Tyson Fury vs. Anthony Joshua | NETFLIX - 11 December 2026

[Taansend]

I'll be watching this in a bar with a load of Mexicans.

I think the fight is at 6pm my time, at the latest, so it will probably be a messy night.

[keithmoonhangover]

The fight is going to come and go and Dana The Wife Beater won't be the promoter. Then in six months time in an interview, he'll tell everyone he promoted the damn thing.

[keithmoonhangover]

I'll be watching this in a bar with a load of Mexicans.

I think the fight is at 6pm my time, at the latest, so it will probably be a messy night.

Who will you be rooting for?

[golden_labrador]

Am I missing something here or did AJ not look like his punch resistant had completely gone in the last fight? like a stiff breeze would knock him over. Fury doesn’t need to be a puncher to send him spinning.

Its true - Joshua appears to have no chin what-so-ever. But, Furys chin isn`t much better. Even Wach appeared to wobble Fury in the round prior to him retiring which lots have suggested prompted a little message to Wach to quit ..

Of course any 19st man can hit hard, but Fury isn`t going to be on the front foot against Joshua .. he will try to stay well away from Joshuas punches and wait for an opening .. and there is of course a chance he gets lucky and tags Joshua and stops him. But more cautious Fury is it also keeps Joshua in the fight, because Fury has never been in a fight against someone who hits as hard as Joshua (Wilder fought trash so had the overinflated punchers resume) and Joshua is a great finisher; once he has wobbled Fury he will quickly put Fury down like a bag of custard.

Lots have said this fight is 5 years at least too late, and to gauge who really was the best in their primes - it probably is. But back them Joshua would have absolutely banjo`d Fury - and Fury knew it hence him avoiding it like the plague. Whereas as now with Joshua having absolutely no chin Fury has a better chance ..

I have read they are earning higher than any British boxer has before for this fight. That most likely rules out Fury claiming an injury - after all he has had a few months in Thailand to cycle and he won`t risk Netflix and Turki dropping the money.

I was imagining Fury on a bicycle in Thailand

[Taansend]

I'll be watching this in a bar with a load of Mexicans.

I think the fight is at 6pm my time, at the latest, so it will probably be a messy night.

Who will you be rooting for?

I would love for AJ to smash Fury up.

In the past I didn't care who wins. I liked them both but once Fury came out as a trump supporter he can go fornicate himself.

I think Fury wins easily enough though. His uppercuts & AJs vulnerability are a match made in heaven.

[Ruthless-RKO]

FFS!!

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Tyson Fury-Anthony Joshua could be called off due to issues, according to sources, and a replacement fight between Terence Crawford and Ryan Garcia is being considered.

[Ruthless-RKO]

[Ruthless-RKO]

Imagine

[gilgamesh]

So basically he's trying to find a new way to get out of the fight? Gonna turn it into a lawsuit instead of a fight I guess?

[Boxerbeetle]

So basically he's trying to find a new way to get out of the fight? Gonna turn it into a lawsuit instead of a fight I guess?

Fury trying to get out of a fight? Surely not…

[Ruthless-RKO]

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[keithmoonhangover]

All this Dana stuff is just to sell the fight, surely.

[Ruthless-RKO]

I assume it’s only annoying people.

We just need the boxers.

Anyone else can do one.

Making it about themselves.

[keithmoonhangover]

I assume it’s only annoying people.

We just need the boxers.

Anyone else can do one.

Making it about themselves.

I think it'll rumble on until the fight is over and we won't hear any thing more about it ever again. It seems to be the modern way of promoting. Find something to focus the conversation on and recycle it day after day.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Fury-Joshua showdown in jeopardy over Dana White’s involvement

Netflix and Alalshikh announced he’d promote fight but Joshua promoter Eddie Hearn says that is prohibited in his contract

One day after Turki Alalshikh formally — and finally — announced that British heavyweight stars and former champions Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua would meet on Dec. 11 in a Netflix blockbuster at Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, the fight was thrown into jeopardy on Friday and risked being canceled.

