{"id":625989,"date":"2026-06-07T12:56:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T12:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/625989\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T12:56:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T12:56:11","slug":"dana-white-responds-to-tyson-fury-vs-anthony-joshua-ban-as-he-lays-down-gauntlet-to-eddie-hearn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/625989\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White responds to Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua ‘ban’ as he lays down gauntlet to Eddie Hearn"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dana White has doubled down on his suggestion that he will promote Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua.<\/p>\n

Fury and Joshua are set to meet in Britain’s most hotly-anticipated clash later in 2026, after the famous rivals finally signed on the dotted line.<\/p>\n

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White has still suggested he will promote the bumper Fury vs Joshua clashCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

The event is set to be broadcast around the globe live on Netflix, with Eddie Hearn<\/a> representing Joshua and Frank Warren<\/a> representing Fury.<\/p>\n

With news the event will be backed by Saudi boxing chief Turki Alalshikh, a surprise debate broke out as to who would promote the event.<\/p>\n

Zuffa Boxing kingpin White suggested<\/a> he will be the one to oversee proceedings.<\/p>\n

But Warren and particularly Hearn suggested he was contractually excluded<\/a> and banned from promoting the clash.<\/p>\n

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However White, who had already made his stance public, has insisted he will be involved.<\/p>\n

He told reporters including talkSPORT: \u201cDo you think that I would publicly lie and that I would look like a f***ing idiot in front of everybody?.<\/p>\n

“Do you believe that I would? What would be the point of that? Ah I was lying everybody, gotcha! What would be the point of that?<\/p>\n

\u201cCall Eddie right now and ask him if he knows where the fight is. <\/p>\n

“Call Eddie and ask him who negotiated the contract for the fight? It wasn’t him.<\/p>\n

\u201cHave they announced where that fight is? I know where it is. Watch what happens over the next 30 days.”<\/p>\n

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He has also challenged Hearn, claiming he has insider info on the clashCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

White has already promoted seismic boxing events including the clash between Terence Crawford<\/a> and Canelo Alvarez<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n

But it is unlikely he will muscle his way into the long-awaited showdown without significant backlash and resistance.<\/p>\n

The timeline before Fury vs Joshua<\/p>\n

Although the debate over who will promote the event is simmering, it is not over the line yet.<\/p>\n

Both Fury and Joshua will have warm-up fights to work away any rust before the big clash.<\/p>\n

Joshua is signed to face Kristian Prenga on July 25<\/a> in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n

And after that was agreed, Fury decided he wanted another tune-up clash after beating Arslanbek Makhmudov in April.<\/p>\n

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An opponent is set to be announced imminently for the ‘Gypsy King’ who too will take a risk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dana White has doubled down on his suggestion that he will promote Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua. Fury…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":625990,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[6565,2560,6102,21762,196766,59646,101,6901,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-625989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-anthony-joshua","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-news","tag-dana-white","tag-fury-vs-joshua","tag-joshua-vs-fury","tag-sports","tag-tyson-fury","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625989","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=625989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625989\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/625990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=625989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=625989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=625989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}