Frank Warren spoke in depth about the latest issue holding up negotiations between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua.
The British heavyweights have agreed financial terms to meet on December 3 at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff and are now in the contract stage to try to finalize the fight.
However, this proves difficult for various reasons.
More recently, a problem has arisen over who has the final say on issues such as trade agreements.
As both Joshua and Fury are financial powerhouses, they have a lot of partnerships that could potentially come into conflict when facing each other.
The main hurdle in this area is of course their respective TV broadcasters, although progress is being made to resolve this issue with BT Sport, DAZN and ESPN in talks for possible joint UK and US PPVs. .
It appears other trade deals are also at risk of conflict, with Warren now suggesting the appointment of an independent mediator to sort out any issues that may arise.
Warren told the Daily Star: “Tyson agreed to a full co-promotion, a seat for AJ at the trading table with trading partners, full transparency in all dealings and even an independent mediator to sit in the middle, God forbid, either side wasn’t happy about something.
Warren continued: “The TV companies – both BT Sport and DAZN – were brilliant and tentative deals were on the line.
“The ticket manifests and the seating plans were established, the room, everything was ready.
“This week the last issue we were told was that Joshua said he didn’t like the fact that we have the final say if we can’t agree on something.
“So we said, ‘Let’s put an independent person in the middle to have the final say on any contentious issues’, but nothing came back on the proposal.
“At the time of writing this [on Friday, September 30]that’s where we are.
“There’s still radio silence, still no returned calls or responses to emails or updates – except for Eddie speaking to the press Thursday saying they were sending the contract Thursday; he’s not arrived yet.
“They have had the contract for 15 days [as of Friday]. I thought everyone wanted this done, but now I’m not so sure.
“I remember when Shelly Finkel sent us the contract for Tyson to face Deontay Wilder in the first fight of their epic trilogy.
“The contract went back and forth several times and was signed in 48 hours.”