The Alalshikh-owned Ring magazine, which is putting on the fight, announced that it “could be called off due to issues,” which were unspecified, and that a fight between Terence Crawford, who retired as super middleweight champion in December, and WBC welterweight titlist Ryan Garcia was being considered as a replacement.

That fight does not appear realistic and its suggestion seemed more like fantasy. Crawford, who is not remotely close to his fighting weight, chimed in on social media, “Why I don’t know about this?”

As for the “issues” related to Fury-Joshua the major one, sources involved in the event told Fight Freaks Unite, was the announcement by Alalshikh in a Netflix press release on Thursday that named Zuffa Boxing’s Dana White as the promoter of the fight, which White has been saying for weeks would be the case.

He said he made the deal with Madison Square Garden to host the fight before it was moved and that he was instrumental in doing the Netflix deal.

However, Joshua promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Boxing has said to anyone who will listen for weeks that their contract specifically states that White and TKO Group Holdings, Zuffa Boxing’s parent company, are not permitted to be involved.

“Netflix didn’t get the memo. Our contract is very clear. Dana and TKO can have no promotional involvement in the event. They have been written to,” Hearn told Fight Freaks Unite after the announcement press release was issued.

White has made no secret that one of his aims with upstart Zuffa Boxing, which is a joint venture between TKO and Saudi Arabia’s SELA, which takes its direction from Alalshikh, is to put the major legacy promoters out of business. White and Hearn have had plenty of negative things to say about each other and the last thing Hearn wants is for White to promote a fight involving Joshua, who Hearn has promoted since his 2013 pro debut and has grown close to.

Asked if thought things would get worked out, Hearn told FFU on Friday, “Probably but who knows?”

Having White involved is the not the only contract breach that has angered the Joshua side. According to sources with knowledge of the agreement, Joshua has followed through and enrolled in the drug testing program both sides agreed to but Fury, who was supposed to enroll more than two months ago, still has not.

The kickoff news conference scheduled for Wednesday in London is in limbo. There are some involved in the fight that planned to fly from the United States to London for the gathering but were told by superiors to hold off on booking their flights.

Fury said he would welcome White’s involvement.

“In Joshua’s contract apparently it says that TKO and Dana couldn’t be involved,” Fury said in an interview with Furocity. “That was in my contract but I took it out. I took it out so he could be involved. fornicate them. Yeah, I want him involved. Two baldies together.

“I like Dana. Good businessman and a good guy. A man who comes from nothing to being a billionaire, and look what he’s done with the UFC. Unbelievable. I think he can do really well in boxing. I think he drives Eddie Hearn out, feeds him to the fishes.”

After it was revealed that fight might be called off on Thursday, an incensed Fury posted a video to social media going off on Joshua and Hearn.

“We have breaking news! Anthony Joshua and Eddie Hearn are trying to pull out of this fight,” Fury said. “They’re saying they’re not going to fight now. They’re little shithouse cowards. It’s mainly due to Eddie Hearn’s ego. He’s making up a million different things and threatening we’re not going to fight. You little coward. AJ, pull your finger out, you little white flag, yellow bellied coward. Now we’re coming home. Now I’m coming home. ‘The Gypsy King’ is coming back to the United Kingdom to thrash you in front of all my fans in Wales. You absolute little nugget, bodybuilding, sausage. And now you’re making a million excuses.

“Now you’ve got Turki Alalshikh finding alternative real men who will fight at the drop of a hat. So I hope you’re happy you little cowardly bastards. I’ve never seen anything like you. You’re pure shithouses, and this is mainly to do with Eddie Hearn’s ego. What a little prick. It’s cost us the biggest fight in boxing history, clown.”

White, who is in London this week promoting a Zuffa Boxing card on Saturday, addressed the issue of his role in Fury-Joshua in an interview with Zuffa Boxing broadcast partner Sky Sports.

“I am not involved in either side of this thing. I’m involved on the Turki side,” White said.

