Good to see the papers picking up on Hearn’s blatant hypocrisy. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2...fore-boxing-showdown-against-chris-eubank-jnr From the Guardian: “While Hearn spent all Wednesday saying Benn should be allowed to fight, an old clip of the promoter circulated on social media. Embarrassingly for Hearn now, he said earlier in his promotional career: “What is the point in signing up for drug testing if, when you fail, everyone just goes: ‘Oh, don’t worry about it. Just let him fight.’ The argument that it’s all right with Ukad is totally irrelevant. You’ve signed drug-testing for Vada, the best testing agency in my opinion, in the sport.” Those words were forgotten amid a desperate attempt to overturn the Board of Control’s ruling that the bout on Saturday night should be cancelled. Hearn apparently believes he will win the legal case lifting the ban on the fight – which is now an utterly tarnished sham.”
Haven’t listened to it so can’t comment on what he’s saying. But he’s really gone down in my estimations this week. Putting his own commercial interests in front of his fighters and the sport. He should be ashamed of himself.
I wonder where the tipping point is? Where going ahead with the show will not really be worth it any more, considering the damage the past 24 hrs reporting has inflicted. There must be a point where the damage is just too much. Surely we're at that point now.
Fair enough. Last time I heard him it was cringeworthy, but of course he's got a living to make and employers to keep happy. I think it's going to do more now than it would've if this hadn't happened. I don't think this fight had broken through to the general public, this row and controversy has highlighted it. If DAZN were close to pulling the plug, maybe Hearn called the Mail himself... Although it will have damaged Benn's image, Eubank's team must be ****-a-hoop, because all of a sudden he's the guy that can put things right. A good performance by him now and he'll be really well placed for a lucrative final stage of his career.