Dana White has credited Eddie Hearn for ensuring the long-awaited fight between Tyson Fury and Antony Joshua will be held in the UK, though he admitted he was "bored" of their ongoing feud. The heavyweight bout will take place at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, despite efforts to host it at New York's Madison Square Garden, on a card that starts on 11 December. The fighters are not expected to step into the ring until the early hours of 12 December.
White and Saudi Arabian organisers had wanted the bout staged in the United States, but Joshua and his promoter Hearn refused to give up their contractual right to host it in the UK. "You've got to give credit to Eddie for really grinding that and making sure that it happened in the UK," said UFC president and Zuffa Boxing chief White, speaking to Steve Bunce on the 5 Live Boxing with Bunce podcast.
The contest had faced doubts because of a dispute over White's role in promoting the event. The fight, which will be shown on Netflix, has been presented as a collaboration between Saudi boxing powerbroker Turki Alalshikh's The Ring and White. Hearn has publicly feuded with White since the launch of Zuffa Boxing earlier this year and said White's involvement in the fight "ain't happening."
Fury and Joshua nonetheless held a news conference on 30 September to ease concerns about the fight.
Source: BBC Sport · Summarized by HeadlinesBriefing