TYSON FURY'S promoter Frank Warren is facing a bankruptcy claim over demands from the taxman, the High Court heard.

Warren, 66, who has acted for Joe Calzaghe, Ricky Hatton and Amir Khan, will be served with a bankruptcy petition on Wednesday.

HMRC lawyers said he had not yet accepted service of the paperwork — but accepted he had been in America promoting Fury’s fight with Deontay Wilder on December 1.

His legal team denied "bad faith" and said talks aimed at a "resolution" were ongoing.

Asking for time, they said: "It’s in HMRC’s interests that Mr Warren makes the best living he can."

The case was adjourned. Warren’s alleged debts were not disclosed.

His assets could be seized if no resolution is found.

Warren lives with wife Susan, 57, at a £2.7million home in Hertfordshire.

In March, a court ordered him to pay hefty fees to a legal firm which helped him successfully sue boxer Ricky Burns for breach of contract and Burns’ manager for defamation.

He won damages but both men were declared bankrupt.

Warren, who survived a shooting murder bid in 1989, had said he should not have to pay his lawyers as he made no "net gain".

The promoter's biggest current client Fury faces Wilder in a WBC decider in Los Angeles on December 1, with the winner likely to face Anthony Joshua next year.