Eddie Hearn Vows To Do Better After 0-5 Showing At 5 v 5 Event

Eddie Hearn promises to have a better showing after Matchroom boxing went 0-5 against Queensberry Promotions on Saturday.

Deontay Wilder, Craig Richards, Raymond Ford, Ammo Williams, and Filip Hrgovic all lost their fights as Hearn’s promotion lost every fight to Frank Warren. It was a disappointing result, but Hearn is excited to run it back down the line.

“The whole night was incredible, the card was incredible, the build-up was incredible, but we wanted to win,” Hearn told Boxing Social. “It’s very disappointing to lose. Especially in that fashion, but very proud of the fighters, very proud of the concept, and we’ll be back for the rematch. Already got plans in place to run it back, and we shall do better next time.”

The biggest loss for Hearn was Wilder getting knocked out by Zhieli Zhang, as Wilder was his captain. With the loss, Hearn says retirement is an option for Wilder, but he says that decision is up to him.

“That’s a personal decision for him,” Hearn. “He’s shown in the last two fights that he’s not the threat that he used to be, and he’s got to find the reason why. Is that because he doesn’t have it anymore? I don’t know. I said to AJ [Anthony Joshua] tonight, for a long time people feared Deontay Wilder. No one fears him anymore. And you know, AJ went through a bit of that at one stage. Everyone used to be petrified of AJ, but now they’re petrified of him again. For me, it’s a personal decision for Deontay. We wish him all the best. He tried. He tried in camp, to convince himself. He tried in the ring, but he just couldn’t do it.”