Warren insists Joshua vs Fury will happen

Frank Warren responds to Hearn's threat over the venue

Frank Warren has responded to Eddie Hearn’s recent threats to call off the fight between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury.

After both successfully completed their most recent warm-up fights in July, the path to the long-awaited superfight finally seemed clear.

Tyson Fury defeated Mariusz Wach by submission after seven rounds, and Anthony Joshua won his fight against Kristian Prenga in the second round after a rocky start.

Following these two fights, everyone was certain it was finally going to happen: the mega-fight would finally be announced. Now, however, several obstacles seem to be emerging. Among them is the venue. British fans naturally want to see the fight in the UK, and that’s how it had been planned for a long time. Eddie Hearn and Anthony Joshua have also been strongly advocating for this, but they’re now under massive pressure from Turki Alalshikh and Netflix, who are determined to hold the fight in the U.S. to reach a larger audience.

Hearn has threatened to call off the fight if the venue is decided without his approval.

However, Frank Warren told BoxNation something that has come as a bit of a relief to all boxing fans for now.

“Tyson Fury has his agreement, which states something different. The fight will happen. I’ve heard what Eddie has said. They’re either going to agree to it or not. If they don’t agree to it then the fight won’t happen. Tyson signed for the fight back in January; the fight was supposed to happen in September. They were supposed to have a warm-up fight in September; unfortunately there was that terrible, tragic accident that ‘AJ’ was in where he lost two of his best friends, and that held everything up, but the fight I understand, will be November, and the venue will be announced in due course”

he said.

The only question is whether that will actually happen in the end. There’s always a lot of drama surrounding fights like this, and there have been a few times when they’ve been canceled altogether. It’s just important that the promoters find solutions that are somehow acceptable to everyone.

I just wonder a little bit how much of a difference the venue really makes. Everyone wants to see a mega fight like that, and for that, you’re willing to stay up a little later, right? I don’t think it’ll make a huge difference, but whatever. What do you guys think?