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Joshua beat Bulgarian Kubrat Pulev last month
to retain his IBF, WBO and WBA titles to set up the prospect of
a mouth-watering clash with fellow Briton Fury who holds the WBC
belt.
"The deal is done, really - without being signed," Hearn was
quoted as saying by The Times.
"The financial elements of the deal are done. We're talking
through the broadcast situation, the only thing really now is to
paper it.
"And when you paper a deal like that, it does go back and
forwards 15 times before every single letter is approved on the
document."
Fury has not fought since beating American Deontay Wilder in
their Las Vegas rematch in February to claim the WBC crown.
Hearn said Joshua and Fury would face off in two fights - with
the first likely to be in the Middle East later this year - and
he hoped to bring the rematch back to Britain.
"The Middle East will be aggressive and will be front-runners in
this. To stage this fight, you need significant government
support. You need someone who is staging this fight as a
statement for their country," Hearn said.
"I'd like it (the rematch) to be (in the UK). Where? Millennium
Stadium."
(Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru; Editing by Simon
Cameron-Moore)
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