{"id":499470,"date":"2026-03-28T04:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T04:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/499470\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T04:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T04:30:09","slug":"eddie-hearn-signals-more-signings-after-liddard-visioli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/499470\/","title":{"rendered":"Eddie Hearn Signals More Signings After Liddard, Visioli"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cWe have a truly, world class stable of fighters, and you will see more announcements soon for others signing extended terms with us, along with some new signings,\u201d Hearn said.<\/p>\n

Hearn is playing a classic \u201cbuy low, hold long\u201d game. By locking them down now, he avoids the headache of a bidding war once they\u2019re headlining arenas or being courted by the new deep pockets of Zuffa Boxing.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s essentially creating a closed ecosystem. With that massive new DAZN extension through 2031, he has the guaranteed dates to keep these guys active, which is the ultimate leverage for a young fighter who just wants to stay busy.
Thehe timing isn\u2019t accidental. With Conor Benn recently jumping ship to Zuffa for that $15M payday, Hearn realized his \u201cgentleman\u2019s agreements\u201d weren\u2019t enough. He\u2019s shifting toward iron-clad, long-term contracts for the 21-23 age bracket.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s cheaper to double a prospect\u2019s salary now than to try and match a Vegas-backed offer once they\u2019re 15-0 with a British title around their waist. He\u2019s building a \u201cfortress\u201d around his domestic talent to ensure that if anyone wants them, they\u2019ll have to pay Matchroom a king\u2019s ransom in step-aside or release fees.<\/p>\n

The timing isn\u2019t accidental. With Conor Benn recently jumping ship to Zuffa for that $15M payday, Hearn realized his \u201cgentleman\u2019s agreements\u201d weren\u2019t enough. He\u2019s shifting toward iron-clad, long-term contracts for the 21-23 age bracket.<\/p>\n

He isn\u2019t just stopping with Liddard and Visioli. If you look at the rest of the stable, the pattern is identical:<\/p>\n

Jimmy Sains: Another Tony Sims prot\u00e9g\u00e9 who just picked up the English middleweight title on the same Copper Box card. Expect his \u201cextension\u201d announcement any day now.<\/p>\n

Pat Brown: The cruiserweight powerhouse who is being positioned as the heir to the domestic throne. He\u2019s already being used as a face for the new DAZN 2026-2031 launch.<\/p>\n

Cameron Vuong: He picked up the WBO European lightweight title last year and is being groomed for the same path as Visioli.<\/p>\n

Junaid Bostan: \u201cStar Boy\u201d is already a Commonwealth Silver champ. Hearn has him on a multi-fight deal that likely has \u201crenewal\u201d written all over it before he touches a world title shot.<\/p>\n

Olly Campbell is a boxing journalist who has covered the sport since 2014, providing ringside reporting and technical analysis of major bouts. His work focuses on fighter tendencies, tactical adjustments, and the details that shape high-level competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cWe have a truly, world class stable of fighters, and you will see more announcements soon for others…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":499471,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-499470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=499470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499470\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/499471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=499470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=499470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}