Tyson Fury’s brother, Shane, has revealed the contingency plan for if Anthony Joshua withdraws from their showdown and leaves ‘The Gypsy King’ without an opponent.

As things stand, the two British heavyweights are expected to finally collide on December 11, with Cardiff’s Principality Stadium being discussed as the likely destination.

Initially, fans were told their long-awaited clash would be heading to New York’s Madison Square Garden but, now, it appears the pair are set to square off on British soil.

Regardless of the location, though, Fury is likely to be considered a sizable favourite following his seventh-round stoppage of Mariusz Wach in July.

Prior to that, he had unanimously outpointed Arslanbek Makhmudov and, while neither performance particularly set the world alight, it could at least be said that Fury encountered minimal danger on both occasions.

Joshua, on the other hand, was made to survive two knockdowns before scoring a second-round finish over Kristian Prenga on the same weekend as Fury-Wach.

Even aside from that rather shaky performance, Fury has maintained his belief that ‘AJ’, despite the considerable sum of money up for grabs, wants no involvement in their all-British encounter.

As such, brother Shane has told Boxing King Media that the 38-year-old is guaranteed a replacement opponent if the Joshua fight falls through and it will be on the same night and in the same venue as the planned AJ bout.

“Tyson’s put on his [new] contract that if, for any reason, this fight don’t happen … he will be fighting on the same date, [in the] same arena.

“Tyson don’t think Joshua will fight.”

Regardless of whether he thinks Joshua will fight, both two-time world champions have ultimately signed contracts in order to do so, and an announcement is expected imminently.