As far as Hearn going to Netflix to point out the apparent contract breach by announcing that White is the promoter, White said, “You think Netflix cares what Eddie Hearn thinks? I guarantee they do not. I’m sitting here promoting the fight right now. Who’s going to stop me?”

The fight, a decade in the making, was finally signed in April pending both fighters winning tune-ups, which they did. The long-awaited showdown, perhaps the biggest all-British fight in history, was pegged for November but then a disagreement arose over the site.

The bout was being planned for the United Kingdom with London’s Wembley Stadium the first choice, although there were logistical issues and possible weather issues because it is open air, unlike Principality Stadium, which has a retractable roof. But then Alalshikh and Netflix instead looked to place the fight on Nov. 20 at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Fury was agreeable, even though his contract called for the fight to take place in Ireland, according to Queensberry promoter allegedly. But Hearn said the contracts on the Joshua side stipulated that the bout must take place in the United Kingdom and they refused to budge. Hearn said Zuffa Boxing officials even went behind his back to try to make a deal directly with Joshua, who rebuffed those efforts.

Eventually, details to hold the bout at about 2 a.m. Cardiff time were worked out because Netflix, which is playing tens of millions of dollars for the event, wanted it to begin at a convenient hour for the United States time zones, and the fight was officially announced on Thursday.

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WBA faces questions over lucrative Anthony Joshua-Tyson Fury title plan

Should reports be true that suggest the WBA intend to decorate the Anthony Joshua-Tyson Fury showdown with the WBA ‘super’ heavyweight title, the sanctioning body will have questions to answer from the team of Murat Gassiev.

Gassiev currently holds the WBA ‘world’ title and since Oleksandr Usyk relinquished three belts in June, including the WBA ‘super’ title, he has been the organization’s sole leader at heavyweight.

In the latest WBA heavyweight rankings, Gassiev is listed as champion, Jarrell Miller is No. 1, with Fury and Joshua – set to fight in Cardiff on December 11 – as second and third respectively.

“Murat Gassiev is the reigning WBA heavyweight world champion,” stated Gassiev’s co-promoter Ivaylo Gotzev of epic sports and entertainment. “He won his championship in the ring, has defended it and has fulfilled his responsibilities as champion.

“If a new super champion is now to be designated above the existing world champion, then there must be absolute clarity about how that decision is consistent with the WBA’s rules, rankings and championship structure.”

Should the ‘super’ title be contested between Joshua and Fury, it will be the first time the belt has been on the line in a heavyweight bout between two non-beltholders.

In July, with Joshua-Fury negotiations ongoing, Fury’s manager Spencer Brown made a public plea to the WBA to reintroduce the ‘super’ heavyweight title.

“I want to see the WBA [super title] for the [Joshua-Fury] super fight,” he told BS. “I’d love to see it because it’s vacant. Why couldn’t them two fight for it? Could there be any better a fight? One of them will become a three-time world champion. I love that.

“If you’re watching, WBA, get in touch, please.”

The WBA super title was originally designed for champions who also held belts with other sanctioning bodies. Over time, the championship existed not just for ‘unified’ champions but also established titlists and allowed the WBA to have multiple ‘champions’, including ‘interim’ beltholders, in every weight class.

In 2021, the Association of Boxing Commissions (ABC) demanded that the WBA reduce the number of titles. At the time, WBA president Gilberto Mendoza said: “We will reduce titles permanently. That flexibility we’ve had with championships, we will phase it out progressively.”

By June 2024 the WBA recognized 27 champions across 18 divisions. By June 2026, however, that figure had risen sharply to 43. “The WBA remains committed to its goal of reducing the number of world champions,” a statement from the organization read in the face of the increase.

Like every sanctioning body, the WBA charge sanctioning fees for any contest involving a WBA title of any description, whether a world or regional belt. At the organization’s annual convention in December 2024, Mendoza revealed that 67 per cent of its gross annual revenue came from sanctioning fees alone. That equated to $4 million from the purses of fighters being paid to the WBA.

The sanctioning fee is a fixed percentage of the fighters’ purse. Joshua and Fury, two of the biggest earners in boxing history, are set to secure career-high paydays.

