{"id":1181362,"date":"2026-09-01T22:44:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T22:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1181362\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T22:44:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T22:44:18","slug":"anthony-joshua-has-fight-demand-met-as-tyson-fury-talks-continue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1181362\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Joshua has fight demand met as Tyson Fury talks continue"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eddie Hearn has confirmed that Anthony Joshua has received payment following his win over Kristian Prenga on July 25.<\/p>\n

Joshua survived two first-round knockdowns<\/a> to knock out Prenga in the second round in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n

\"Anthony<\/a><\/p>\n

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Joshua eventually powered past Prenga in Saudi Arabia earlier this summerCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

But until recently, Joshua<\/a> had not received his full purse for the bout, something Hearn addressed during talks over the long-anticipated contest between AJ and Tyson Fury<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Asked whether Joshua had now been paid for the fight, Hearn<\/a> told BoxingScene: \u201cYeah, we’re all good from the last fight, and we’re all moving forward amicably.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Matchroom Boxing chairman also provided an update on the status of the potential Joshua vs Fury<\/a> fight.<\/p>\n

Joshua vs Fury: The latest<\/p>\n

Matchroom are understood to have sent an addendum regarding the staging of the contest at New York\u2019s Madison Square Garden on Friday, November 20, 2026.<\/p>\n

Read more on boxing<\/p>\n

Joshua\u2019s initial contract stated the fight is to take place in the UK, <\/a>however the event organisers Sela and broadcaster Netflix prefer that it takes place in the USA.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don’t want to do the fight in the US, but we also understand it has to work for everybody,\u201d Hearn said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the same time, we’re basically being told, if you don’t do the fight, we only want to do the fight in the US, which we don’t agree with. We don’t understand.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe’ve been banging our head against the wall on that for the last two months. So, like I said, we’ve set out our position, mainly in concern to the tax situation that will deplete his net purse by going to America, which can be rectified.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think they’re happy to do that. Everything else, there’s no abnormal requests. It’s up to them. There’s nothing else to discuss.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hearn revealed that a response to the addendum was received two days ago and that Matchroom’s terms regarding the location of the fight have been laid bare.<\/p>\n

\"Eddie<\/a><\/p>\n

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Eddie Hearn is adamant that a a Joshua vs Fury fight must take place in the UKCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will need to make a decision this week,\u201d Hearn added. \u201cThey’ve replied. They have our terms. It’s up to them.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, we don’t want to do the fight in the US, but if they really want it in the US, these are our terms.<\/p>\n

“There’s nothing unreasonable in there, to be honest with you.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThere’s not one of those terms that was mentioned in the leaked email that is in the addendum.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThey’re all stuff related to the fight. If they want it there, they’ll sign it. If not, we’ll be very happy, and we’ll do it in the UK.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe’re speaking multiple times a day, but we’re running out of time. I mean, if you want to do the fight on November 20, and they’re talking of a press conference next week, it’s Tuesday. Do you know what I mean? But the ball’s in their court.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read More on talkSPORT\"Tyson<\/a><\/p>\n

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Fury says he has a replacement in place in case a showdown with Joshua doesn’t take placeCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

Asked if he is confident that the fight will be made, Hearn said: \u201cI have no idea. I mean, I think so.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cBut our dream and our hope is they just turn around and go, \u2018This is too messy, we’ll just do it in Wembley.\u2019 But they’re adamant that they want the fight in America.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eddie Hearn has confirmed that Anthony Joshua has received payment following his win over Kristian Prenga on July…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1181363,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4108],"tags":[5060,1935,12434,4331,79,8311,16,15],"class_list":["post-1181362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-anthony-joshua","tag-boxing","tag-eddie-hearn","tag-matchroom-boxing","tag-sports","tag-tyson-fury","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/117198211254028662","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1181362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1181362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1181362\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1181363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1181362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1181362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1181362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}