Tyson Fury's recent comments have left many boxing fans concerned that the heavyweight unification superfight between he and Anthony Joshua may not be as imminent as others have implied.
Joshua and his promoter Eddie Hearn have claimed the bout will be finalised very shortly, with Fury's American promoter Bob Arum also saying there are no real hurdles remaining.
However Fury has been decidedly less enthusiastic about it happening in May or June, as predicted by Hearn earlier this year, and told IFL TV he isn't even training right now.
He said: "Let’s break it down. Eddie Hearn is a boxing promoter. So is Bob Arum. It’s their job to sell a fight. Joshua is saying what he’s saying, I’m not on social media at the moment at all. So whatever they are saying is very unimportant to me.
"Until I’ve got a fight, a date and hell of a lot of money in my pocket, there is no fight. There’s a lot of things going on that people don’t know about behind the scenes that can scupper a fight like that.
"So nothing is actually on until you are in the ring. So yeah, we are nowhere near that at the moment.
"I can’t do nothing, it’s out of my hands. It is nothing to do with me at all. I’m just a boxer. There’s a lot of things like I say behind the scenes that can alter a fight.
"Do I think I’m going to be fighting Anthony Joshua in the next 10 minutes? No. Do I think the fight with Joshua will eventually happen sooner or later? Yes. It has to happen. But do I think it’s imminent, right next minute? No I don’t.
"I’ve stopped training now, I’m on holiday, I‘m doing anywhere between, eight, 10, 12 pints or lager a day at the minute. Not eating though so I’m getting my calories through alcohol. There’s nothing to do, is there?
"I’ve done training, training, training with no further process. It’s one of those things, at the minute I’m just chilling out, being a man of leisure in lockdown."