Eddie Hearn has revealed that Deontay Wilder's manager, Shelly Finkel, has responded to his Anthony Joshua fight offer via email. Hearn told reporters in August that he had sent his own email to Finkel regarding a 'big money offer' but had received no response.

Now, the Matchroom Boxing chief has disclosed that he received a one-line email back from Finkel querying the financial side of the deal.

Speaking to iD Boxing in Abu Dhabi ahead of Dmitry Bivol vs Zurdo Ramirez, he said: "They actually emailed me today. I emailed him in August to talk about an offer. He came back today; it took a long while but at least he replied.

"That offer that we had for him was for this year, obviously, with our relationship out here, we'd like to continue that offer [for the Middle East]. I actually invited Deontay and Shelly out here this week. They can't come but we'll be working with them and try and come up with some ideas.

"Again, it all depends on AJ if he waits to go into a fight like that or if he has a fight earlier in the year. But I see AJ vs Deontay Wilder as a must-make fight I really do I think it's one of the biggest in the sport.

"They just want to know. They want to know the numbers. Of course, they should do as well because there's a lot of money in play in the shows we do. I feel that we can hopefully have some discussions and see if AJ vs Wilder or Whyte against Wilder or whoever it is could be an option, particularly out here in the Middle East."

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