Promoter Eddie Hearn has refuted Dana White’s claims that the UFC boss will promote the heavyweight clash between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua if it happens later this year.
Hearn has promoted Joshua since he turned professional after the 2012 Olympics and the two have worked side-by-side since.
Of course, there is much to be done before Joshua and Fury do eventually meet in what has billed for the fourth quarter of the year.
It is likely that Fury will take an interim bout, and Joshua is scheduled due to fight Kristian Prenga in Saudi Arabia in July.
A clip of White, president of Zuffa Boxing, has circulated from a conversation with content creator Nina Drama, where White said: “I’m doing the Tyson Fury-AJ fight, too. I’m promoting that.”
Hearn, responding via Instagram to White’s claims, said: “Such a clout chaser. Not a chance and contractually impossible. Let me know when you find your balls.”
The last line referred to White and Hearn possibly meeting in a bout themselves. White called on a fight with Hearn, who accepted, but there is now an impasse between the pair.
