Eddie Hearn may have secured Anthony Joshua’s preferred country for the Tyson Fury fight, but Roy Jones Jr. believes the Matchroom promoter has damaged his position with the people controlling boxing’s richest events.
Joshua and Fury had agreed to fight November 20 at Madison Square Garden. Hearn resisted the New York venue because Joshua’s contract required the contest to take place in Britain. The heavyweight clash is now likely to land at Principality Stadium in Cardiff on December 11.
That gives Hearn a victory he can sell to the British public, but the reported 2 a.m. local start removes much of its meaning. Seventy thousand paying
