Tyson Fury comes to White House, says Dana White has 'massive' announcement pending on him
Jun 14, 2026 • 10:22 PM ET
Mark Robinson / Goldstar PromotionsThe plot surrounding the Tyson Fury-Anthony Joshua super fight thickened dramatically when the two-time heavyweight champion revealed Zuffa Boxing head Dana White will be making a “massive, massive” announcement regarding Fury in the near future.
Returning to the U.S. for the first time in five years following his connection to former boxing advisor and alleged Irish drug cartel head Daniel Kinahan – at the White House, no less – Fury told UFC broadcaster Jon Anik he would yield to UFC CEO/President White to detail what’s going on between the pair.
BoxingScene reported Friday that England’s Fury, 35-2-1 (24 KOs), has an open-ended arrangement as to where the fight can occur, although Joshua promoter Eddie Hearn told BoxingScene his fighter has signed to fight in the U.K., and it would require a re-negotiation to change that.
Despite great objection from Hearn and Fury’s U.K.-based promoter Frank Warren, saying White and Zuffa Boxing will not be part of the bout, White has maintained he will, and that he knows where the fight will take place.
BoxingScene reported last week that SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles is in play while others have speculated Zuffa could take the fight to Las Vegas’ Allegiant Stadium as it did with the Canelo Alvarez-Terence Crawford fight in September.
England’s two-time heavyweight champion Joshua 29-4 (26 KOs) will fight a July 25 tune-up bout against Kristian Prenga while Fury has been targeted for a Warren-promoted card August 1 in Dublin.
Lance Pugmire has been a full-time boxing writer for nearly 20 years, serving now as BoxingScene’s U.S. Senior Writer and assistant producer for ProBoxTV’s “BoxingScene Today.” Pugmire capped a near 20-year career at the Los Angeles Times (sports investigations, NHL/MLB beat work, law enforcement/courts and boxing/UFC) to join The Athletic, and then USA Today. Pugmire’s stint at The Times started with the first Israel Vazquez-Rafael Marquez fight and the Oscar De La Hoya-Floyd Mayweather Jnr then-record pay-per-view, leading through a slew of ringside assignments at major bouts, including Mayweather-Pacquiao, Mayweather-Canelo and the Canelo-Golovkin trilogy. Lance’s appreciation for boxing is rooted in his admiration and appreciation for the fighters, gladiators who have proven to be the most forthcoming and candid of all the athletes he has interviewed over a career dating to 1990. Lance was honored to be named the 2022 winner of the Boxing Writers Association of America Nat Fleischer Award for career excellence and he’s collected many BWAA writing awards in categories ranging from breaking news to deep-dive long features.
![Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua, flanked by respective promoters Frank Warren [far left] and Eddie Hearn on September 30, 2026](/img/v1/1920?src=https%3A%2F%2Fphoto.boxingscene.com%2Fuploads%2FFuryJoshuaHearnWarren.webp)