Tyson Fury says his long-awaited all-British heavyweight fight against Anthony Joshua in December is in jeopardy because of a row between rival promoters.<\/p>\n
The bout was announced earlier this week<\/a> following years of failed negotiations, with the pair set to fight at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium on 11 December.<\/p>\n The event, which will be broadcast on Netflix, was confirmed as a collaboration between Saudi boxing powerbroker Turki Alalshikh’s The Ring and UFC president Dana White, but this appears to be the sticking point.<\/p>\n Eddie Hearn, Joshua’s promoter, has been at odds with White in recent months, and says the UFC head’s involvement is a breach of their contract.<\/p>\n Fury says Matchroom promoter Hearn’s reluctance to work with White is putting the fight in doubt.<\/p>\n “Anthony Joshua and Eddie Hearn are trying to pull out of this fight. They’re saying they’re not going to fight now,” Fury posted on Instagram.<\/p>\n “It’s mainly to do with Eddie Hearn’s ego. He’s making up a million different things and threatening we’re not going to fight.<\/p>\n “Now you’ve got Turki Alalshikh finding alternative real men who will fight at the drop of a hand. Eddie Hearn has cost us the biggest fight in boxing history.”<\/p>\n Hearn has been publicly feuding with UFC president White since the launch of Zuffa Boxing<\/a> earlier this year.<\/p>\n Speaking to IFL TV, Hearn said White’s involvement in the promotion of the Fury and Joshua fight “ain’t happening”, despite Netflix’s news release.<\/p>\n “Dana White cannot be involved with this fight promotion. Netflix clearly didn’t get the memo. No-one talks to each other,” said Hearn.<\/p>\n “Then Netflix say the fight is in conjunction with Dana White. Now we have to go through that process and deal with it. It’s a little bit annoying but as I’ve shown through the UK battle that we won, we stand by our contracts.”<\/p>\n Fury’s promoter Frank Warren said White was influential in securing the deal with Netflix<\/a> after the fight was confirmed.<\/p>\n