign the deal and took to his social media account after the cut-off point had passed to say the proposed fight in December was off. The WBC champion cited a lack of movement from Joshua's team as the reason for pulling the plug on the fight but Hearn has now said the promoters and broadcasters involved in the deal have had several 'positive' phone calls. Eddie Hearn has said Anthony Joshua's clash with Tyson Fury could still happen in December According to Hearn, the promoters and broadcasters - who are working hard to finalise AJ and Fury's fight - had several 'positive' phone calls on Monday. Hearn went on to say there has been no talk of a deadline between the two parties despite Fury claiming AJ had until 5pm on Monday to sign the contract. Instead, Hearn - who is the Chairman of Matchroom Sport - has said that they 'are moving at pace to try and conclude the deal'. Speaking to TalkSPORT, he said: 'There were various positive calls today between promoters and broadcasters who are all working hard to finalise the fight. Fury told Joshua he has until 5pm on Monday to sign the contract for their proposed fight 'There has been no talk of a deadline between the parties, but we are moving at pace to try and conclude the deal.' Hearn's comments came shortly after Fury insisted he would not be fighting his heavyweight rival AJ in December. When the deadline passed, Fury took to social media to say the fight was off and that he was going to fight someone else instead Fury said the deal with Joshua was 'off' because his fellow Brit missed a deadline of 5pm on Monday afternoon to sign the contract. The Gypsy King - who is frustrated with what he perceives to be a lack of movement from Joshua's camp - posted a video on Instagram minutes after the cut-off passed. The 34-year-old said he will be moving on to face someone else as Joshua is an 'idiot' that 'didn't have the minerals' to take the fight. Nevertheless, Hearn is still confident the fight will go ahead as he believes negotiations are heading in the right direction. However, Warren has already established a backup plan for the Gypsy King. He has lined up Mahmoud (formerly Manuel) Charr as a potential replacement for Joshua. Charr confirmed the news by saying: 'I have signed an agreement to fight three fighters of Frakn Warren. 'Tyson Fury, Daniel Dubois and Joe Joyce. I am ready to fight any of them but Tyson Fury is the first one I would pick.' Mahmoud Charr has said he has signed a deal to fight three of Frank Warren's boxers Hearn previously hit out at Fury for using a deadline to hide the fact he was interested in fighting German heavyweight Charr over AJ. 'The conversations have been decent and are moving in the right direction, but there is a long way to go', Hearn told Seconds Out. 'Fury wants to fight Manuel Charr, it's pretty obvious, and the public are not the brightest if they actually think otherwise.' Read more: Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility