Eddie Hearn hounds Dana White after potential $60M fight offer: ‘Let’s find out who the real p**** is’

A boxing match between Eddie Hearn and Dana White appears to be edging closer to reality.

So much so that KSI’s Misfits Boxing has made the Matchroom Chairman Hearn an official offer to face UFC CEO White, Hearn confirmed to Uncrowned’s “The Ariel Helwani Show” Tuesday.

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“[I’ve not received] a real official offer [from Turki Alalshikh],” Hearn said, “but Turki’s kind of asked me if I’d [fight White], and we’ve had conversations and an offer from Misfits as well.

“It’s quite interesting. [White’s] kind of got me a bit excited about it, to be honest with you. He called me out on ‘The Piers Morgan Show’ for a fight. I explained that I’m pretty useless. I’ve seen him spar, he looks quite decent. So I’ve got into a little bit of training, I’ve started to think about it — I’ve started to visualize my ring walk music, and I’ve started to get very excited about the money.”

Hearn claims to have had a handful of amateur fights in Essex in his youth in the ’90s before deciding that his skill set lay elsewhere. White himself began with the hopes of being a fighter and even sparred with former UFC champion Tito Ortiz in his early years. A bout between the pair would be a colossal spectacle, and Hearn even believes it could see him and White earn Saul “Canelo” Alvarez-esque purses.

“He keeps calling me a p****,” Hearn said, “but I’m like, let’s see if I’m a p****. Then he says, ‘We’re both bums, and we’ll [fight] the start of the night [on a show].’ I mean, you know how big this would be? Huge. We would make $30 million each. I’m all over it. So, stick me in, put my name down, find me a pair of shorts and I’ll travel. He called me out — I accept.”

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“Let’s find out who the real p**** is,” Hearn added.

Hearn is a decade younger than White, perhaps explaining his confidence going into a potential bout — although Hearn doesn’t rule out the possibility of defeat.

“What does he think I am? An easy touch? I’m very limited, but I’ll have a right go, I’ll tell you,” he said. “I’ll get myself in good shape — and I’m a big lump — and I think I’ll knock him out. Also, if I get knocked out and I make $30 million, it’s not the saddest day in the world, and people would find it quite amusing.”

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Moving on to men who can actually fight, Hearn and heavyweight boxing star Anthony Joshua have now received a contract to face Tyson Fury later in 2026, Hearn revealed to Uncrowned. The contract offered to Joshua is a two-fight agreement that would see Joshua return to the ring in July against an undetermined opponent before a mega-showdown against Fury in November.

Heard said no names have been discussed for Joshua’s potential July fight.

“[He’ll fight] no one of serious note [in July] if I’m honest — that would be everyone’s preference,” Hearn said. “The story is the comeback, the story is the return to the ring. We would not go into that fight without having the Tyson Fury fight signed.”

It’s understandable why Joshua’s team is hesitant about putting him in with a top opponent while a big payday with Fury hangs in the balance. Joshua has fought just once since being knocked out by Daniel Dubois, and it was a sixth-round knockout win over Jake Paul. “AJ” will not have fought a real heavyweight contender in nearly two years by the time he next enters the ring.

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More importantly, the Brit is still recovering from the mental and physical injuries of a December car crash he was involved in that tragically took the lives of two of his closest friends, Sina Ghami and Latif Ayodele. It is unknown how Joshua will perform after the traumatic incident.

Although the boxing star has an exclusive deal with DAZN, Netflix has hosted a number of major boxing matches in recent years, including the Fury vs. Arslanbek Makhmudov fight from London this past Saturday, so it appears likely that a step-aside agreement with DAZN could be made to allow the biggest fight in British boxing history to air on the most visible platform in the world.

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Saudi fight financier Alalshikh even encouraged “AJ” and Hearn to enter the ring after Fury’s win on Netflix for a faceoff and announcement, however Joshua refused because the fight has not yet been agreed upon and signed. Hearn remains positive that it’ll finally get made in the next couple of months.

“It’s one of the biggest fights of all time, and I don’t think it’s something we should play around with,” Hearn said, “and just be told to do that and do that until everything is in order in a place that we want it to be, especially given what ‘AJ’ has gone through over the last couple of months. We need to make sure that everything is exactly right for us.

“We’re fully committed to making this fight, and I fully expect this fight to happen, but it’ll happen at our speed in the right way, and hopefully that won’t be too long.”