In the thick of a brewing “Cold War” in boxing, this wasn’t played off as if circumstances weren’t a factor.
Eddie Hearn and Tom Aspinall only met for first time face-to-face on Wednesday. On Friday, the UFC heavyweight champion was unveiled as the inaugural signing of the Matchroom Talent Agency at Battersea Power Station, emanating the sort of voltage spike into the combat world that hadn’t been seen from the once-active Control Room A for about half a century.
