Dillian Whyte and Chisora wins show Eddie Hearn’s growing power | Kevin Mitchell

29 July 2018 04:13
The promoter’s control of heavyweight boxing is growing as Whyte earned himself a rematch with Anthony JoshuaEddie Hearn, working to a blueprint laid down nearly four decades ago by Don King, is taking control of heavyweight boxing with business acumen that continues to outflank his rivals.When two of his favourite London eccentrics, Dillian Whyte and Dereck Chisora, survived contrasting trials in front of a sell-out, 20,000 crowd at the O2 Arena on Saturday night, two more pieces of a fascinating transatlantic chess match fell into place. Related: Dillian Whyte roughs up Joseph Parker and blazes into heavyweight reckoning Related: Heather 'The Heat' Hardy: fighting gender inequality in boxing – in pictures Continue readingread full article

Source: TheGuardian