Anthony Joshua will demand a king's ransom to move his fight with Tyson Fury to New York. The British heavyweights signed contracts earlier this year to meet at home in the autumn, but Netflix, who will broadcast the fight, want it staged at a time suitable for a US audience.
Contract clause and legacy concerns
Joshua, 36, admitted last month that his legacy would be damaged if his biggest fight was shipped abroad. His promoter Eddie Hearn insists they are not ready to give in.
"I feel like me and AJ are the last two standing on a hill waving the Union Jack," Hearn told talkSPORT. "Anthony Joshua made me insert a clause into the contract that said the fight must happen in the UK so at the moment it can't happen anywhere else."
Pressure and financial strategy
Hearn acknowledged the pressure: "We are under a lot of pressure because it sounds like everyone has agreed they want to do the fight at Madison Square Garden, but we don't."
He outlined their strategy: "We want to make it so financially unviable to change the contract that they have no choice but to do it in the UK. I don't know how it's going to play out but we wouldn't have signed the contract under its terms if the fight was going to be in America, so why should we change it now?"
