TYSON FURY'S promoter Frank Warren is facing a bankruptcy claim over demands from the taxman, the High Court heard.

Warren, 66, who has acted for Joe Calzaghe, Ricky Hatton and Amir Khan, will be served with a bankruptcy petition on Wednesday.

3 Frank Warren is currently in America where he is promoting Tyson Fury's December 1 bout against Deontay Wilder Credit: AFP or licensors

3 Warren and Fury have been taking press conferences ahead of the December 1 bout Credit: PA:Press Association

HMRC lawyers said he had not yet accepted service of the paperwork — but accepted he had been in America promoting Fury’s fight with Deontay Wilder on December 1.

His legal team denied "bad faith" and said talks aimed at a "resolution" were ongoing.

Asking for time, they said: "It’s in HMRC’s interests that Mr Warren makes the best living he can."

The case was adjourned. Warren’s alleged debts were not disclosed.

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His assets could be seized if no resolution is found.

Warren lives with wife Susan, 57, at a £2.7million home in Hertfordshire.

In March, a court ordered him to pay hefty fees to a legal firm which helped him successfully sue boxer Ricky Burns for breach of contract and Burns’ manager for defamation.

He won damages but both men were declared bankrupt.

3 Warren lives with wife Susan at a £2.7million home in Hertfordshire Credit: Reuters

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Warren, who survived a shooting murder bid in 1989, had said he should not have to pay his lawyers as he made no "net gain".

The promoter's biggest current client Fury faces Wilder in a WBC decider in Los Angeles on December 1, with the winner likely to face Anthony Joshua next year.

gary.oshea@the-sun.co.uk