{"id":338097,"date":"2026-05-21T02:30:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T21:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=338097"},"modified":"2026-05-21T02:30:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T21:00:50","slug":"eddie-hearn-says-giza-event-will-go-to-the-wire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/21\/eddie-hearn-says-giza-event-will-go-to-the-wire\/","title":{"rendered":"Eddie Hearn Says Giza Event Will \u201cGo To The Wire\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The size of Saturday\u2019s Oleksandr Usyk-Rico Verhoeven event in Egypt has already left a significant impression on Eddie Hearn, who described the setup across the Pyramids of Giza as one of the difficult productions his team has ever attempted.<\/p>\n

Hearn believes the atmosphere and spectacle around the cardboard will deliver something boxing fans have rarely seen before, whilst organizers proceed racing to complete preparations ahead of fight night.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThat is something a bit bit special, to be honest with you. Cairo was wild this morning. Arriving, and that is something special,\u201d said Eddie Hearn to Seconds Out.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd again, shout out to the team who’re working very hard to be certain every thing gets done in time, and it is going to go right to the wire. It would get done. But this can be a monumental effort to operationally put something like this together, and the vision that Turki Alalshikh had and everybody had to do that is kind of incredible.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Hearn expanded on the size of the event in one other interview earlier within the day, describing the show as a \u201chistoric moment\u201d for boxing while admitting the logistics behind staging a card beside the pyramids have been difficult.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI don\u2019t think we\u2019ve ever seen anything like this before. And we won\u2019t see anything like this again,\u201d Hearn said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you select to do that, sometimes it looks like a unprecedented idea, but someone\u2019s got to do it. On Saturday night, you\u2019ll see a culmination of an ideal card, but a historic moment for the game.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The cardboard is headlined by Usyk defending his heavyweight championship against kickboxing star Rico Verhoeven in one in every of the game\u2019s most unusual crossover fights. The event also features Jack Catterall against Shakhram Giyasov and Hamzah Sheeraz battling Alem Begic for the vacant WBO super middleweight title.<\/p>\n

Even before the opening bell, the setting itself has change into one in every of the largest talking points across the event.<\/p>\n

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Robert Segal is a boxing journalist at Boxing News 24 with greater than a decade of experience covering fight news, previews, and evaluation. Known for his straightforward reporting and ringside perspective, he delivers authoritative coverage of champions, contenders, and emerging talent worldwide.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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