Hearn Brands White "Completely Cooked" as Fury-Joshua Production Feud Escalates

The biggest fight in British boxing history is now overshadowed by an off-screen row over who is actually running the show. Tyson Fury's December 11 showdown with Anthony Joshua at Cardiff's Principality Stadium — set to stream on Netflix — has become the centre of a bitter dispute between Eddie Hearn and UFC president Dana White over production and promotional rights.

White raised eyebrows at the UFC 332 post-fight press conference when he declared: "We're producing the show, just like Canelo-Crawford... I'm producing it. I'm promoting it. I'll see you in Wales." Hearn fired back at his own Birmingham event, branding White "completely cooked" and insisting that White's claim about television production rights "in the contract is prohibited."

According to Hearn, Saudi-backed organiser SELA has told him in writing that White's claims are unfounded: "Yes, and it is completely untrue. He cannot do that under the contract." The paperwork appears to back Hearn's position — the British Boxing Board of Control lists Queensberry, Matchroom and Sela as the event's official promoters, with no mention of White or his Zuffa Boxing outfit.

Hearn says he expects to sit down with SELA representatives in Los Angeles next week to resolve the dispute once and for all, with the clock ticking toward the all-British heavyweight clash on December 11.