The expected confrontation between British heavyweights Anthony Joshua and Tyson Furyse is heading towards a definition in terms of its geographical location.

Despite the initial expectations of the local fans to witness the fight in the United Kingdom, reports published by the specialized portal BoxingScene indicate that New York City emerges as the main venue to host the card projected for the month of November.

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The possibility of organizing the show on North American soil responds to operational and commercial distribution requirements posed by the organizers.

The original intention to schedule the evening at Wembley Stadium in London faced complications due to the broadcast schedules required by the streaming platform Netflix and the promoter Riyadh Season, headed by Turki Al-Alshikh, organizations that required the main event to start at two in the morning local time to optimize audience figures in the American market.

The logistics of the event and the discarding of British soil

According to the information disclosed by BoxingScene, the efforts to hold the function in English venues were rejected due to the impossibility of reconciling public transport and security permits in London with an early morning schedule. This situation led the event coordinators to focus their attention on stages in the state of New York, guaranteeing prime time for the pay-per-view system in the United States and Latin America.

The transfer of the venue alters the preference of British fans, who were hoping to see Anthony Joshua compete for the first time against Fury in a venue in the English capital. However, the financial priorities of international distribution companies tipped the balance towards executing the show in the United States, where higher revenues from box office and digital rights are projected.

Previous confrontations and the path to agreement

The completion of the negotiations occurs after the recent presentations of both competitors in the summer calendar. The boxer Anthony Joshua comes from overcoming a complex start on July 25 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, where he visited the canvas twice during the initial round before achieving victory via technical knockout in the second episode against the Albanian Kristian Prenga, setting his record at 30 wins and four losses.

For his part, Tyson Fury completed his respective preparation commitment a day earlier in the city of Pattaya, Thailand, by defeating the experienced Pole Mariusz Wach by medical stoppage in the seventh round. This result represented the second victory of the year for the 37-year-old fighter, after having reappeared in April with a victory by decision of the judges against Arslanbek Makhmudov in London, an adjustment that raised his professional record to 36 victories, two defeats and one draw.

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