{"id":578479,"date":"2026-05-11T18:04:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T18:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/578479\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T18:04:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T18:04:12","slug":"frank-warren-drops-contract-bombshell-that-stops-dana-white-from-promoting-anthony-joshua-vs-tyson-fury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/578479\/","title":{"rendered":"Frank Warren drops contract bombshell that stops Dana White from promoting Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury"},"content":{"rendered":"

Frank Warren has poured cold water on Dana White’s claims that he will promote Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury.<\/p>\n

Warren told assembled media on Saturday night, after Daniel Dubois’ gutsy stoppage win over Fabio Wardley<\/a>, that it is contractually impossible for the Zuffa Boxing chief to be involved in such a capacity.<\/p>\n

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Joshua and Fury have signed to fight each other after their respective tune-up fightsCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

“Well, he’s not [promoting Joshua vs Fury] because the contract with Tyson says that Zuffa will not be able to promote that fight,” said Warren.<\/p>\n

“I don’t know [where he has got that from]. Ask him. I mean, it is just b******.”<\/p>\n

When Warren’s comments were put to White at the Zuffa Boxing 06 post-fight press conference on Sunday, he quipped: “Then he must be right.”<\/p>\n

“I’m going to leave that alone,” he added. “Apparently, I’m not the promoter, according to some people.”<\/p>\n

READ MORE ON BOXING Queensberry vs Zuffa Boxing<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, Warren threatened legal action<\/a> against Saudi Arabian state-owned entertainment and hospitality company Sela and TKO Group Holdings,\u00a0the American media conglomerate that owns the UFC<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0WWE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

TKO inked a\u00a0five-year partnership with Sela and Saudi powerbroker Turki Alalshikh to form Zuffa Boxing last year<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Warren alleged in a ‘letter before action’ sent to relevant parties that the joint venture breached contracts that his promotional outfit, Queensberry, had signed with the Saudis and TKO.<\/p>\n

Queensberry claims to have signed an exclusive deal with Sela in September 2023 to provide boxing services.<\/p>\n

Warren’s company says it also reached a separate agreement with TKO, granting the sports giant access to Queenberry’s online data, including details of its contract with Sela.<\/p>\n

Queensberry alleges that TKO and Sela used privileged information to go behind its back to create their new entity.<\/p>\n

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Warren has threatened legal action against TKO and SelaCredit: Mark Robinson\/Matchroom<\/p>\n

There has been no development on the case since February, when it was revealed Warren was preparing legal action.<\/p>\n

Alalshikh and Warren sat next to each other at ringside for Fury<\/a>‘s comeback fight with Arslanbek Makhmudov, and will work together for Joshua vs Fury, which is being targeted for the back end of the year after both men participate in tune-up fights.<\/p>\n

Discussing the current state of his relationship with the Saudis during a recent appearance on the Ariel Helwani Show, Warren said: “Riyadh Season for me was a blast, everyone cooperated to put on some great shows, and I enjoyed it.<\/p>\n

“But things are what they are, and you have to keep evolving and moving on.<\/p>\n

“They are talking about Agit [Kabayel] fighting [Oleksandr] Usyk, and Agit is with us, so if that is going to happen, then we are going to have to work together on it.<\/p>\n

“The same with Hamzah Sheeraz<\/a>, it’s the same thing.”<\/p>\n

Boxing schedule<\/p>\n

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For all the upcoming fights and results this year, check out\u00a0talkSPORT.com’s\u00a0 boxing schedule<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Frank Warren has poured cold water on Dana White’s claims that he will promote Anthony Joshua vs Tyson…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":578480,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[6565,2560,6102,21762,19056,101,6901,56,54,55,44291],"class_list":["post-578479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-anthony-joshua","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-news","tag-dana-white","tag-frank-warren","tag-sports","tag-tyson-fury","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-zuffa-boxing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=578479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578479\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/578480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=578479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=578479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=578479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}