Eddie Hearn reveals plan to bring boxing back from his garden in Essex... closing with Whyte vs Povetkin

Hearn is determined to bring boxing back in the UK this summer.
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Tony Mogan16 May 2020

Eddie Hearn is ready to launch an audacious plan to bring boxing back when Covid-19 restrictions are lifted - by staging shows in his own back garden.

The British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) hopes to resume professional boxing in Britain in July but with strict conditions and no spectators.

Hearn had discussed the possibility of the heavyweight showdown between Dillian Whyte and Alexander Povetkin being the first major fight to be staged behind closed doors on these shores.

And the Matchroom chief now says that fight could be part of a spectacular month of boxing at his mansion home and headquarters in Brentwood.

"It is a huge mission. We are going to turn our headquarters here into an outdoor venue for live boxing, with a full canopy in the middle of the garden and the ring overlooking London," Hearn told the Daily Mail.

"Just imagine it. It is summer, the house is all lit up, you can see Canary Wharf in the distance and fireworks are going off. Then over the hill walk Dillian Whyte and Alexander Povetkin for a massive tear up on my lawn."

An all-British title clash between women's WBC super-featherweight champion Terri Harper and Natasha Jonas in mid-July could kick start the action, leading up to an August clash between Whyte and Povetkin.

"We are building changing rooms for the fighters, setting up a space for a ring walk, and figuring out how we can do everything you need for this kind of production with as few people as possible," said Hearn.

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