Tyson Fury promoter Frank Warren confident Deontay Wilder rematch will take place in 2019

Warren claimed the two camps are already looking at suitable venues with Las Vegas being the most likely destination

Frank Warren has insisted that Tyson Fury’s next fight will be a rematch with Deontay Wilder at a yet-to-be decided venue in the US in the first half of 2019.

Ben Davison, Fury’s trainer, was clear that he would prefer any rematch to take place in the UK, but Warren believes a Las Vegas destination is most likely.

Anthony Joshua's promoter, Eddie Hearn, is understood to be in negotiations with Wilder’s team as he attempts to pin down an undisputed heavyweight championship at Wembley on 13 April, but Warren is confident that Fury will be face the WBC Champion first.

“We’re trying to make that fight at the moment, everyone wants the fight and most importantly the fighters want it,” Warren told ESPN.

“The venue is looking like the U.S., that’s where the money is. Tyson was disappointed with the judging with the last fight, as I was, so a lot of things need to be sorted but the U.S. is where they want it, probably in the second quarter.

“Vegas would be one of the options. I wouldn’t want to go back to California, I didn’t like working with the Californian commission and there were a lot of things we didn’t like there. Tyson is already in the gym working hard, ticking over, and I think we would get it [the fight versus Wilder] before June.

“He [Eddie Hearn] says all these things, but what he says and does are two different things. He [Eddie Hearn] said he wanted the fight for Joshua with Wilder last year when there was $80m on the table, but it didn’t happen. Joshua will fight Dillian Whyte [at Wembley Stadium, London, on April 13], or Jarrell Miller next. We all know that.”

Fury’s team would prefer a rematch to take place in the UK after the judges' controversial decision in Las Vegas (Getty) (Getty Images)

Warren did confirm that Fury would be interested in fighting Joshua himself in 2019 though, assuring that the fight could still be made despite the pair being with rival broadcasters Sky and BT.

“We’re not complicated, Tyson is the most uncomplicated person you will meet, and he will fight anyone,” Warren continued.

“He went to Germany to fight Wladimir Klitschko and he went to America to fight Wilder. It’s Barry and Eddie Hearn’s agenda that complicates it. Joshua is their cash cow and they want to keep milking it.”