Eddie Hearn ready to try and force Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury fight to UK despite ‘everybody’ agreeing to New York

EDDIE HEARN is ready to try and fight for Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury to take place in the UK – despite New York emerging as a frontrunner. Both heavyweight legends have signed contracts to finally face each other – but AJ’s deal states the bout MUST take place in the UK. Eddie Hearn is ready to try fight for Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury to take place in the UK Credit: Getty Fury vs Joshua is heading to America Credit: Getty But organisers, including broadcasters Netflix and Saudi’s fight financier Turki Alalshikh, prefer America to capitalise on primetime US viewing. Hearn has revealed Joshua’s terms must be revised if the fight is to head Stateside – where Madison Square Garden is being targeted. Sign up for the Sport newsletter Thank you! But the promoter has claimed he is prepared to make it “so financially unviable” to change the deal that there will be no choice but to leave it in the UK. Hearn said on talkSPORT: “I’ve seen all the reports, November 20, Madison Square Garden. “I kind of feel like right now, me and AJ are the last two standing on the hill waving the Union Jack. “I mean, Anthony Joshua made me insert a clause into the contract that said the fight must happen in the UK. “So at the moment, it can’t happen anywhere else. Now, we’re under a lot of pressure. “Turki Alalshikh, Netflix. Sounds like Tyson Fury. It sounds like everybody’s agreed they want to do this fight at Madison Square Garden. Most read in Sport BEST FREE BETS AND BETTING SIGN UP OFFERS The Home of Boxing in 2026 There's a massive year of boxing ahead! It’s shaping up to be a blockbuster year of action inside the boxing ring. The Gypsy King has beaten Mariusz Wach in his second fight of the year to set up a huge fight with Anthony Joshua And AJ did the same, knocking out Kristian Prenga in the second round of a thrilling encounter – the Brit was knocked down twice in the opening round. Now fans are looking forward to Moses Itauma’s return for his toughest fight yet against Filip Hrgovic in August. Here’s all the big fights coming up… August Sat 15 – Claressa Shields vs Kaye Scott – DAZN Sat 29 – Moses Itauma vs Filip Hrgovic – DAZN September Sat 12 – Conor Benn vs Ryan Garcia – DAZN *If you click a link in this boxout, we will earn affiliate revenue. “We don’t. I mean, we want to make it so financially unviable for them to change the contract that they’ve got no choice but to do it in the UK. “I honestly don’t know how it’s going to play out. All I can tell you is I can assure you that myself and Anthony are saying it just doesn’t make sense. “Like, we wouldn’t have signed this contract under its terms if this said the fight was in America. So, why should we change it now?” Fury, 37, beat Mariusz Wach, 46, in seven rounds of his warm-up bout in Thailand. And 24 hours later, Joshua, 36, picked himself up off the canvas to knock out Kristian Prenga, 35, in Jeddah. Comment now