Promoter George Warren of Queensberry Promotions, who co-promote WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, has "not heard anything" from Anthony Joshua's camp with respect to making a high-stake showdown in the UK.

Fury is now hunting for an opponent in the summer after failing to reach an agreement for an April showdown with WBO, IBF, IBO, WBA champion Oleksandr Usyk.

Joshua came back to the ring earlier this month with a twelve round unanimous decision over Jermaine Franklin at The O2.

The British star was looking to fight in the summer, but recently went to social media and said he not going to return until the month of December. 

"I don't know the answer to that. The other side spoke a lot about wanting to reach out and contact us after the fight with Franklin; we've not heard anything, not had any contact, so there's been nothing to discuss with Tyson," Warren told Sky Sports.

"They made it quite clear pre-Franklin fight that they wanted to maybe look at that fight for the summer. They thought maybe there was an opportunity. I haven't heard from them. I haven't had a phone call, I haven't spoken to anyone about it. You'd have to ask them."

Another potential opponent for Fury is Olympic silver medalist Joe Joyce, who returns on Saturday night against Zhilei Zhang.

If Joyce banks an impressive win, it would be an easier fight to make since both Fury and Joyce are promoted by Queensberry.

"Joe is looking to put on a good performance, a devastating performance, like he did against Parker and keep building on that momentum. If Joyce comes through a tough fight with a big performance, he puts himself in that conversation [to fight Fury]," Warren said.