The long-running saga surrounding the Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua rolls on as Eddie Hearn has responded to both Fury and Netflix suggesting the fight was set to be announced imminently.
Fury and Joshua both came through warm-up bouts in July to set up their overdue battle, but issues still surround the fight.
Netflix are set to broadcast the event and the team is reportedly extremely keen for it to take place in New York, something that Joshua and promoter Hearn don’t agree with, having signed a contract that insisted it had to be held in the UK.
It appeared that a breakthrough may have been achieved, after the streaming giant aired a promo for the fight announcing it was coming soon, while Fury has also posted a video on social media saying the fight was set to be confirmed ‘imminently’.
Hearn has now hit back at those claims, telling About Boxing that as of yet, there is still no real update on the fight.
“The promo said coming soon I believe, I think that part is true. There’s absolutely nothing imminent at all regarding an announcement unless there’s an announcement without our approval which would not be a good idea.
“To be honest, all I can really tell you is we’ve signed for the fight, they want to change the contract that we signed which we don’t like to do, it’s not something we do as a company. We also understand these guys are our partners and it seems everyone is adamant the fight takes place in New York.
“There is no consideration or willingness to speak to the government, Sadiq Khan, Transport for London, they just want to do this fight in America. Tyson Fury has agreed to do it in America and we haven’t at the moment.
“We’re taking through a road map of what that might look like to change the deal, and if they do all the things that we’ve discussed and agreed in principle, then I think there’s a very good chance the fight does happen in America.
“All this running promos during broadcasts, they’re entitled to do that because we’ve signed a contract, but right now there is absolutely no agreement to change the contract that we signed. That’s it.”
With the bout set to take place in November, some in the boxing world are beginning to worry that talks may collapse once more.
