Fury says long-awaited Joshua fight in jeopardy over promoter dispute

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fury-tyson/MDZyQvA1/"]Fury[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/joshua-anthony/WnlqLAvo/"]Joshua[/a] are set to go head-to-head at Cardiff's Principality Stadium on December 11th after prolonged negotiations.[/p][p]The Netflix bout was announced as a joint venture between Saudi powerbroker Turki Alalshikh's The Ring and UFC president Dana White, but the collaboration is causing friction.[/p][p]Joshua's promoter Eddie Hearn has been in dispute with White and is unhappy with his involvement in a potential breach of contract.[/p][p]And Fury suggests Hearn's personal issues with White are leaving the fight in significant doubt.[/p][p][b]"Anthony Joshua and Eddie Hearn are trying to pull out of this fight. They're saying they're not going to fight now," [/b]Fury said in a post on social media.[/p][p][b]"It's mainly to do with Eddie Hearn's ego. He's making up a million different things and threatening we're not going to fight."[/b][/p][embed guid="be2ed22f-d682-431d-b960-fffc7984ea64" url="https://x.com/boxing_ts/status/2103643371373822197/video/1" social-type="twitter" /][p]'The Gypsy King' added that the organisers of the event are already seeking alternative opponents if the fight falls through.[/p][p][b]"Now you've got Turki Alalshikh finding alternative, real men who will fight at the drop of a hat. Eddie Hearn has cost us the biggest fight in boxing history."[/b][/p][p]Hearn has been at odds with White since the UFC boss' launch of Zuffa Boxing earlier this year.[/p][p]He insisted White could not participate in the build-up to the bout due to existing promotional contracts.[/p][p][b]"Dana White cannot be involved with this fight promotion,"[/b] Hearn told [b][i]iFL TV[/i][/b] this week.[b] "Netflix clearly didn't get the memo. No one talks to each other.[/b][/p][p]He added: [b]"Then Netflix say the fight is in conjunction with Dana White. Now we have to go through that process and deal with it. It's a little bit annoying but as I've shown through the UK battle that we won, we stand by our contracts."[/b][/p]