{"id":55017,"date":"2025-10-19T05:19:53","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T09:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/whittaker-aims-to-debut-in-the-u-s-in-2026-hearn-plans-incursion\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T05:19:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T09:19:53","slug":"whittaker-aims-to-debut-in-the-u-s-in-2026-hearn-plans-incursion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/boxing\/whittaker-aims-to-debut-in-the-u-s-in-2026-hearn-plans-incursion\/","title":{"rendered":"Whittaker aims to debut in the U.S. in 2026: Hearn plans incursion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ben Whittaker Could Debut in the United States in Early 2026<\/h2>\n\n\nEddie Hearn has hinted that Ben Whittaker could make his US debut early next year.\n\nWhittaker will fight for the first time under the Matchroom promotion on November 29 against German Benjamin Gavazi in Birmingham, after signing with Boxxer.\n\nThe 28-year-old light heavyweight is considered a rising star in the sport and Hearn suggested the possibility of crossing the Atlantic next year at a pre-fight press conference on Friday.\n\nThe global mission also [for Whittaker], a bit of a test in the United States in early 2026.\n\nWhittaker commented that the prospect of fighting around the world was a key reason behind his move to Matchroom.\n\nThat&#8217;s what excites me. At DAZN I have that opportunity to fight all over the world.\n\nWhittaker, Olympic silver medalist and with only 10 fights in his career, has great appeal and a massive following on social media.\n\nHearn highlighted Whittaker&#8217;s potential as a great promoter and an elite fighter, mentioning names like Naseem Hamed, Chris Eubank Sr., and Amir Khan.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F1017%2Fr1561505_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"Ben Whittaker (izquierda) pelear\u00e1 contra Benjamin Gavazi (derecha) el 29 de noviembre.\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\nBen Whittaker (left) will fight Benjamin Gavazi (right) on November 29.\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"\/boxing\/story\/_\/id\/46625796\/oleksandr-usyk-rules-moses-itauma-fight-plans-retire-aged-41\">Usyk rules out fight with Itauma; plans to retire at 41<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/boxing\/story\/_\/id\/46594383\/why-tyson-fury-consider-opponents-boxing-return\">Boxing opponents Tyson Fury should consider for his return<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/boxing\/story\/_\/id\/46622975\/undisputed-atomweight-champion-tina-rupprecht-retires-age-33\">Undisputed atomweight champion Tina Rupprecht retires at age 33<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ben Whittaker Could Debut in the United States in Early 2026 Eddie Hearn has hinted that Ben Whittaker could make his US debut early next year. Whittaker will fight for the first time under the Matchroom promotion on November 29 against German Benjamin Gavazi in Birmingham, after signing with Boxxer. The 28-year-old light heavyweight is [&hellip;]<\/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-55017","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\/55017","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=55017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55017\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}