Unless a deal is struck between the two parties in the next two weeks, the fight will go to purse bids on January 11.

If that happens, any promoter can put in an offer to stage the fight in a blind bidding process, with the highest bidder earning the right to stage the bout.

Given they have less than two weeks to strike a deal away from that process, purse bids seems the likely outcome as both camps have so far been unwilling to compromise in negotiations.

If Frank Warren, Fury’s UK promoter, is the one who gets his way, the all-British fight is likely to take place on home shores.