Dino Duva of Roc Nation Sports, Hooker's promoter, told ESPN on Sunday that he and Hearn are in the process of finalizing a deal for Hearn to come onboard as Hooker's co-promoter and that Hooker would appear on Hearn's new series of American-based fight cards that will stream on DAZN.
At the news conference, DAZN said it will announce the pricing of the service and the early Matchroom Boxing schedule, which is expected to kick off Sept. 22 with the expected fight between unified heavyweight world titlist Anthony Joshua and mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin at Wembley Stadium in London.
Hearn is also expected to announce the signing of other fighters to his stable who would appear on DAZN; among them are middleweight contender and former two-time junior middleweight world titlist Demetrius Andrade (25-0, 16 KOs), who recently became a promotional free agent after buying out co-promoters Banner Promotions and Star Boxing, and light heavyweight titlist Artur Beterbiev (12-0, 12 KOs), whom Hearn has entered into a co-promotional deal with Yvon Michel for the next three fights. Beterbiev is due to make his first title defense against mandatory challenger Callum Johnson (17-0, 12 KOs), a Matchroom Boxing-promoted fighter, on Oct. 6 on a DAZN card.
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At the news conference, DAZN said it will announce the pricing of the service and the early Matchroom Boxing schedule, which is expected to kick off Sept. 22 with the expected fight between unified heavyweight world titlist Anthony Joshua and mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin at Wembley Stadium in London.
Hearn is also expected to announce the signing of other fighters to his stable who would appear on DAZN; among them are middleweight contender and former two-time junior middleweight world titlist Demetrius Andrade (25-0, 16 KOs), who recently became a promotional free agent after buying out co-promoters Banner Promotions and Star Boxing, and light heavyweight titlist Artur Beterbiev (12-0, 12 KOs), whom Hearn has entered into a co-promotional deal with Yvon Michel for the next three fights. Beterbiev is due to make his first title defense against mandatory challenger Callum Johnson (17-0, 12 KOs), a Matchroom Boxing-promoted fighter, on Oct. 6 on a DAZN card.
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