Canelo breaks US record, days later Hearn turns to ‘biggest event of 2021’

Could 14th, 2021

Meg Oliphant

Promoter Eddie Hearn focuses on placing collectively the “greatest occasion of 2021′ simply days after breaking the indoor United States boxing attendance report.

Hearn is trying to safe an undisputed heavyweight title battle between two British rulers. He hopes to construct a 20,000 plus purpose-built area in Saudi Arabia.

Canelo could not take too kindly to the highlight being taken from him so swiftly, although. Particularly for an occasion that will fail to be such an enormous deal if it passed off on US soil.

Staging a prime division battle in Saudi Arabia in entrance of 1 / 4 of the attendance that noticed Canelo beat Billy Joe Saunders in Texas, Hearn could not have many stateside agreeing with him.

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Nonetheless, Hearn is planning to higher his final effort when Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua head to the Center East on August 14.

“It doesn’t matter who respects who. Either side are determined to win as a result of that is the whole lot,” Hearn instructed Sky Sports activities.

“There are not any enjoyable and video games. It’s ‘them and us.’

“AJ will go to battle with Fury. He has plans to utterly demolish him. That’s what I consider he’ll do.

“Within the meantime, we are going to undergo the build-up. It is going to be loads of enjoyable, earlier than the most important occasion of 2021,” added the Matchroom boss.

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When the prizes are given out on the finish of the yr, will probably be attention-grabbing to see which course the World Boxing Council would go on this.

President Mauricio Sulaiman was ringside at Cowboys Stadium to see Canelo triumph in a spectacular present. A staging Hearn deserves huge props for placing on.

However taking the shine off Canelo’s victory so shortly after they nearly blew the roof off in Arlington will not be actually a shrewd transfer by Hearn.

So far as his fanatic followers are involved, Canelo Alvarez smashed it out of the ballpark final weekend. However saying Fury vs. Joshua in Saudi Arabia, most likely bringing extra questions and controversy than solutions, can match it – not to mention beat it – is an bold plan by the Essex man.

Phil Jay is the Editor of WBN. An Auxiliary member of the Boxing Writers Affiliation of America since 2018. And a member of the Sports activities Journalists’ Affiliation. Comply with on Twitter @PhilJWBN.