Eddie Hearn, working to a blueprint laid down nearly four decades ago by Don King, is taking control of heavyweight boxing with business acumen that continues to outflank his rivals.
When two of his favourite London eccentrics, Dillian Whyte and Dereck Chisora, survived contrasting trials in front of a sell-out, 20,000 crowd at the O2 Arena on Saturday night, two more pieces of a fascinating transatlantic chess match fell into place.
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