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Eddie Hearn planning four fight nights in back garden between July 25 and August 15, wants to start with Conor Benn and end with Dillian Whyte

Eddie Hearn has divulged that plans for Fight Camp shows in the Matchroom HQ back garden are moving along.

The promoter is working towards staging four shows in four weeks, every Saturday night from late July to mid August.

 The shows will be on July 25, August 1, August 8 and August 15
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The shows will be on July 25, August 1, August 8 and August 15

Hearn told : "We're speaking to the fighters now, confirming their dates with them.

"At the moment, still a working date of July 25 will be our first date and that is also the final weekend of the Premier League season.

"Then we will run four weeks from there. July 25, August 1, August 8 and August 15.

"At the moment the plan is still to hold Whyte vs Povetkin on August 15...

 Hearn released images of what his setup will look like
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Hearn released images of what his setup will look likeCredit: Eddie Hearn

"July 25, the cards are looking great, we've got five fights per card.

"So we can't really afford any poor fights at all, and everyone seems to be stepping up.

"I'm very excited, we're ready to get underway.

"Conor Benn is Chris Jenkins' mandatory, and we can stage that fight.

 Benn could challenge for the British title
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Benn could challenge for the British titleCredit: Getty

"In an ideal world that would be the fight I would like to headline on July 25. British and Commonwealth welterweight titles.

"Other fights that are already made, moving from other cards, Simon Vallily vs Fabio Wardley for the English heavyweight title.

"James Tennyson vs Gavin Gwynne for the British lightweight title. Chris Billam-Smith vs Nathan Thorley for the Commonwealth cruiserweight title.

"Luther Clay vs Chris Kongo, Terri Harper vs Natasha Jonas for the WBC world title.

 Whyte vs Povetkin will be rearranged
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Whyte vs Povetkin will be rearrangedCredit: Mark Robinson/Matchroom

"Zelfa Barrett. Kash Farooq. Ted Cheeseman vs Sam Eggington is a fight I'm planning to make.

"Jason Quigley vs Jack Cullen. Callum Johnson's looking to fight. Shannon Courtenay's gonna fight Rachel Ball it looks like.

"Jordan Gill vs Reece Bellotti we're trying to make. Really good 50/50 domestic fights.

"I'm excited that I think we can get to a stage early next week where we can come out and say, 'This is Fight Camp.'

"The only two international fights at the moment that we're looking to stage are Whyte vs Povetkin and Katie Taylor vs Amanda Serrano."

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