Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn could be on the verge of putting on his wildest event to date, with football icon Wayne Rooney understood to be keen on a bout with rent-a-gob YouTuber Jake Paul.
With its sporting credibility at an all-time low and public interest at an all-time high, Hearn appears ready to lead the charge further into obscurity by contemplating the most diverse and confusing undercard ever seen.
BRENTWOOD, ENGLAND – JULY 29: Eddie Hearn, Managing Director of Matchroom sport looks on as he is interviewed for TV during the Matchroom Fight Camp Media Brunch at the Matchroom HQ on July 29, 2020 in Brentwood, England. (Photo by James Chance/Getty Images)
With nothing yet confirmed, Paddy Power News looks at the bouts which could feature ahead of the main event.
Coleen Rooney vs Rebekah Vardy
Part of the Rooney deal is that his wife gets on the undercard. Should Vardy lose all recorded footage of the bout must be dumped at the bottom of the North Sea.
Sheikh Jassim vs Jim Ratcliffe
Joel Glazer has proposed this as a solution to the sale of United, although rumours coming from Old Trafford suggest he’ll come up with some other excuse not to sell the club even if the fight goes ahead.
Mick McCarthy vs his shadow
Big Mick is ready to confront his shadow decades after it scared the life out of him on live TV.
John Fury vs phone box
John has a score to settle with any clear plastic cover that gets in his way. Headbutts allowed.
Anthony Joshua vs that ‘glassjaw’ uni student
The streets won’t forget, and neither does Joshua. Big man is ready to ‘take the streets’ and crack the glassjaw of any gobsh*te who disrespects him.
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Eddie Jones vs Any Australian who fancies having a go
Which mean all of them. Though Hearn will have a job fitting 25 million Aussies into a ring, where there’s a will – and a big fat pay day – there’s a way.
Pepe Reina vs a beach ball
We’ve heard the beach ball is ‘pumped’ for this.
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards vs Grim Reaper
Mick and Keith have beaten the Grim Reaper time and time again since the swinging 60s, but he still wants another pop at them.
Piers Morgan vs Dignity
It is safe to say the entire nation wants dignity to win this one, as Piers has been dodging it for decades.
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