Frank Warren has told talkSPORT he remains hopeful Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder will fight again in 2019.

It was announced on Monday that Fury, who Warren promotes, has agreed a deal with ESPN that makes it the exclusive broadcaster of his fights in the US.

As Wilder has a deal with rival network Showtime, it has raised fears that a rematch with Fury – following their controversial draw in December – will not go ahead due to the vested interests of all the parties involved.

2 Frank Warren believes he will deliver Tyson Fury the rematch he wants against Deontay Wilder

Warren, however, insists his fighter’s new co-promotional deal will not scupper the chances of Wilder vs Fury part II.

“Even last night up until the early hours, I was speaking to Shelly Finkel, who represents Deontay Wilder, and we are still trying to make the match,” he told the Alan Brazil Sports Breakfast on Tuesday.

“It means Tyson’s position is much stronger now than it was before in the negotiations.

“We are still negotiating and we are all hopeful. Everybody wants the fight to take place – Wilder, Shelly Finkel, myself and Tyson.”

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Fury’s fights will continue to be shown on BT Sport in the UK and Warren says bringing a US partner in ESPN to the table makes Fury’s position in the heavyweight division much more powerful.

He continued: “Wilder has got an American broadcaster in Showtime and so has AJ [Anthony Joshua] with DAZN. What are we going to do, sit around and wait for everybody? That can’t happen.

“We have gone with the biggest broadcaster in the States, ESPN. They have got nearly three million subscribers so Tyson’s next fight will be seen by three million subscribers if they all tune into it.

“The last fight AJ had which was broadcast in the States on DAZN got around 16,000 people watching it free-to-air. That is the difference of where we are as far as the drawing power of Tyson is now. It makes a great difference.

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“In the past we have had the negotiations where Barry Hearn is saying AJ is the big attraction and if anybody wants to fight him it is a 70/30 or 75/25 split. That all changes now in a dramatic way. We bring a lot to the table.

“I have to do my best by Tyson. He wants the big fights, we have delivered the big fights. He went to Germany and beat [Wladimir] Klitschko. He went to the States on a PBC promotion and got robbed there.

“Next time around when he is in the States and he has got the fight, we want it to be on our promotion so that we feel a bit more comfortable about it. That is what all these things are for. It is to give Tyson more security.”

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