{"id":786278,"date":"2026-09-29T10:56:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T10:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/786278\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T10:56:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T10:56:09","slug":"newport-readers-fear-m4-traffic-chaos-over-joshua-fury-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/786278\/","title":{"rendered":"Newport readers fear M4 traffic chaos over Joshua-Fury fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The fight is scheduled for Cardiff\u2019s Principality Stadium on December 11, but doubts were raised over the weekend about whether it will go ahead.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southwalesargus.co.uk\/news\/26581558.joshua-fury-fight-impact-newport-hotels-roads\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Argus asked readers<\/a> what the fight could mean for Newport, and traffic dominated the replies.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Gareth Williams said: \u201cGridlock with the traffic but not much else.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Peter Morelli predicted \u201cmore pain on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southwalesargus.co.uk\/news\/26484680.newport-m4-congestion-discussed-minister-lord-burns\/?ref=mse_al\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">M4<\/a>\u201d, while Dai Evs said: \u201cTraffic jams on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southwalesargus.co.uk\/topics\/m4\/?ref=au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">M4<\/a>, that\u2019s about it.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Paul May said Newport would be \u201cgrid locked\u201d, while Allan Haysom simply replied: \u201cGridlock.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\" alt=\"Traffic crawling through the Brynglas Tunnels on the M4, where three lanes narrow to two and queues often build at peak times.\"\/>Newport&#8217;s Brynglas Tunnels on the M4, where three lanes narrow to two and queues often build at peak times. (Image: NQ)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Several readers focused on Newport\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southwalesargus.co.uk\/news\/26283664.newport-brynglas-tunnels-traffic-still-crawling-m4\/?ref=mse_al\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">tunnels<\/a> and spectators travelling east after the fight.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Dean Andrews said: \u201cChaos in the tunnels.\u201d Neil Hubert Dingle said: \u201cTunnels in Newport will be busy when fight is over with people heading back east.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Lawrence Perrin expected \u201cbusy roads\u201d but said that would be \u201cnothing new in Newport\u201d.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Tania Louise Morris, Danielle Kristofor, Rob Hills and Ivor Biggash were among those predicting traffic jams. George Roberts said the main impact would be \u201cmore traffic chaos\u201d as people travelled in and out on the same day.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  But some readers expected the fight to have no impact on Newport.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Wayne Brown said: \u201cWon\u2019t mean anything, fight\u2019s in Cardiff not Newport.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  BC BC said: \u201cIt means it\u2019s not happening in Newport.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Paul Hiles and Adrian Clifford both replied: \u201cNothing.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Leanne Richards said: \u201cabsolutely nothing.\u201d She added: \u201cMight be cheaper to stay in Newport rather than the capital.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Other readers took a more light-hearted view of the fight.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Thomas Jay Wilson said: \u201cGunna be seeing a lot of shadow boxing in the streets.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\" alt=\"Tyson Fury will face Anthony Joshua at Cardiff\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Principality Stadium on December 11\"\/>Tyson Fury will face Anthony Joshua at Cardiff&#8217;s Principality Stadium on December 11 (Image: PA Media)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Martin Watkins questioned what the fight had to do with Newport, suggesting many people would watch it on Netflix instead.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Fresh doubts over the fight have left the December 11 date uncertain after Fury accused Joshua of being prepared to pull out of the bout.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Reports also suggested tensions had resurfaced over the venue, while Fury\u2019s team said a backup opponent had been lined up should the Joshua fight fall through.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  For now, however, the fight remains officially scheduled to take place at Cardiff\u2019s Principality Stadium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The fight is scheduled for Cardiff\u2019s Principality Stadium on December 11, but doubts were raised over the weekend&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":786279,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-786278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786278","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=786278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786278\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/786279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=786278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=786278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=786278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}