It has now been well in excess of two years since Tyson Fury dethroned Wladimir Klitschko to become the undisputed world heavyweight champion.Fury's unanimous decision victory over the Ukrainian in Dusseldorf on November 28, 2015, remains the last time that the "Gypsy King" stepped foot inside a professional boxing ring. Tyson Fury's name, however, is never far from the headlines.One would think that Fury would enjoy the attention, especially having been absent from the ring for so long. This is not the case when it comes to Anthony Joshua's promoter Eddie Hearn, though. Fury took to Twitter yesterday to blast Hearn, accusing the Matchroom boss of using his name to help promote Joshua's upcoming unification fight with WBO champion Joseph Parker on March 31 in Cardiff.Fury also stated that Hearn has had the opportunity to make the fight between himself and Joshua "many times" - and that any eventual meeting between the two could only be negotiated if Fury were to receive a 60/40 split of the purse.Given the length of Fury's absence from the ring, his claim that the Joshua fight could have potentially taken place on numerous occasions seems questionable.At the time that Fury won the WBA, WBO, IBF, IBO, and Ring Magazine heavyweight championships from Klitschko, Joshua was just 14-0 in his career, still two weeks away from his clash with local rival Dillian Whyte that would see him claim the vacant British heavyweight title.Since then, Joshua's career has skyrocketed like few could have predicted.He would demolish Charles Martin inside two rounds in April of the following year to take possession of the IBF championship held by Fury just months earlier, and would go on to defend the championship twice.Joshua would then go on to better Fury's performance against Klitschko, knocking him out in the 11th round of their unification bout at Wembley Stadium last April to add both the WBA and IBO championships to his resume. In contrast, Fury's career has been stalled since he defeated Klitschko, largely due to issues with the UK Anti-Doping Agency (UKAD) concerning a failed drug test in February 2015.These issues caused Fury to vacate his championships and saw his licence to box relinquished by the British Boxing Board of Control (BBoC).On the basis that UKAD only announced that Fury was free to resume his boxing career back in December, it is difficult to see when a fight between Fury and Joshua would have been feasible.  Fury would have to re-apply to the BBBoC for his licence before any fight with "AJ" could be made.For his part, Hearn only appears to mention Fury when asked about him directly. The pair have sparred many times over social media in the past, though, and the fight is clearly one that Hearn would love to make.In response to Fury's comments, Hearn told Sky Sports that he was "ready to make the fight", but that the contest would "be made in the boardroom" rather than over social media.

The "60/40" purse split that Fury is seeking, though, appears to be a very obvious stumbling block to successful negotiations.

Joshua's stock is already generally considered to be higher than that of Fury and this will rise still further if Joshua beats Parker for the WBO version of the championship in March.

It is difficult to see either Joshua or Hearn agreeing to anything like the split that Fury is demanding at present. However, Hearn did concede that Fury "does have a huge amount of value" as a former champion.

Despite Fury's objections, the fight with Joshua remains one of the biggest that could be made in all of world boxing. It is safe to assume that we will be hearing plenty from both sides until the contest is finally made.