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Heavyweight boxing legend Tyson Fury credited Dana White for fixing stalled fight negotiations with fellow UK heavyweight Anthony Joshua.

It sounds like the long-discussed heavyweight boxing fight between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua might be on the verge of coming to fruition.

Fury and Joshua, two of the UK’s greatest boxers of all-time, have been in discussions to clash in the ring for months. But negotiations have stalled in recent months, with both sides expressing a lack of optimism in the fight getting over the hypothetical ‘finish line’.

UFC CEO Dana White, in Zuffa Boxing’s inaugural year, appears to have been a difference-maker in reigniting the Fury vs. Joshua negotiations.

Tyson Fury credits Dana White for being a difference-maker in Anthony Joshua fight talks

In a recent Instagram story, Fury praised White for allegedly getting the Joshua fight over several hurdles.

“I’d just like to thank Dana White for making this fight happen, making this deal happen with Netflix, and getting it all over the line,” Fury said of White.

“You did an amazing job. Even if Eddie’s a little jealous f—– and hasn’t got the guts to come out and say he had nothing to do with it, I’m a man, and I can give another man respect for doing something great that Eddie and all these men tried to do for years. And could never do.

“So thank you very much, Dana, you’re an absolute legend.”

Fury’s praise comes after weeks of bad blood between the former heavyweight titleholder and Matchroom CEO Eddie Hearn. White and Hearn have also been in an ongoing feud over Zuffa Boxing’s role in the sport.

In any case, it appears fight fans could potentially get their wishes granted in seeing Fury vs. Joshua inside the ring later this year.

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