Tony Bellew launched into an emotional defense of staging Anthony Joshua’s long-awaited clash with Tyson Fury in Britain after Eddie Hearn revealed the organizers now want the heavyweight blockbuster held in the United States.
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Hearn explained that discussions with TKO and Turki Alalshikh’s team had moved toward America, despite language in the existing agreement calling for the fight to take place in the UK. He stressed that any change would require the contract to be renegotiated.
“We had a meeting the other day with Nick Khan from TKO. Clearly, Turki Alalshikh works with those guys. They all want the fight in America. We’ve been told in the last 24 hours that’s what they want,” said Hearn to DAZN before explaining the current contract specifies Britain as the location. He later said, “If there’s a reason that he and Netflix want this fight to take place in the US, I get it. I think it’s disappointing.”
Bellew wasn’t interested in the commercial argument.
“The difference is these people want the fight to be in the US. That’s the reality of the situation. American boxing’s dead. No one cares. Why are we appealing to America? America don’t care about us. We’ve got the best crowds in the world. We’ve got the most passionate fans in the world. These are the two stalwarts of British boxing. No one cares about America. Why do they need it there?” Bellew said as he repeatedly talked over Hearn during the discussion.
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