{"id":526646,"date":"2026-03-08T11:27:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T11:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/526646\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T11:27:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T11:27:21","slug":"eddie-hearn-responds-to-dana-whites-boxing-challenge-of-course-id-do-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/526646\/","title":{"rendered":"Eddie Hearn responds to Dana White’s boxing challenge: “Of course I’d do it”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Matchroom\u2019s Eddie Hearn has responded to UFC CEO Dana White\u2019s suggestion of a boxing match.<\/p>\n

Hearn and White were once chummy, but now the two are at odds. The issues began when White dipped his toes in the sweet science with Zuffa Boxing. After some tense verbal exchanges, Zuffa Boxing signed Conor Benn to a one-fight deal worth $15 million. Benn had worked with Hearn for a decade.<\/p>\n

Recently, White spoke to Piers Morgan and was asked if he\u2019d be open to fighting Hearn in a boxing ring. The UFC boss said he\u2019s open to the idea. Speaking to iFL TV<\/a>, Hearn didn\u2019t hesitate to accept such a spectacle (via MMAJunkie<\/a>).<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always said yes (to fighting promoters), because I know I\u2019d win those fights,\u201d Hearn said. \u201cBut I watch Dana sparring. By the way, of course I\u2019d do it. Because how could you say no? Then, you\u2019d be a p*ssy, wouldn\u2019t you? By the way, Netflix would pay an absolute (fortune), or live on DAZN, the global home of boxing. So I\u2019d probably make a fortune to do it. If I got chinned, I\u2019ll get chinned. But I\u2019d probably spark him out, to be fair.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hearn recently made some waves within the MMA community by signing UFC Heavyweight Champion Tom Aspinall to Matchroom\u2019s talent agency<\/a>. Hearn\u2019s team will now represent Aspinall, and White responded by insisting he doesn\u2019t have an issue with it.<\/p>\n

Zuffa Boxing is apparently far from done making big acquisitions. The promotion is rumored to be on the verge of landing some more significant names in the boxing world. Time will tell how much more aggressive Zuffa Boxing will be, and how that could impact Matchroom\u2019s strategy.<\/p>\n

Would you be interested in seeing Eddie Hearn and Dana White trade leather inside the boxing ring? Voice your opinion below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Matchroom\u2019s Eddie Hearn has responded to UFC CEO Dana White\u2019s suggestion of a boxing match. Hearn and White…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":526647,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-526646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=526646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526646\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/526647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=526646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=526646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=526646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}