‘What do you mean we can’t?’: Eddie Hearn on Times Square, Saudi billions and boxing’s new reality

As Ryan Garcia, Devin Haney and Teofimo Lopez prepare to fight in Times Square, the Matchroom boss discusses power, pressure and the man (mostly) behind the curtain

As workers tighten bolts on a steel ring platform beneath the glare of LED billboards in Times Square on a sun-splashed Thursday afternoon, Eddie Hearn is still wrapping his head around the reality of what he's helped build.

It actually is going to happen," he says, sounding slightly astonished. Up until about two weeks ago, I thought: this isn't happening. And now we're 24 hours away."