Boxing star Devin Haney has been left furious with Eddie Hearn after being denied a free ticket for Anthony Joshua’s clash with Daniel Dubois tonight.
AJ and his fellow Briton are set for an epic showdown at Wembley, with the main event likely to take place around 10pm.
Big figures from the world of boxing are set to attend the clash, which has the makings of a classic.
But American star Haney has been left frustrated after Hearn didn’t give him a free ticket for the clash.
Boxing star Devin Haney has been left furious with Eddie Hearn after being denied a free ticket for Anthony Joshua’s clash with Daniel Dubois tonight
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“Wow I’m in London,” he wrote on X.
“Eddie Hearn won’t give me tickets to the fight but keeps mentioning me every chance he get.”
Daney then proceeded to brand Hearn ‘fake’. However, the boxing promoter was having none of it and urged the 25-year-old to ‘drop the arrogance’.
“You asked me at 6am this morning. First I look after my fighters,” he said.
“Ask someone else and drop the arrogance.”
Haney was previously promoted by Hearn between 2019 and 2021 before switching to Top Rank.
He has since proceeded to become a free agent, though did work with the boxing promoter once again for his last fight with Ryan Garcia.
Meanwhile, anticipation for the clash between Joshua and Dubois is rising with the battle just hours away.
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Oleksandr Usyk, discussing the bout, expressed a belief that Joshua would be too strong for Dubois – having gone up agains both fighters during his career.
“My favourite is Anthony Joshua, but I am very bad at predictions. But I will predict Anthony Joshua,” he said.
“There is no way to compare [Dubois and Joshua], because they are completely different fighters. Different skills; different styles. Totally different boxers.
“To be fair, I don’t think [Dubois] can reach Joshua’s level. I am sorry for saying this, but this is the truth, and I’m telling it.”
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And Tyson Fury was happy to sit on the fence when asked for his own verdict.
“It’s heavyweight boxing, anybody can beat anybody, as we’ve seen in the past,” he told The Stomping Ground.
“Who is gonna win? I don’t know. I don’t know anything about boxing, obviously. Every time I say a prediction I get it wrong anyway.
“I predict it will be a good fight. It looks like someone might get knocked out.
Boxing fans from all over the world are set to watch the fight between Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois
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“They are both big old punchers, ain’t they?
“You wouldn’t want to get punched in the face or in the b******s by any of them.”