Former unified middleweight and light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins gave his take on a potential heavyweight unification between champions Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua.

The two boxers have reportedly agreed to certain financial terms with respect to a possible two-fight agreement to face each other in 2021.

Hopkins believes the first bout will play out in the same manner as Fury's initial contest with Deontay Wilder, which ended in a controversial draw in December 2018.

In the February rematch, Fury dominated and stopped Wilder in seven rounds to capture the WBC world title. There is a contracted trilogy fight, which is targeted for the final quarter of this year.

Hopkins expects the first bout between Fury and Joshua to end in a twelve round draw.

However, he picks Joshua to come away with his hands raised when the rematch takes place.

"It’ll be a draw and they’ll fight a second time and the second time Joshua would beat him," Hopkins told IFL TV.

"I’m going to go with this one. The first fight is going to be a draw, I’m telling you. The second fight Joshua wins, but the first fight will be a draw because it’s going to be hard to score and that’s when the controversy comes in with who got the rounds. Both guys are coming in as champion and respected by the public and the judges.

"People will have their own opinion on who will win the fight, but I’m telling you the first fight is going to be so close it’ll be a draw. The second fight will happen and Joshua is going to win. I figure [Joshua] makes the adjustments, figures him out and realise he’s got to go for the body instead of the head. And then he will fall. The head will hit the knees."