Tyson Fury contract has no U.K. clause for Joshua fight

Tyson Fury's signed contract to face Anthony Joshua contains no requirement that the heavyweight superfight take place in the U.K., BoxingScene has learned.

Joshua promoter Eddie Hearn told reporters Friday that Fury's deal with Saudi financier Turki Alalshikh leaves the venue unspecified, while Joshua's paperwork explicitly mandates a British location. "I don't know what his says about the venue," Hearn said at a Desert Diamond Arena weigh-in, per BoxingScene. "I just know what ours says: That, exclusively, the fight must take place in the U.K."

Zuffa Boxing excluded from promotional duties

Both contracts bar Dana White and Zuffa Boxing from any promotional role, Hearn confirmed. White told reporters last week he would promote the bout and suggested it might leave Britain, with Las Vegas' Allegiant Stadium and Los Angeles' SoFi Stadium floated as possibilities. Hearn said those venues could be considered but only through fresh negotiation. "Specifically in the contract it says Dana White, Zuffa cannot have any promotional involvement in the show," he said. "Dana doesn't know about the contract for the show that we signed and negotiated."

Hearn and Frank Warren are listed as promoters of record under the existing agreements, which cover Fury's August 1 tune-up in Dublin and Joshua's July 25 fight against Kristian Prenga ahead of the main event. Hearn dismissed White's public claims as an attempt to insert himself into a deal he was contractually shut out of. "Zuffa's failing really bad at the moment with the product and they're trying to latch onto this," he said.

Joshua faces Prenga in London next month before a likely autumn showdown with Fury, whose Irish warm-up is scheduled first.

Source: boxingscene.com