DEREK CHISORA and Joseph Parker are set to headline a bumper pay-per-view card in May, Eddie Hearn confirmed.
It could also feature a stacked undercard with world title fights and the return of Chris Eubank Jr.
Derek Chisora and Joseph Parker are set for a heavyweight PPV headliner
Chris Eubank Jr has not fought since December 2019Credit: News Group Newspapers Ltd
Promoter Hearn revealed he planned for Josh Warrington to main event on box office on May 1 against Japanese star Can Xu.
But after Warrington, 30, was stunned into his first defeat by Mauricio Lara, 22, plans for a summer super-fight are now off, with a rematch instead targeted.
It opened the door for Chisora, 37, to instead face Parker, 29, and to make up for the non-title PPV fight, Hearn plans to beef up the chief support.
He told iFL TV: “I don’t want to give too much away but there is three other world championship fights, two big British names as well.
“I mean it’s a special card that we’re putting together. But there’s quite a lot to do on it and we’re running out of time.
“So, I want to get it finalised this weekend before I go back to Texas next week for Chocolatito-Estrada.
“If we can pull off what I’ve got in front of me on the pad, which is my notes, then it’ll be a really special night.”
Chris Eubank Jr, 31, has not fought since December 2019, but recently left American stable PBC for promoter Kalle Sauerland.
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Sauerland has worked together with Hearn in the past, paving the way for Eubank to potentially feature on Chisora and Parker’s PPV undercard.
Hearn said: “I’d like to try and get Eubank on the May 1st card with Chisora and Parker and everybody else. We’ll be talking about that.
“He hasn’t boxed for quite a long time but I think there’s some big fights out there for him once he gets his return out the way.”
Chisora and Parker recently agreed to fight on FaceTime, with the pair yet to settle their score dating back to October 2018.
Parker pulled out with a freak injury after being bitten by a SPIDER.
Chisora went on to instead face and beat David Price, 37, before challenging ex-cruiserweight king Oleksandr Usyk, 34.
Usyk, Anthony Joshua’s WBO mandatory challenger, beat the veteran Londoner but only after some tense opening rounds.
Kiwi Parker, a friend of Tyson Fury’s who was beaten by AJ in 2018 and Dillian Whyte a year later, has won his last four.
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Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
