Tyson Fury has claimed he will not be fighting the winner of Anthony Joshua's rematch with Oleksandr Usyk in Saudi Arabia in December despite reports suggesting otherwise.

The Daily Mail claimed that the undisputed clash for all the marbles will be held in the Middle East just days before the World Cup final is due to take place on December 18.

But the retired WBC heavyweight world champion has since fired back by sensationally denying those allegations as hearsay.

Fury, known to fans as The Gypsy King, wrote on Instagram: "This is all news to me! Biggest load of rubbish ever!"

Queensberry Promotions chief Frank Warren added: "We haven't had negotiations with anyone."

Fury's retirement has been met with considerable scepticism in certain quarters.

The undefeated Brit cemented his reputation as the best in the world with a sixth-round knockout win over Dillian Whyte at Wembley Stadium back in April.

With an unbeaten record of 32-0-1 to his name, Fury promised his wife Paris he would retire as he has essentially nothing left to prove following Joshua's loss to Usyk.

Anthony Joshua's rematch with Oleksandr Usyk is expected to be announced early next week

Joshua's promoter, Eddie Hearn, however, disagrees, as he doesn't think the interest will ever go away.

Speaking on talkSPORT, he said: “I think the fight between AJ and Fury is always there.

“I mean, I still get questions walking down the street, even today, ‘When’s AJ fighting Fury?’ 

“It’s like, ‘He’s got Usyk first’. ‘Oh, has he?’ So of course, you don’t want to go back-to-back defeats but Usyk is also pound-for-pound, I think possibly no.1 right now.

“Losing to Usyk is never terrible, the Fury fight is always there, but for the undisputed heavyweight world championship, which it would be, it would just be the biggest fight of all time. 

“And I think if AJ beats Usyk, that would be an automatic fight that you will see in December.”

Fury's US promoter Bob Arum also believes he will be back in the ring in a heartbeat if a suitable opportunity presents itself.

Arum told FightHype: "Tyson Fury is retired and he will be retired until we come to him with the next big event and then he will unretire.

"Well, I think Fury is going to wait to see how the [Anthony] Joshua fight comes out with [Oleksandr] Usyk, and then he'll make a determination whether he wants to continue.

"Other than fighting the winner of Joshua-Usyk, there's really nothing that's really of interest to Tyson Fury, so we will have to see."