“They’re getting paid more than any British fighter has earned in a fight ever,” Fury's promoter allegedly told Sky Sports on Thursday.

The WBA, therefore, could be on the brink of securing an incredible sum in sanctioning fees for the bout. Before that, however, they will be under pressure to be transparent about the purpose and existence of the title.

“We are formally seeking clarification from the WBA and, where applicable, enforcement of Murat’s rights under its rules and regulations,” Gotzev continued.

“The prestige of a sanctioning body is built on the credibility of its championships. A world title has value because fighters know what they must do to earn it, champions what they must do to keep it, and the public understands what that championship represents.”

[Ruthless-RKO]

Tyson Fury claims he scrapped contract clause to allow Dana White role in Anthony Joshua fight

Tyson Fury claims that he removed a clause in his contract preventing Dana White being involved in his long-awaited clash with Anthony Joshua.

It was announced on Thursday that Fury and Joshua will finally face off on December 11 in Cardiff, Wales. It was a long time coming with the months of negotiations this year just the latest chapter in a decade-long saga.

The main two points that held up proceedings over the last few months were where the fight's location and promoter.

Joshua’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, took care in placing contractual clauses in his fighter’s contract stating the bout had to take place in the UK and that White and TKO could have no involvement. It seems Hearn got his way with the contest taking place in Britain but a press release from Netflix confirming the bout named Turki Alalshikh’s The Ring and Dana White as the promoters of the event.

Hearn has since claimed he will take action so that White can have no involvement – as stated in Joshua’s contract.

“After all of Eddie Hearn's bum-smacking and ‘we only want it in England to get rid of Dana White.’ I'm sure it just got announced that Dana White and The Ring are promoting this fight,” Fury told Furocity. “How fornicating mad is that? Damn!”

Fury, who was seen earlier this year alongside White at the White House for UFC Freedom 250, claimed that his original contract stated, like Joshua’s, that White could not be involved.

allegedly, Fury's UK promoter, had also previously claimed this to be the case.

“In Joshua's contract apparently, it says that TKO and Dana couldn't be involved,” said Fury. "That was in my [contract] but I took it out. I took it out so he could be involved. fornicate them. Yeah, I want him involved. Two baldies together.

“I like Dana. Good businessman and a good guy. A man who comes from nothing to being a billionaire, and look what he's done with the UFC. Unbelievable. I think he can do really well in boxing.

"I think he drives Eddie Hearn out, feeds him to the fishes.”

[Finkel]

Tyson Fury claims he scrapped contract clause to allow Dana White role in Anthony Joshua fight
“In Joshua's contract apparently, it says that TKO and Dana couldn't be involved,” said Fury. "That was in my [contract] but I took it out. I took it out so he could be involved. fornicate them.

Does he actually want to fight?

[Boxerbeetle]

Tyson Fury claims he scrapped contract clause to allow Dana White role in Anthony Joshua fight
“In Joshua's contract apparently, it says that TKO and Dana couldn't be involved,” said Fury. "That was in my [contract] but I took it out. I took it out so he could be involved. fornicate them.

Does he actually want to fight?

The usual stuff from Fury, doing whatever he can to wriggle out of it. He’s always been like this, looks the public are finally seeing through him, getting absolutely slaughtered on all the boxing socials.

[tony1234]

Imagine paying non refundable hotel and travel costs and seeing this ? Wouldn't have been cheap for Cardiff hotels

[stujones]

WBA faces questions over lucrative Anthony Joshua-Tyson Fury title plan

Should reports be true that suggest the WBA intend to decorate the Anthony Joshua-Tyson Fury showdown with the WBA ‘super’ heavyweight title, the sanctioning body will have questions to answer from the team of Murat Gassiev.

Gassiev currently holds the WBA ‘world’ title and since Oleksandr Usyk relinquished three belts in June, including the WBA ‘super’ title, he has been the organization’s sole leader at heavyweight.

