{"id":645357,"date":"2026-06-18T13:36:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T13:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/645357\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T13:36:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T13:36:13","slug":"tyson-fury-to-zuffa-boxing-was-an-illusion-as-gypsy-kings-manager-quashes-dana-white-promotion-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/645357\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyson Fury to Zuffa Boxing ‘was an illusion’ as Gypsy King’s manager quashes Dana White promotion deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tyson Fury’s manager has poured cold water on rumours his client has signed with Zuffa Boxing. <\/p>\n

Fury fuelled speculation over the weekend when he teased a “big announcement”<\/a> involving Dana White<\/a>, while attending the UFC<\/a>‘s unprecedented ‘Freedom 250’ event on the South Lawn of the White House.<\/p>\n

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Fury teased a “big announcement” involving White over the weekend in WashingtonCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

Both Fury<\/a> and White remained coy on the particulars, leading many to surmise that ‘The Gypsy King’ had inked a deal with Zuffa, the upstart promotion led by White and funded by Saudi boxing mogul Turki Alalshikh.<\/p>\n

Further fuel was added to the fire when Fury took to social media to assert that ‘Alalshikh will be his promoter until he retires’.<\/p>\n

However, Brown insists that Fury is still under contract with long-time promoter Frank Warren<\/a> and his company Queensberry Promotions.<\/p>\n

No deal with Zuffa<\/p>\n

\u201cLet me tell you, he\u2019s not signed for Zuffa Boxing,\u201d Brown told\u00a0talkSPORT pundit Gareth A. Davies<\/a> during an interview on the veteran journalist’s YouTube channel. <\/p>\n

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\u201cIt was all an illusion. You’re talking about promoters here who are masters of illusion.<\/p>\n

“This is how simple it really is: he was invited to the fight over the weekend to go to the White House and meet the [US] President [Donald Trump] and to see the spectacle,” Brown added.<\/p>\n

\u201cTurki Alalshikh [has] done everything for him. He laid everything on for him. <\/p>\n

“It\u2019s as simple as that. There\u2019s no contract being signed. It’s as simple as that.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrank Warren is still his promoter, but Turki underwrites his fights…<\/p>\n

“I can categorically tell you that there is no contract with Zuffa for Tyson Fury<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Brown (left) insists Fury is still under contract with Warren (right)Credit: GETTY<\/p>\n

“But he has worked with TKO before, and he’s worked with the WWE and Nick Khan, and he knows Dana White very well.”<\/p>\n

Fury, who reversed his retirement in April to outpoint Arslanbek Makhmudov, is set to return to the ring sometime in August for a tune-up fight ahead of his long-awaited showdown with Anthony Joshua<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The bitter rivals are expected to meet in November, provided both men win their respective interim fights.<\/p>\n

Fury’s opponent has yet to be announced, although Albania’s Nelson Hysa is reportedly in the mix. <\/a><\/p>\n

Joshua is due to face Hysa’s compatriot Kristian Prenga on July 25<\/a> in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n

London’s Wembley Stadium had initially been the preferred venue for Joshua-Fury.<\/p>\n

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But concerns with the temperamental British weather have led organisers to consider staging the fight in the US.<\/p>\n

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Las Vegas is now reportedly the frontrunner,<\/a> with other US cities also under consideration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tyson Fury’s manager has poured cold water on rumours his client has signed with Zuffa Boxing. Fury fuelled…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":645358,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[6565,2560,6102,21762,122766,101,6901,56,54,55,44291],"class_list":["post-645357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-anthony-joshua","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-news","tag-dana-white","tag-spencer-brown","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\/645357","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=645357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/645358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=645357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=645357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=645357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}