{"id":557911,"date":"2026-04-30T01:36:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T01:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/557911\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T01:36:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T01:36:19","slug":"eddie-hearn-hails-future-heavyweight-champion-after-11th-ko-in-a-row-that-was-scary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/557911\/","title":{"rendered":"Eddie Hearn hails &#8216;future heavyweight champion&#8217; after 11th KO in a row: &#8220;That was scary&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eddie Hearn believes he has a \u2018giant\u2019 on his books who can bring a heavyweight world title back to Matchroom Boxing.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement of Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury later this year looks set to close out a generation and welcome the new school, with the likes of Moses Itauma and Fabio Wardley poised to become the heavyweight division\u2019s big names.<\/p>\n<p>Coming up right behind them is Australia\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/boxrec.com\/en\/box-pro\/974086\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Teremoana Teremoana<\/a>, who today scored <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/news\/teremoana-jr-knocks-out-aleem-whitfield-in-round-one\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">his 11th knockout in as many contests.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 6ft 6in Aussie stunned Bowie Tupou with a sickening uppercut just over a minute into their bout and finished it with a right hand as the referee was stepping in to stop the action. Thankfully, Tupou made it to his feet with the help of his team and will be checked out fully.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WOW! TEREMOANA WITH A MONSTROUS EARLY KO! \ud83d\ude31<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NicolsonTurner?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">#NicolsonTurner<\/a> | Live now on DAZN \u25aa\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yp1T1gBGAw\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/yp1T1gBGAw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DAZN Boxing (@DAZNBoxing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DAZNBoxing\/status\/2049442605163778448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">April 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Post-fight, Hearn said fans in Melbourne were witnessing a future heavyweight world champion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was one of the scariest knockouts I\u2019ve seen. This guy has got devastating power. We know there\u2019s levels above Bowie Tupou, but these are the kind of opponents you have to go through on the way to the top. They\u2019re the kind of opponents you hope will give you rounds. You\u2019re not gonna do rounds with Teremoana Teremoana.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat you\u2019re watching right now is a future world heavyweight champion. This is going to be a huge star. He\u2019s not just got the personality, he\u2019s not just got the dance moves, he can really fight and he\u2019s got power in both hands. A giant of a man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hearn then said that he would like to headline his rising star back in Australia this coming July, though revealed that there has been interest to box him on a Saudi Arabia card. Teremoana himself reiterated a desire to win the Australian heavyweight title. Both statements point to a smart building phase ahead, rather than a rush to leap frog levels.<\/p>\n<p>                                            <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eddie Hearn believes he has a \u2018giant\u2019 on his books who can bring a heavyweight world title back&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":557912,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-557911","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\/557911","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=557911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557911\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/557912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=557911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=557911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=557911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}