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Deontay Wilder opens up on ‘beautiful’ new partnership with Eddie Hearn

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Deontay Wilder has called his new partnership with Eddie Hearn “a beautiful thing”, as the longtime rivals approach their first fight as colleagues.

Wilder and Hearn spent years at odds over an elusive fight between the American heavyweight and Anthony Joshua, but the promoter signed Wilder this month, capitalising on the ex-champion’s free agency.

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