Tyson Fury backed to be ready for Anthony Joshua fight within weeks

Eddie Hearn has backed to be ready in 10 weeks amid talks of a potential showdown with this year.

The 'Gypsy King' . "Hi everybody, I'm going to make this short and sweet," he said to the camera. "I'd like to announce my retirement from . It's been a blast, I've loved every single minute of it. I'm going to end with this. Dick Turpin wore a mask. God bless everybody, see you on the other side. Get up!"

His announcement came just weeks after . Despite the loss, many had hoped to see Fury and Joshua go head-to-head in the ring this year. While those ambitions seemed very much unlikely, the 'Gypsy King' has sent fans into meltdown over the last few weeks.

On Monday he dropped a huge bombshell about his future after he was . The 36-year-old - who was sweating slightly after potentially wrapping up a workout said: "Just in the gym, happened to bump into somebody you might know." He then shifted the camera towards the direction of an energetic and happy SugarHill - who replied: "You know what time it is!" The 'Gypsy King' had the last say before ending the story: "You know what's coming," he said - seemingly teasing a return to the ring. The video has since gone viral online and Hearn has now offered his verdict about a potential return for Fury.

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"It all comes down to Tyson, the deal. We're ready," Hearn told . "But there's no point calling it out because it's going to take one man to let's give the the biggest fight in boxing. And we live in hope that he [Fury] decides to get it done.

"He's in good shape, so the good news about that is he'd probably be ready in 10 weeks rather than needing 16 weeks so that's a positive. [Fury boxing training,] that's a good sign. I'm sure he will be bored soon. Let's hope he wants to make the biggest fight in boxing." However, Fury's promoter Frank Warren has revealed he hasn't spoken to his star client and insists it's up to him if he chooses to make a return to competitive action.

"It's up to Tyson," he said. "I haven't spoken to him, I've seen it and that's Tyson having a bit of fun with everybody. He may want to do that, if he does that's going to his choice. I am not going to in any way try and get him to do that." Top Rank COO Brad Jacobs recently claimed that the heavyweight star could be tempted out of retirement by a potential fight with 'AJ'.

Speaking to about the potential fight, Jacobs said: "He looks like he's happy retired and doing it, but he's done that before. But if not God bless him, he's earned what he's got. I believe there is the potential for it. What happens nobody knows. Tyson has done shocking things before, and it wouldn't surprise me if he did it again."