Eddie Hearn says Netflix ‘didn’t get the memo’ on Dana White, Fury-Joshua

Eddie Hearn didn’t hold back after Dana Whitethe name was mentioned in a Netflix press release
Tyson Fury vs. Anthony Joshua.

Fury and Joshua meet on December 11 at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, and the bout will be streamed on Netflix. The venue of the fight had been a major talking point in the negotiations, with Hearn pushing for the UK while Fury’s side campaigned for New York’s Madison Square Garden.

Netflix’s Fury-Joshua announcement puts Dana White at the center of his feud with Eddie Hearn

Netflix’s announcement described the bout as a co-promotion of Turki Aalshikh’s The Ring and White, but did not mention Hearn, who represent Joshua, or Matchroom Boxing, or Frank Warren and Queensberry, who represent Fury.

Hearn, speaking to IFL TV, immediately disputed White’s involvement, while pointing to an agreement surrounding the fight.

“Dana White can’t be in this fight,” Hearn said. “Netflix clearly didn’t get the memo. You see, nobody talks to each other. So, I tell Sela and Turk, ‘No, Dana White is not in the fight, you have a contract that says he’s not at the presser, blah, blah, blah.'” And then Netflix says the fight will be with Dana White.

Hearn then chided White for previous negotiations and his insistence that the fight take place in New York.

“You came in and said, ‘Yeah, we’re just going to take this fight, the biggest fight in British boxing history, one of the biggest sporting events in British history, and put it in Madison Square Garden.’ Well, guess what, mother? That didn’t happen.”

Hearn also emphasized that he plans to remind Netflix of its contractual obligations.

“I’m talking to Netflix just to remind them of their contractual obligations and it’s being addressed,” Hearn added. “We won the race; the fight is in the UK and we’re moving on.”

The comments come after months of public back-and-forth between Hearn and White over Fury-Joshua. White previously accused Hearn of damaging negotiations and said the fight was close to falling apart.