Frank Warren relentlessly mocks Eddie Hearn on flight home after Lime loss at Queensberry vs Matchroom event

Frank Warren won’t let Eddie Hearn rush to forget the devastating Matchroom defeat.

On Saturday night, Warren’s Queensberry sank Hearn’s Matchroom with a 10-0 whitewash in the unprecedented 5vs5 tournament.

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A dejected Hearn took to social media on his flight home to give his reaction to the crushing loss.

“Obviously a disappointing evening in Riyadh, a great show but a long journey home, looking forward to a nice quiet trip,” he said as the camera panned to a looking Warren smug who was quick to remind his promotional rival that he had won all five. fights.

“You know there was a five hour delay on this flight and they estimate it will take five hours to get to the airport,” Warren joked.

“And then after that, I’m sitting in the fifth row. Anyway, I’m high five.”

Hearn and Warren chose five fighters each to face off at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to determine who had the best roster.

But apart from a close fight between Nick Ball and Raymond Ford, which ended in a split decision victory for the former, Hearn’s stable proved to be no match for Warren’s men.

In the opening fight of the evening, Willy Hutchinson outclassed Craig Richards the distance before Ball outpointed Ford in a pinch affair to claim the WBA featherweight crown.

Hamzah Sheeraz then put victory out of Matchroom’s reach by stopping Ammo Williams on his feet in the eleventh round to extend Queensberry’s advantage to 6-0.

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Sheeraz received two points for the knockout plus double points for captaining Queensberry, which left Matchroom needing back-to-back knockout victories from Filip Hrgovic and Deontay Wilder to level the scores.

Despite a strong start from Hrgovic, his gas tank began to fade midway through the contest as Dubois piled on the pressure to stop the Croatian on cuts in the eighth round.

As Wilder and Zhilei Zhang headed to the ring for the main event, the tournament had already been decided, although there was still much to play for when it came to both men’s respective careers.

The ‘Bronze Bomber’ had hinted at the possibility of quitting in the event of defeat and that now seems inevitable after being laid low by a pair of lead hooks in the fifth stanza.

Speaking earlier this week, Wilder told Seconds Out: “I’ve had a successful career and this is a defining moment for me.

“I don’t think the heavyweight division is exciting without Deontay Wilder, but we’ll see Saturday night.

“Will I win? Will I succeed? Who knows? But Saturday night is the real answer and we’ll see.

“It could be the end of Deontay Wilder’s career, it could be the last goodbye if I lose.

“If I win, of course I’ll move on to bigger and better things.”

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