Overview
- Turki Alalshikh said on Monday he wants the bout at Wembley only if local authorities allow an unusually late start so the event suits U.S. prime-time viewers.
- The Mayor of London’s office has publicly backed efforts to host the fight in the capital while Brent Council and Wembley’s safety advisory group must assess any extension to the stadium’s usual 11pm curfew.
- Sky Sports and other outlets report organisers want ringwalks in the early hours — Sky cites around 2am UK time with proposals ranging from about 1am to 4am — to translate to a 9pm ET start in the U.S.
- Promoter Eddie Hearn says the contract requires the fight to be staged in the UK, but commentators note Saudi funding and Alalshikh’s commercial leverage could still sway the final location.
- Final confirmation is conditional on both fighters coming through their scheduled tune-up fights on 24 July (Fury) and 25 July (Joshua), and failure or injury in those bouts would likely derail the plans.