Tyson Fury has appeared to suggest he will have to fight Deontay Wilder for a third time after claiming the American had demanded 20million US Dollars to step aside and pave the way for a showdown with Anthony Joshua.

Earlier on Tuesday, promoter Eddie Hearn had given Fury's team a deadline of the end of this week to salvage his prospective summer showdown against British rival Joshua in Saudi Arabia.

The contest has been thrown into doubt by a legal ruling in the United States that Fury is contractually bound to fulfil a third meeting with Wilder.

"We can't wait around," Hearn said. "We had a deal in place with Tyson Fury and we were told the arbitration wouldn't be an issue, that we could move on with this fight.

"They were wrong and that's on them, that's their responsibility and their problem.

"We hope they can solve that problem, but we have to look after ourselves and Anthony Joshua.

"We have to maintain the position of unified world champion, and those talks will continue and we want to be in a position by the end of this week to know, are we fighting Tyson Fury or are we moving forward with another option?"