Hearn said: "We've got 16 fighters at the moment who want to sign with us and, if I wasn't full up, I'd sign them all. I'm going to announce another signing on Wednesday, and after that we might have space for one or two."
He is in discussion with Sky Sports to expand his calendar from 20 fights a year to 30, and said: "That would give me a chance to sign [some] of these others. I've got four five amateurs that I could sign, if we had the dates, and there are half a dozen existing champions who want to join who I'd love to sign, as well. You can't sign them all. The large majority are [from one stable]. The amateurs are Olympians."
That leaves open the tantalising possibility that he may tempt Olympic super-heavyweight gold medallist Anthony Joshua to join, although it is more likely the first signing will be the exciting Welsh featherweight Lee Selby, the brother of London Olympian Andrew Selby. Hearn seemed to rule out acquiring Kevin Mitchell, whom Burns stopped in four rounds in his last fight, in September, and said a unification fight with the American WBC champion, Adrien Broner, may happen later in the year.
