{"id":53551,"date":"2025-10-17T16:51:42","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T20:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/whittaker-aims-to-debut-in-the-us-in-2026-hearn-plans-his-global-expansion\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T16:51:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T20:51:42","slug":"whittaker-aims-to-debut-in-the-us-in-2026-hearn-plans-his-global-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/boxing\/whittaker-aims-to-debut-in-the-us-in-2026-hearn-plans-his-global-expansion\/","title":{"rendered":"Whittaker aims to debut in the US in 2026: Hearn plans his global expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"Promoter Eddie Hearn has hinted that Ben Whittaker could make his debut in the United States early next year.\n\nWhittaker will face for the first time under Matchroom promotion on November 29 against German Benjamin Gavazi in Birmingham, after signing with the promoter.\n\nThe 28-year-old light heavyweight is considered a rising star in the sport, and Hearn hinted at the possibility of crossing the Atlantic next year at a pre-fight press conference on Friday.\n\n

“The global mission also [for Whittaker], a little contact with the water perhaps in the United States in early 2026,” Hearn said.<\/p>Eddie Hearn<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n

“We know that Great Britain is also going to be the big base [for Whittaker], but that ability to fight internationally [is great]”.<\/p>Eddie Hearn<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n

\"Ben
Ben Whittaker (izquierda) pelear\u00e1 contra Benjamin Gavazi (derecha) el 29 de noviembre.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\nWhittaker stated that the possibility of fighting all over the world was a key reason for his move to Matchroom.\n\n

“That’s what excites me. At DAZN I have the opportunity to fight all over the world,” Whittaker said.<\/p>Ben Whittaker<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n

“I have fans all over the world. I’ve been asking for this opportunity for a while, and here we are.”<\/p>Ben Whittaker<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n

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  • Undisputed atomweight champion Tina Rupprecht retires at 33 years old<\/li><\/ul>\n\nDespite having only 10 fights in his career, the Olympic silver medalist is a big draw with a large number of followers on social media.\n\nIn a display of Whittaker’s creative personality, his signature video for Matchroom was a parody of the “Show me the Money” scene from the movie “Jerry Maguire”.\n\n

    “We are looking to the future… Guys like Naseem Hamed, Chris Eubank Sr., Amir Khan. Those names that are synonymous with British boxing and the man to my right [Whittaker] I think is the guy to do it,” said Hearn.<\/p>Eddie Hearn<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n

    “A great self-promoter, a man who understands the marketing side of the sport. But also, and this is more important to me, an elite boxer”.<\/p>Eddie Hearn<\/cite><\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Promoter Eddie Hearn has hinted that Ben Whittaker could make his debut in the United States early next year. Whittaker will face for the first time under Matchroom promotion on November 29 against German Benjamin Gavazi in Birmingham, after signing with the promoter. The 28-year-old light heavyweight is considered a rising star in the sport, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[9826,205,2244,4052],"class_list":{"0":"post-53551","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-boxing","7":"tag-ben-whittaker","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-eddie-hearn","10":"tag-matchroom"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53551\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}