{"id":629414,"date":"2026-06-09T15:31:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T15:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/629414\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T15:31:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T15:31:13","slug":"eddie-hearn-names-uk-heavyweight-fight-he-wants-to-see-on-next-matchroom-vs-queensberry-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/629414\/","title":{"rendered":"Eddie Hearn names UK heavyweight fight he wants to see on next Matchroom vs Queensberry card"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eddie Hearn has revealed a domestic heavyweight clash that has been discussed for the next Matchroom Boxing vs Queensberry Promotions event, which he suspects will be \u201ceven bigger\u201d than the first show.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/articles\/cd11lrlz6w9o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">It was in June 2024 when the inaugural 5v5 card took place<\/a>, resulting in Queensberry boss Frank Warren winning by a landslide of 10-0.<\/p>\n<p>The points system involved bonuses for stoppage victories and the respective captains of each promotional team, who happened to be Hamzah Sheeraz and Deontay Wilder.<\/p>\n<p>Queensberry\u2019s triumph was therefore enhanced by Sheeraz claiming an 11th-round finish over Austin Williams, while Wilder\u2019s fifth-round stoppage defeat to Zhilei Zhang only added to Matchroom\u2019s woes.<\/p>\n<p>A rematch between the two promotional outfits is being targeted for later this year, however, giving Hearn the opportunity to exact his revenge in a potential 7v7 showdown.<\/p>\n<p>The Matchroom boss has already discussed the possibility of a rematch between Callum Smith and Joshua Buatsi, who squared off in an enthralling light-heavyweight dustup in February 2025.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of heavyweight action, though, Hearn has told <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/kU0XcQFXvbU?si=Eq3RXMG_Vf49gBRK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IFL TV<\/a> that Johnny Fisher and Dillian Whyte could collide in an unexpected crossroads clash.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJohnny Fisher against Dillian Whyte. These discussions started [nearly two weeks ago]. This [Matchroom vs Queensberry card] will be even bigger than the first one. This will have a much more domestic slant on it as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fisher has had just one outing, a fourth-round finish over the little-known Ivan Balaz, since his fifth-round stoppage defeat to Dave Allen in May 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Whyte, meanwhile, has not fought since his <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/news\/moses-itauma-vs-dillian-whyte-live-updates-and-results\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">first-round defeat to Moses Itauma<\/a> last August, when the 38-year-old looked his age as he failed to contain the explosive movement of his younger opponent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eddie Hearn has revealed a domestic heavyweight clash that has been discussed for the next Matchroom Boxing vs&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":629415,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-629414","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\/629414","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=629414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/629415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=629414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=629414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=629414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}