Dana White credits Eddie Hearn for keeping Fury-Joshua in Cardiff

Dana White says he is "bored" of his row with Eddie Hearn — and credits the British promoter with keeping Tyson Fury versus Anthony Joshua in the UK.

Speaking to Steve Bunce on the 5 Live Boxing with Bunce podcast, White said he and the Saudi organisers had wanted to stage the heavyweight clash in the United States BBC. Madison Square Garden in New York was considered as an alternative. Joshua and Hearn pushed back and insisted on what White described as their contractual right to bring the fight home. White said Hearn made sure that happened.

The fight is set for the Principality Stadium in Cardiff on Friday 11 December 2026. The bill starts on 11 December, with Fury and Joshua not expected to make their ring walks until the early hours of 12 December. It will be shown on Netflix, which means viewers will watch on the streaming service rather than traditional pay-per-view television in the UK.

Both men are former world heavyweight champions, meaning they have held the sport's main prize in the past but do not hold it now. Fury is promoted by Frank Warren, the veteran British promoter who looks after his interests and negotiates his fights, while Joshua is promoted by Hearn. The event has been presented as a collaboration between Turki Alalshikh's The Ring and White.

White was not at the joint Fury-Joshua news conference on 30 September. He said he and his team will be producing the show on the night, handling the staging and broadcast around the fight. That distinction matters in boxing, where the promoter who makes the fight and the team who stage the event are not always the same people.

The praise is notable because the two men have been sniping at each other for weeks. Hearn had disputed White's involvement in promoting Fury-Joshua, while White has insisted that he is promoting the fight Yahoo Sports. Hearn previously said White was "out of the picture", after White's camp accused Hearn of trying to sabotage the bout. White has also called the feud "silly" and said he wants to move on.

For fans, this means the argument about who runs the show is cooling, at least for now. The focus can return to the ring itself. After years of talks that never led to a fight, two of Britain's best-known heavyweights will finally meet in front of a home crowd.