Overview
- Hearn, appearing on The Ariel Helwani Show on Tuesday, said he accepts White’s challenge and claimed the bout would earn them $30 million each.
- White mocked the matchup with profane jabs and said it would be an early undercard fight, yet he acknowledged offers to stage it from Saudi power broker Turki Alalshikh.
- Misfits Boxing has publicly put up $10 million per man, and Hearn said he has spoken with Alalshikh, but no contract has been signed.
- The feud intensified after Conor Benn took a reported $15 million one-fight deal with Zuffa Boxing and beat Regis Prograis, prompting Hearn to blast White for skipping the London event while he attended UFC 327 in Miami.
- Hearn also said White once phoned Anthony Joshua to sound him out about working together, a claim Hearn presents as his account of a call Joshua said ended with a pledge to stay with Matchroom.