Hearn has pushed back after Dana White recently addressed the ongoing discourse surrounding the heavyweight matchup. The head of Matchroom Boxing discussed the involvement of the Ultimate Fighting Championship CEO and Zuffa Boxing in putting together the fight and clarified Joshua’s stance on the same.
Anthony Joshua's stance on Dana White and Zuffa Boxing complicates Tyson Fury fight talks
Hearn was asked about the highly anticipated Fury-Joshua bout after the Katie Taylor vs. Flora Pili press conference in Dublin, Ireland, and reiterated that, as per Joshua’s contract, there’s no need for Zuffa to get involved.
“No, or else there will be no fight and we’ll just keep going,” Hearn said at a media scrum captured by Bloody Elbow. “You have to understand, right? AJ is one of my closest friends; AJ is a shareholder of Matchroom. So, I know the narrative run by Tyson Fury is, ‘Oh, Eddie’s ego…’ No, no, no. We are a team, and AJ will say to me, ‘Why are they involved?’ I said, ‘Exactly, so are you OK with them not being involved?’ He says, ‘Yeah.’”
Hearn also insists that the exclusion of White and TKO is not simply his personal preference.
“So, the responses in the addendum are not ‘Eddie Hearn’s wishes’; they’re Anthony Joshua’s wishes,” Hearn added. “The addendum doesn’t have to include ‘still no Dana’ because that is in the original contract. The addendum is just changes.”