Angelo Di Carlo, manager of undefeated Australian heavyweight Demsey McKean, revealed that his team has been in talks for a potential August fight with WBC world champion Tyson Fury.
Fury is currently in Australia to support close friend Joseph Parker, who headlines an event in the country on Wednesday night.
In the last few days, Fury has expressed interest in headlining a card in Australia.
He plans to travel around the country to view potential venues.
“I’m definitely keen, it may even be my next fight, over here,” Fury said.
“I just haven’t got an opponent yet, so we’re going to figure it out. Over the next few days we’re going to be travelling around to a few different states and looking at some potential venues for my next fight. Australians are always crazy boxing fans, so it would be great to get the Gypsy King Down Under.”
Fury, 34-years-old, has been out of the ring since battering and stopping Derek Chisora in their trilogy fight last December.
Attempts to finalize an undisputed fight with Oleksandr Usyk, which was targeted for April, fell apart when both sides were unable to agree on the financial terms for the rematch.
Earlier this year, McKean was a frontrunner to face former two-time world champion Anthony Joshua. The British star would instead select Jermaine Franklin as the opponent of choice.
“Chats began some time ago for Demsey to fight Tyson Fury in Australia and I think Demsey is the best option for the Gypsy King,” Di Carlo told News Corp.
“We’re certainly keen to do the fight. We’ve had a good association with Matchroom [McKean’s promoters] and we have great respect for Eddie Hearn, but I’ll have more talks with Fury’s camp and see where that takes us.
“If Tyson Fury wants to fight in Australia, the logical option is to fight an Aussie fighter and talking to Fury’s people, they don’t want to fight a small heavyweight. Demsey and Justis are Australia’s best heavyweights, but Demsey is six foot six and being a southpaw, he would present a real test for Tyson. We’ve been given a possible date to fight Fury in August, so hopefully we can make it happen.”