Eddie Hearn Says Saudi Company Producing Fury vs Joshua, Not Dana White
Eddie Hearn fired back at Dana White with a video montage after the UFC boss claimed he is producing the December 11 megafight.
Eddie Hearn is done listening to Dana White talk about his role in the Anthony Joshua vs. Tyson Fury fight.
After White told MMA Fighting at the UFC 322 press conference in Salt Lake City that he is not only promoting but producing the December 11 event, Hearn responded with receipts. Hearn posted a video montage on social media showing clips of White's earlier claims about the fight, several of which, per MMA Sucka, were later contradicted.
White's position has been firm: "Not only am I promoting the fight, we're producing the fight." He also took shots at Hearn, calling his pushback a PR stunt: "The difference between me and Eddie is Eddie's trying to win some PR battle."
Hearn's caption was short and dismissive: "Gonna leave this one here." He added that the fight is 10 weeks away and called it the biggest fight in British boxing history.
The December 11 card is set for Cardiff, Wales, and will air on Netflix. Saudi boxing figure Turki Alalshikh and Zuffa Boxing executive Nick Khan both attended the London press conference. White did not. He said he had to attend the Contender Series.
Notably, White's name was left off the official introductions at the London presser. When Alalshikh mentioned White by name during the event, the crowd booed.
I have to side with Hearn on this one, and I say that as someone who finds Eddie Hearn exhausting about 40 percent of the time.
Dana White is one of the greatest promoters in combat sports history. That is not debatable. But when your name gets left off the introductions at the official press conference and the crowd boos when someone mentions you, maybe the evidence is telling you something.
White loves boxing when it suits him. He started Zuffa Boxing to play in that world, and signing Shakur Stevenson was a strong move. But producing Fury vs. Joshua? The December 11 card in Cardiff is happening because of Turki Alalshikh's Saudi money and Hearn's relationship with Joshua. White's involvement looks more like a branding exercise than an operational role.
The fight itself is going to be massive regardless of who gets credit for the production. Two British heavyweights, Netflix, Cardiff. That sells itself. The backstage drama between Hearn and White is just bonus content for the rest of us.
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