"The @MatchroomBoxing hotline is red hot..new signings coming this week!! #teammatchroom " From Eddie's Twitter. Anyone heard any rumours? Any Olympians?
I've heard they have made him an offer, but if theres an offer on the table from Matchroom he will be daft not to take it. Hearn has several Irish fighters now and will be probably looking to do a minimum of 3-4 shows a year in Ireland and John Joe can be on Frampton, Brook, Froch, Mccloskey and Linsday under cards, It makes sense. I'll be surprised if Mcguigan doesn't offer to manage the lad.
Luke Campbell would be my pick. Hennessey, now that he has DeGale and terrestrial TV, may be more attractive to the Olympians than Hearn. That said, how many "attractions" is the optimal number for a promoter to have? I'd say around six to eight.
The worrying thing about Hennessy is does he have the money to pay big purses to the Olympic medalists? and if he does there is no way he has enough to keep them active. Frank and Eddie will be the only promoters throwing big money at the Olympians.
Im not so sure the big money will be there for the olympians. Sure Campbell and Joshua will get paid a good whack but i cant see the non-medalists or even evans and ogogo getting as much as the 2008 non-medalist olympians, espically old wazza.