The panorama of the heavyweight category of professional boxing registered moments of tension after the previous fights of Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury on international soil.

Businessman Dana White questioned the custom of scheduling exhibition or conditioning bouts prior to large-scale confrontations, arguing that these commitments add unnecessary risks to already consolidated trade negotiations.

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The controversy arises after Fury quickly defeated the Polish Mariusz Wach on July 24 in Thailand, while Joshua had to recover from two falls suffered in the first episode against the Albanian Kristian Prenga in Saudi Arabia before securing the victory in the second round.

Both results allowed the billboard projected for the month of November to be preserved, although the instability of the initial minutes set off the alarms of the evening's organizers.

The rejection of previous combats and the financial risk

During an interview with journalist Oscar Willis for the specialized media The Mac Life, Dana White explained the concern generated by the development of the fight in Jeddah while he was in New York City. The manager expressed his disagreement with the inclusion of this type of events prior to the division's main clashes.

“I was somewhere in New York when I received a text message informing me that I had fallen twice in the first round,” said Dana White, recalling the moment of Joshua's fight. In the same intervention with the aforementioned media, the businessman was forceful regarding the usefulness of these functions: "I am not a big fan of preparation fights. What does a preparation fight mean? It is something old-fashioned and stupid. It means: 'We are going to make quick money before the big day'. And they are dangerous. It is what it is."

In Dana White's analysis, this type of prior confrontation exposes the main figures to accidental injuries or unforeseen defeats that can cancel million-dollar agreements previously established between the promoting companies and the distribution chains.

The debate over headquarters and market priorities

Beyond the results in the ring, the negotiations for the November fight face divided positions regarding the geographical location of the show. While the promoter of Matchroom Boxing, Eddie Hearn, maintains that the signed agreements stipulate the holding of the event in venues in the United Kingdom such as Wembley Stadium, other parties involved are evaluating higher-performance commercial venues in the United States or the Middle East.

Regarding the debate over the venue for the fight, Dana White maintained that economic profitability should be the decisive factor in selecting the host city for the main card. "I think it's evident at first glance that there are a lot of political games, a lot of ego involved and things like that," said the manager, adding about the resolution of the geographical conflict: "The answer is: you go where the money is. That's the answer."

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