Eddie Hearn has revealed three names he wants to go with if he gets into a street fight.
The Head of the Chamber was asked the question during the fight week of Dalton Smith’s vacant lightweight British clash with Sam O’Maison.
And Hearn took to social media to talk about the latest news around stabilizing his Chamber ahead of their latest night of teamfights.
In one Live on Instagram on Monday afternoonHearn was asked by a viewer who he would have by his side if it came out “on the pebbles” and he came up with some guessable names.
“I will give you three.
“Carl Froch, Tony Bellew and Dillian Whyte.”
Froch presented one of Hearn’s first shows as a promoter, in May 2012, at Nottingham Arena. He knocked and stopped Lucian Bute in five rounds as he dethroned the IBF super-middleweight champion, who had a nine-fight reign as a red, white and yellow belt holder.
Hearn famously jumped into the ring that night, before the fight was over, and went on to have a sensational run with ‘The Cobra’, which included a pair of clashes with George Groves – the match that later proved to be a sensation. 80,000 packs into Wembley Stadium – as well as a rematch against Mikkel Kessler and a regular third-round KO against Yusuf Mack.
Bellew never had a contract with Hearn, whom he started working with after his fiasco with Frank Warren, but the promoter will always say he’s had some of the best nights to date while at the party. floor watch Scouser “mouthed”.
‘Bomber” relationship with Brentwood-born Hearn began back in April 2012 when he blocked Danny McIntosh for five rounds at ECHO Arena in his home city for the first-place crown. British light-heavy is empty.
Side titles and a pair of forgettable fights with Isaac Chilemba follow next to the challenge of the fearsome Adonis Stevenson. Arriving in Canada for the WBC championship, Bellew always credits referee Michael Griffin for “saving my life” that night, but bigger and better things have come.
Bellew rose to the cruiser rank and won the global title, stopping Ilunga Makabu at Goodison Park, home of Everton football club. Knocked down in the first game, he got up to block the Congolese puncher in the third round. Quick defense against BJ Flores was next and then the big bucks.
David Haye, a friend of Flores’, took to the ring in October 2016 and just five months later the pair were in the ring together at the O2 Arena in London.
It ended early, though not as soon as one would expect after former cruiser class champion Haye ruptured his achilles tendon in the sixth round. He bravely fought but was stopped by referee Phil Edwards in the penultimate round 12.
A spin-off rematch took place 14 months later and Haye was eliminated three times before Bellew finished the proceedings in season five.
But it was Liverpudlian who had to end his professional career, giving up heavyweight to face Oleksandr Usyk – the current WBA Super, IBF, WBO and IBO heavyweight champion. against Anthony Joshua in a rematch later this month at the Jeddah Superdome in Saudi Arabia after stripping the belt last September at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London – for the undisputed title in the cruiser division, with the IBF, WBC, WBA Super and WBO belts.
Usyk struggled early on before reaching Bellew and forcing him to face the ropes in 1/8 of 12 scheduled rounds at Manchester Arena.
And the last name mentioned by Hearn is Dillian Whyte, a former British and WBC heavyweight challenger. the last outing saw him stop for six rounds at Wembley Stadium by Tyson Fury in April.
Whyte was largely unheard of before the British title clash with Olympic gold medalist Anthony Joshua at the O2 Arena in London in December 2015.
Since being sent around by his former amateur rival for seven rounds, ‘The Body Snatcher’ has made a fortune and has been in a number of big matches, including one against the former WBO division champion. heavyweight Joseph Parker, a pair clashed with Derek Chisora and a rematch with Alexander Povetkin after he was stunningly knocked out in the round during their first meeting in August 2020.
Hearn recently said Whyte has been given a number of offers ahead of a possible return to the ring after his defeat to Fury and went on to admit that he hopes the Jamaican-born boxer will enter the next phase of his career. career with Matchroom and DAZN in his arsenal.
