Anthony Joshua’s promoter, Eddie Hearn has revealed bold plans to host boxing events in his back garden are taking shape as new pictures reveal the scale of work done ahead of this weekend’s inaugural ‘Fight Camp’.
Matchroom’s headquarters in Brentwood, Essex, where Hearn grew up, has been transformed into a boxing venue ahead of a series of ‘Fight Camps’, starting with Saturday’s domestic bout between Sam Eggington and Ted Cheeseman.
The venue is being used as a ‘bubble’ so that fighters can compete safely amid health and safety concerns regarding the coronavirus pandemic. All athletes will stay at a hotel nearby and travel back and forth between the HQ and accommodation.
“Our project restart is about staging live boxing from the garden there with a canopy. You’ve heard of Madison Square Garden and this is the new garden, “ he told talkSPORT.
“I just feel like when you are talking about a gladiatorial sport, like boxing, you need to create that moment, that energy, not just for the viewer at home but the fighter as well.”
The series of events will be broadcast on Sky Sports and DAZN worldwide in what will be a curious boxing atmosphere.
