Spencer Brown will be the lead promoter for the upcoming Tyson Fury-Arslanbek Makhmudov show on April 11 at Tottenham Hostpur Stadium in London, England.
Brown, who has long worked in a managerial role for Fury, will today (Wednesday) be approved for an official British promoter’s licence by the British Boxing Board of Control, BoxingScene can confirm.
The founder of Gold Star Promotions – which originally specialised in celebrity dinner events – has made huge strides in boxing in recent years. A close ally of Ring Magazine owner Turki Alalshikh, Brown was first listed as a promoter on a major boxing event in December 2023 when he was one of several involved in the Saudi Arabia show that was topped by Joseph Parker outpointing Deontay Wilder and Anthony Joshua beating Otto Wallin.
Since then, Brown has worked in an official capacity on three further Ring/Riyadh Season events while also making inroads into the Australian market. In January, alongside Queensberry Promotions, he was involved in Agit Kabayel’s homecoming victory over Damian Knyba in Germany.
Brown and Gold Star have enjoyed a fruitful relationship with Queensberry, the UK promoters of Fury since 2018. BoxingScene understands that Queensberry, alongside Top Rank in the US, remain the official promoters of the former heavyweight champion. Frank Warren’s Queensberry will not, however, be involved in the on-ground operation of this forthcoming event. Their relationship with Gold Star is believed to remain healthy, however.
Such a scenario is not unusual. One can look at Anthony Joshua’s most recent fight as a case in point; Joshua, very much a Matchroom-promoted fighter, clobbered Jake Paul on an event promoted exclusively by Paul’s Most Valuable Promotions. Before that, in 2024, Joshua appeared on a Queensberry-promoted event when he was stopped by Daniel Dubois.
It is not yet known if Warren, who BoxingScene can confirm was asked personally by Fury to attend the press conference announcing the Makhmudov contest, will be present in London for the fight itself.
BoxingScene however understands that Brown will be assisted by other promoters for the April 11 show who will be confirmed closer to the event.
Leading the undercard is Conor Benn, the recent signing of Dana White’s Zuffa Boxing, who takes on Regis Prograis in a catchweight bout over 10 rounds. White is yet to be involved in a British boxing event, but he has already promoted four boxing cards in Las Vegas this year. Should White decide to represent Benn in an official capacity on April 11, he would have to be approved by the Board but, as an established overseas promoter who would work alongside lead promoter Brown, he will not need to apply for a British licence.
Last month, it was reported that Queensberry was considering legal action, to the tune of a $1b lawsuit, regarding the launch of Zuffa Boxing. Warren alleges that Alalshikh and Sela, alongside Zuffa’s parent company TKO, went behind his back to form Zuffa Boxing which, he claims, represented breaches to the contracts he had signed with the two entities.
Other promoters who are speculated to be involved in the making of the April 11 show include Ben Shalom, whose Boxxer outfit represent several fighters on the undercard including Jeamie Tshikeva, Richard Riakporhe and Frazer Clarke.
