Tyson Fury’s manager Spencer Brown has pleaded for the UK government to help with staging his charge’s bout with Anthony Joshua.
Fury and Joshua are on course to finally meet in November, but the location of their much-anticipated showdown is still undecided.
Saudi Arabian boxing chief, Turki Alalshikh who is bankrolling the event, is hopeful of putting it on at Wembley Stadium, but insists it hinges on the start time being moved to suit a global audience, with the USA viewed as an alternative option.
Wembley Stadium generally has a strict curfew of 11pm for major events and Alalshikh will need approval of the local council and the mayor to stage it past the curfew.
“I tell you from the beginning,” he said.
“It depends if England give us all that we need, we want the fight here in England.
“But we want the time zone of all the world, especially in America.
“If they allowed us to have Wembley late in the night, we want to do it in England.
“It is about the time and viewership.”
Fury will first have to beat Mariusz Wach on July 24 in Thailand and hope that his long-time rival overcomes Kristian Prenga a day later in Saudi Arabia, although the pair are both heavy favourites to see off their respective opponents.
Fury’s handler, Brown believes the occasion would generate huge revenue for the country and is hopeful the government will grant them a two-hour extension to hold it at the national stadium.
“We could do with the government stepping in and helping us with the times,” he told Playbook Boxing.
“If we could get London open until 12am or 1am, it would be a different scenario.
“But nobody seems to want to help.
“We’re asking for this one, huge occasion to be put on and give us two more hours at the stadium.
“That’s all we’re asking.
“We don’t want anything else.
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“If we look at how much money would be brought into London and to Wembley and to local businesses and the taxation on everything.
“Just the government giving us an extra couple of hours.
“It would put huge money into the local area.”
