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Promoters Eddie Hearn and Dana White are at odds over who will promote the Fury–Joshua heavyweight fight, with Hearn alleging White is promoting the bout without rights and threatening to sue, while White dismisses the claims. Hearn says the fight is signed but contract terms and a potential American venue— possibly New York—are being negotiated, and White has offered few specifics or commitments in response.
Dana White says Zuffa Boxing is quickly making an impact in boxing with little pushback from traditional promoters and sanctioning bodies, calling the sport's old guard outmatched and predicting a transformative year; he criticizes rivals like Eddie Hearn and Oscar De La Hoya, asserts he won't work with the WBC/IBF, and plans to build a new championship model as the promotion enters its third event.
Dana White says Eddie Hearn’s negative, “politician-like” reaction to Zuffa Boxing’s UFC-style launch shows fear of a new promotional model, as Zuffa gears up for its Paramount+ debut with Callum Walsh vs. Carlos Ocampo and the Muhammad Ali American Boxing Revival Act looming in Congress.