Eddie Hearn has said that the future of the Tommy Fury and Anthony Joshua fight lies with Mayor of London Sadiq Khan as location remains up in the air13:54, 22 Jul 2026Updated 13:54, 22 Jul 2026Sports promoter Eddie Hearn has revealed that the Mayor of London is holding some power when it comes to the upcoming fight between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua, as for the event to take place in London, they will need Khan's support.‌"It can only happen if you’ve got the support of Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, who’s thankfully a fight fan, but also the support of transport for London because the infrastructure changes.‌"You can’t have a fight on at 2am, with everyone coming out of the stadium and there being no trains and no buses for people to get home," Hearn told Playbook Boxing powered by Betway.‌He added that there is a huge incentive for Khan as the fight is set to bring in a huge amount of revenue for London businesses."That then has to be laid on by the City of London, which, by the way, makes business sense because the fight is going to generate a huge amount for London commercially. That’s a conversation between Sadiq Khan and Turki Alalshikh, which will basically be, “If we bring this fight to London, are you prepared to put the infrastructure in place for fight fans?”‌He added: "This is a once-in-a-lifetime event, and Sadiq Khan has a history through Earlsfield Amateur Boxing Club with his family. He is a big fight fan and has helped before on fights at the national stadium. This is a little bit beyond that because it is expensive, but the financial benefits, when you do these fights, benefit the ecosystem throughout.‌"Restaurants, hotels, taxis, it brings millions of pounds to the economy, tens of millions of pounds to the economy financially. So actually, financially, it’ll all work out, but you’ve got to have the backbone to do the hard yards and actually put everything in place."The real rub, as detailed by Hearn, is that Khan would need to ensure that tubes were set to run late, or TfL options were in place to help residents get home if the fight runs late."There are a few things, but the main thing is to make sure the fans leave the stadium [and can get home].‌"When something like this normally happens, you have local residents who are going to go, 'Hang on a minute, I don’t want people rocking up around Wembley high street at 3am or 4am, hanging [around] with the noise, while people are being cleared safely from the stadium,' and you can only do that with the transport infrastructure in place, buses, trains [and] you can’t have 100,000 people leaving Wembley and going, 'How am I getting home?'"Buses have got to be put into place; the Tube has to run at those times. It’s making sure that it is not a mess. If it’s a mess, it affects the legacy of the event. If you’ve got pictures of people stranded outside and nobody can get home, it’s not ideal at 2am."‌He added that the issue really comes down to how attendees will get home: "It’s fine [before the fight], we can go for a bite to eat, we can go to the pub and then we can go down there, and boxing would probably start at 8pm or 9pm. But the main event is going to be late and maybe that’s not possible and maybe they have to say that we will do it at 10pm, but I get the argument of the people paying the money."Joshua and Fury are both taking part in warm-up fights later this week ahead of their long-awaited showdown.The former two-time heavyweight champion, Joshua, will take on unknown fighter Kristian Prenga over in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, while The 'Gypsy King' will meet Mariusz Wach behind closed doors over in Thailand.Article continues belowTheir fight is scheduled for November, but nothing has been confirmed yet when it comes to location and timing.Like this story? For more of the latest showbiz news and gossip, follow Mirror Celebs on TikTok, Snapchat, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Threads.