Eddie Hearn mocks ‘weasel’ Dana White in brutal tirade with Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury press conference in doubt

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Eddie Hearn has labelled Dana White a ‘silly’ loser in his first words since Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury was announced.Joshua and Fury will finally settle their differences at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium — now with a world title on the line — on December 11, live on Netflix, with a reported combined purse of $200million.Hearn thanked British boxing fans for their support towards Joshua and for helping keep the Fury fight in the UKGettyHearn, who long advocated for the mega-fight to take place on British soil after pressure to move it Stateside, says White ‘cannot be involved as a promoter’ despite a Netflix press release saying otherwise.After months of speculation about his involvement, the broadcaster said on Thursday afternoon that UFC CEO White will ‘collaborate’ with Saudi string-puller Turki Alalshikh to promote the event.This is one of the reasons why Hearn is not sure next week’s press conference will go ahead.Joshua and Fury are currently scheduled to meet for the first time at British Airways ARC in London on September 30.However, Hearn says there is still stuff to sort out, alleging ‘about six breaches of contract,’ before he’s happy for the press conference to go ahead.Hearn rips into Dana White“We’re supposed to do a press conference next week. I’m not sure if that will happen or not, to be honest with you,” Hearn told iFL TV.“Because there are a few things we’re still ironing out. And that’s obviously one of them.“When I saw the press release, I just couldn’t stop p***ing myself because it was like you really got them to include your name in the press conference, you silly soppy t**.“It’s so petty to the point where I just can’t… you’ve lost, mate. You did everything you could to bring the fight to America and rob the British fight fans of the fight. Give it up, son.“You’re coming to the Copper Box on Saturday [for Johnny Fisher vs Michael Pirotton], you’ve sold about 2,000 tickets. You’ll be sitting there. You don’t even know who’s fighting.View Tweet: https://x.com/hashtag/anthonyjoshua?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5EtfwUFC CEO White is promoting Fisher vs Pirotton for Zuffa Boxing 11 in London this SaturdayGetty“Because what you did, you came in, all you lot, and were said, ‘Yeah, we’ll just take this fight, the biggest fight in the history of British boxing, one of the biggest sporting events in the history of Britain and we’ll just put it in Madison Square Garden.’“Well, guess what, motherf***er, that didn’t happen. And now you want to put yourself in a press release so you can say, ‘I told you lot, I was the promoter.’“So you’ve lost there, and you’ll lose here as well. And I’ll be speaking to Netflix just to remind them of the contractual obligations, and it’ll be dealt with as we dealt with the other situation.“But these people make it very, very difficult for themselves because we’re supposed to have a presser this week and now we’ve got stuff to sort out.“Don’t worry about it, I’ll deal with everything and make sure we’re good.”White ‘royally mugged off,’ says HearnHearn continued: “You can’t weasel your way into a press conference after you’ve been royally mugged off, pants down, bent over buttcheeks and spanked by the geezer who brought this fight to the UK.Hearn says he plans to speak to Netflix ‘to remind them of the contractual obligations’ in place for Joshua vs FuryGetty“That’s the reality. I ain’t having it.”The Matchroom Boxing promoter said he wanted to ‘make sure everything is in order’ due to breaches of clauses in the contract signed by AJ already.This includes Netflix announcing the fight was being billed as Fury vs Joshua, with ‘The Gypsy King’ as the A-side, something Hearn said he never signed off.“Dana White cannot be involved with his fight as a promoter,” Hearn concluded.“Netflix clearly didn’t get the memo. Now we have to go through that process and deal with it.“We stand by our contracts, and he cannot be involved.”Watch Boxing on DAZN*If you click a link in this boxout, we will earn affiliate revenueSign up to DAZN to access the definitive subscription for boxing fans.Upgrade to DAZN Ultimate from just £24.99/month, guaranteeing access to 185+ fights annually, a minimum of 12 pay-per-views at no extra cost, as well as every Lega Serie A match and other elite football access.Alternatively, DAZN Standard is just £15.99/month, with the caveat you will have to pay for pay-per-view events.Click here to sign up.