Anthony Joshua's promoter, Eddie Hearn, has hinted the boxer would be willing to step aside and allow Tyson Fury to face Oleksandr Usyk for £40million.
Joshua was beaten conclusively by Usyk in September and lost his unified heavyweight titles via unanimous decision.
He has since triggered a rematch clause and is scheduled to fight Ukrainian in March or April next year.
However, there has been speculation that Joshua will instead accept an offer to step aside for a potential bout between Usyk and Fury, which would crown the first undisputed heavyweight champion in over two decades.
Fury, who retained his WBC title by knocking out Deontay Wilder, was on the verge of agreeing to face Dillian Whyte in his next bout, but the WBC refused to name him as the Gypsy King's mandatory challenger.
He has therefore turned his attention to an undisputed battle with Usyk.
Hearn has now suggested a price that will see Joshua step aside.
He told Boxing King Media: "Seven figures? A million? If you want to get him not to fight Oleksandr Usyk you have to times that by 40...
"At the moment there is communication between the two teams to say is it something, and the answer is AJ has not been spoken about this yet.
"I'll deal with it and when I feel there's an opportunity for Anthony and 258 (Management) we'll sit down with them and present it to them but I won't do that until it's the right opportunity.
"If there's a route and an offer and it makes sense then we'll see but right now, it's just conversations between the camps."
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