In the latest WBA heavyweight rankings, Gassiev is listed as champion, Jarrell Miller is No. 1, with Fury and Joshua – set to fight in Cardiff on December 11 – as second and third respectively.

“Murat Gassiev is the reigning WBA heavyweight world champion,” stated Gassiev’s co-promoter Ivaylo Gotzev of epic sports and entertainment. “He won his championship in the ring, has defended it and has fulfilled his responsibilities as champion.

“If a new super champion is now to be designated above the existing world champion, then there must be absolute clarity about how that decision is consistent with the WBA’s rules, rankings and championship structure.”

Should the ‘super’ title be contested between Joshua and Fury, it will be the first time the belt has been on the line in a heavyweight bout between two non-beltholders.

In July, with Joshua-Fury negotiations ongoing, Fury’s manager Spencer Brown made a public plea to the WBA to reintroduce the ‘super’ heavyweight title.

“I want to see the WBA [super title] for the [Joshua-Fury] super fight,” he told BS. “I’d love to see it because it’s vacant. Why couldn’t them two fight for it? Could there be any better a fight? One of them will become a three-time world champion. I love that.

“If you’re watching, WBA, get in touch, please.”

The WBA super title was originally designed for champions who also held belts with other sanctioning bodies. Over time, the championship existed not just for ‘unified’ champions but also established titlists and allowed the WBA to have multiple ‘champions’, including ‘interim’ beltholders, in every weight class.

In 2021, the Association of Boxing Commissions (ABC) demanded that the WBA reduce the number of titles. At the time, WBA president Gilberto Mendoza said: “We will reduce titles permanently. That flexibility we’ve had with championships, we will phase it out progressively.”

By June 2024 the WBA recognized 27 champions across 18 divisions. By June 2026, however, that figure had risen sharply to 43. “The WBA remains committed to its goal of reducing the number of world champions,” a statement from the organization read in the face of the increase.

Like every sanctioning body, the WBA charge sanctioning fees for any contest involving a WBA title of any description, whether a world or regional belt. At the organization’s annual convention in December 2024, Mendoza revealed that 67 per cent of its gross annual revenue came from sanctioning fees alone. That equated to $4 million from the purses of fighters being paid to the WBA.

The sanctioning fee is a fixed percentage of the fighters’ purse. Joshua and Fury, two of the biggest earners in boxing history, are set to secure career-high paydays.

“They’re getting paid more than any British fighter has earned in a fight ever,” Fury's promoter allegedly told Sky Sports on Thursday.

The WBA, therefore, could be on the brink of securing an incredible sum in sanctioning fees for the bout. Before that, however, they will be under pressure to be transparent about the purpose and existence of the title.

“We are formally seeking clarification from the WBA and, where applicable, enforcement of Murat’s rights under its rules and regulations,” Gotzev continued.

“The prestige of a sanctioning body is built on the credibility of its championships. A world title has value because fighters know what they must do to earn it, champions what they must do to keep it, and the public understands what that championship represents.”

Its a shambles if they do that - it just really shows name value means everything. Promote Gassiev to Super Champion, Have these two for the regular belt and mandatory for Gassiev - not a problem with that. But to elevate above Gassiev is a joke if Gassiev is considered a "secondary" champion - why give him the title shot.

Reminds me a bit of the situation a several years ago - when Alan Bosworth won a final eliminator for Junior Witter's title (didn't he beat Matthew Hatton?) and when it came to negotiations - the BBBoC said Bosworth wasn't worthy of fighting Witter. If he wasn't worthy of it, why put him in the eliminator fight.

[keithmoonhangover]

Imagine paying non refundable hotel and travel costs and seeing this ? Wouldn't have been cheap for Cardiff hotels

That's Fury all over, doesn't give a toss about the people buying the tickets.

[keithmoonhangover]

I think for Fury, it's all about control.

[jameswilson]

Imagine paying non refundable hotel and travel costs and seeing this ? Wouldn't have been cheap for Cardiff hotels

That's Fury all over, doesn't give a toss about the people buying the tickets.

Luke's word is his bond.....