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Anthony Joshua is gearing up to defend his WBA, WBO, IBF and IBOheavyweight world titles against Kubrat Pulev this weekend but a Battle of Britain clash with Tyson Fury is still dominating

the agenda. Eddie Hearn is working hard behind the scenes to try and strike a deal between the two British heavyweights. Joshua is expected to cruise past the IBF's mandatory challenger

Kublev at The SSE Arena on Saturday night. He then hopes to land a blockbuster unification showdown with WBC champion Fury. However, Hearn does not want to wait until after the Pulev fight

to get the ball rolling as he claims to be working tirelessly behind the scenes. "Our job over the next couple of weeks, even before the fight [against Pulev] is to get that fight in

place ready to go," said Hearn. MUST READ: WILL GEORGE RUSSELL REPLACE LEWIS HAMILTON AGAIN IN ABU DHABI GP? "If we can't make the Fury fight for any reason, then we will

fight Usyk 100 per cent. They're kind of waiting to see what happens." Another problem which could arise between Joshua and Fury is who will get one share of the purse. Both men

have publicly stated they would be happy to split the money straight down the middle. Joshua has also claimed he would like the fight to take place in the UK - but that could mean missing

out on a mammoth pay-day overseas. "If they both say that, we do it in a heartbeat," Hearn added. "I just want to be honest with you. It’s not how it works in sport and

especially not in the fight game. And by the way it shouldn’t. "You’re basically saying this fighter should go in and put his health on the line without getting the maximum reward

financially for that risk. "To be honest maybe the coronavirus situation does favour a UK fight because we don't need to talk to anyone to do a UK fight. "If we receive an

offer from another country that country has to be confident enough that it will be returning to a live, full capacity environment by the end of May/early June. "Maybe those countries

aren't confident enough yet to make that kind of investment without that confidence that life will return back to normal. "Perhaps that could favour a UK event, if everything is

not running in the way that we hope it will be."