Eddie Hearn lists demands for Anthony Joshua-Tyson Fury to go ahead in New York
Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing will present an addendum to Saudi Arabia’s event management/entertainment company Sela on Thursday detailing the requirements necessary to bring the anticipated Anthony Joshua-Tyson Fury heavyweight showdown to New York’s Madison Square Garden on November 20, Boxing Scene has learned.
In the addendum, Matchroom won't budge from its position of not permitting the new Zuffa Boxing to promote the bout, leaving Sela as the likely compromise choice to preside over the event.
The addendum’s list of requests has not been fully disclosed, but Boxing Scene has learned that, in addition to standard contractual inclusions addressing ticket requests, security, and transportation assurances, Matchroom is seeking to ensure Joshua collects his remaining purse earnings from his second-round knockout of Kristian Prenga July 25 in Saudi Arabia.
Boxing Scene has separately reviewed information connected to Matchroom’s dialogue with Sela, the company connected to powerful Saudi Arabia boxing financier Turki Alalshikh, who owns 60 percent of the Las Vegas-based Zuffa Boxing that UFC CEO/President Dana White fronts.
Another potential element connected to the November 20 card identifies plans for a powerful string of Matchroom bouts to potentially be placed on the Madison Square Garden show.
Those proposed – but not yet signed – bouts include a bantamweight unification between three-division champion Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez and Mexico’s WBC champion Christian Medina, a WBA secondary welterweight title fight between England’s Jack Catterall and American Keyshawn Davis and the WBA heavyweight championship pitting Murat Gassiev versus Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller.
Australian heavyweight Teremoana Jnr and UK’s Odel Kamara may also be placed on the Joshua-Fury card.
Boxing Scene has reviewed additional communication between Matchroom and Sela, which have worked together since late 2023.
Alalshikh’s bond with Zuffa Boxing and White has tightened from their staging the Canelo Alvarez-Terence Crawford superfight in Las Vegas in September 2025, heightening the rivalry between White and Hearn, who has delivered Alalshikh his top talent to perform in Saudi Arabia and elsewhere globally.
In that prior communication, which an official insisted is not part of the Joshua-Fury addendum, Matchroom has asked Sela for this:
– All monies payable to Matchroom across all future darts and snooker events to be paid immediately.
– International promotional fees plus deposits for World Series of Darts and 167 Riyadh Season events.
– Formal confirmation that the Ronnie O’Sullivan Academy [snooker] license [be] renewed for a third year, and [that] those future invoices [be] paid now.
– Pay all other funds owed to Matchroom for prior boxing events.
