Eddie Hearn has spoken out after Tyson Fury conquered Deontay Wilder on February 22, revealing that Anthony Joshua was not at all surprised by the tactics used by Fury to win the fight.

Fury delivered one of the greatest performances by a British heavyweight boxer in history, dominating one of the hardest punchers the sport has ever seen, from start to finish, winning after a seventh-round stoppage.

The Mancunian is now officially pencilled in for a rematch with Wilder in July, with Joshua looking to take on the Bulgarian Kubrat Pulev in June. So long as both Fury and Joshua win their respective bouts, the two Britons will then clash in a super-fight, with all the heavyweight belts on the line for an undisputed winner.

While Hearn has said that while he was shocked by the tactics used by Fury to beat Wilder, Joshua was not remotely surprised.

"He said that would happen," Hearn revealed to The Ring Digital, as per Metro. "I text him after the fight, he was flying back from Nigeria, and then I spoke to him on Sunday, and he wasn't surprised [by the result at all].

"I heard those tactics from camp and I was like, 'what are you doing?'.

"I said Fury would win this fight, and then I heard that and said Wilder would win.

"It was actually genius tactics, shout out to Sugar Hill and Andy Lee."

Hearn also believes that Wilder was certainly not at his best on the night, but that Fury has essentially 'evaporated' the Bronze Bomber's aura, and it will be tough for the American to bounce back after suffering such a convincing defeat to the Brit.

"Honestly, probably as early as the first round, he didn't look right in the ring.

"Those guys were flogged in the build-up to that fight, press conferences, Super Bowl, this, that... Fox and ESPN have done an amazing job, and Top Rank and PBC.

"I don't know whether he was just drained or mentally broken by Fury, or even those early moments in the fight he couldn't handle it, or the suit was too heavy, he just never looked right, he never looked interested.

"Sometimes you can see in people's eyes - there was no fight in him - and Tyson Fury beat the fight out of him. He battered him. It's hard to come back from a defeat like that.

"It's not like it was one lucky punch and it changed the fight, he battered him from the first round, and all the aura of Deontay Wilder evaporated that night, where everybody is like, 'oh the power, don't get too close, be careful.' Fury just went, 'yeah, whatever, [get] out the way, crash, bang, wallop'."

It will certainly be interesting to see how Wilder responds to such a crushing defeat, and whether Fury can continue to perform on such an elite level to overcome the American for a second, or arguably third, time.