Queensberry Promotions and Matchroom Boxing are likely to run back their 5x5 show later this year.
BoxingScene understands that a date in October or November is being targeted for the England-based show and Eddie Hearn, interviewed by IFL last week, said it could even be a 7x7, with seven of his fighters up against seven from Queensberry.
Among the bouts Hearn stated were mentioned in preliminary discussions were a rematch between light heavyweight contenders Callum Smith and Joshua Buatsi (Smith won a Fight of the Year contender against Buatsi in January 2025), a British lightweight title fight between Giorgio Visioli and champion Louie O’Doherty, a middleweight bout between WBO interim champion Denzel Bentley and George Liddard and a heavyweight scrap between Johnny Fisher and former contender Dillian Whyte.
