Does Eddie Hearn advance his talent too quickly ?

Ultimately, I think it’s down to the fighter both mentally and their capabilities. Some will need gradual step ups, some like your Josh Taylor types have the mentality to match the talent. The promoter can throw suggestions at the fighter and his team but ultimately it’s their decision whether to take it.

What I’ve noticed personally albeit in a different profession, is that someone can be overhyped more than their current capabilities. What can happen though is that if they can hang in there long enough, they start to believe they belong there. When they start to believe they belong there, their capabilities start to match the hype...almost like a self fulfilling prophecy. With Joshua for example, he was half the fighter he is today when he fought Martin. Gradually, he’s grown into them shoes. Granted, he’s been bingo’d but he’s since adapted and won.

It’s not an exact science....some fighters will fail to match the initial hype but that doesn’t mean they can’t achieve their dreams eventually. Interestingly, if Hearn would have had the reigns on Josh Warrington, would he have gone on to achieve what he achieved in the manner that he has or would he have been advanced more quickly like Ritson has arguably have done?

I’m gonna be honest, I can’t remember why I started typing this, I’ve forgot my point completely haha.

 

In general I would agree that Hearn mov3s his fighters on too fast. He has a belief that the ones who he signs from the GB squad should be ready for world titles around 10 fights in. And the rest of the lads he signs he seems to think that should take opportunity presented to them n9 matter who the opponent is. He resigns himself to the belief that 'you never know, you have a chance whoever ur in with and it might just work out for u.
He's a chancer is Hearn.

 

Not really sure any promoter can be said to be innocent when it comes to a dangerous match up.

Crolla Lomachenko was a mandatory anyway wasn’t it? More a case of someone being outclassed without any obviously dangerous element. It’s not like it was sending someone like Julius Francis to their obvious doom against Mike Tyson.

 

One thing nobody ever mentions is that when Frank made this comment on TV,he never in no shape or form said it could or would be the headline act on a stadium show

He may have meant that and if he did he must have been on the whiskey backstage but he never actually said it

 

Crolla was a mando tbf and it was the pay day he probably needed to say goodbye to the sport
Hearns done a few reckless fights as have most promotions but i think you cant use this one as an example

 

Yup, Tevin Farmer got stopped in his first pro fight and lost 4 of his first 12 fights, drawing one too. That's Tevin Farmer, a World Champion for two years now. Srisaket Sor Rungvisai lost 3 and drew 1 of his first 5 pro fights, what a career he has had since. Defeats should just be viewed as part of the journey, not the end of the road.

 

No he doesn't

people are too precious to defend boxer's 0 on the record, this fight for Kelly has huge reward if he was to win.

Boxers need to gamble and take big fights because it can propel there career.

 

A salesman. You can imagine him in the office with a fighter telling them a world title offer is on the table now and selling it to them as if the opportunity mightn’t come again.

 

The likes of Glen Johnson?

Johnson was pretty much the supermiddle version of Kingpin at that point.

 

I was at the fight and it was terrible. As Johnson was standing waiting to come out somebody shouted 'knock him out glen' and Johnson looked as if to say 'yeah that's not happening'. Awful fight and card. Originally oit was a stacked card but lots of fighters pulled out and then that ended up as main event.

It was the last Warren show I went to until Davis v Walsh.

 

Marvin Hagler said the most frustrating thing about his career is that it took him so long to get a World title shot. Boxing is different now, you don't fight as frequently as those guys anymore, there's far more belts to win and many different roads to go down to get a World title fight. In Kelly's case he probably should have 2 or 3 more fights before he faces someone as dangerous as Avanesyan but let's not forget that he's definitely beatable, Kavaliauskas, who recently lost to Crawford, TKO'd Avanesyan and then drew with Ray Robinson, the same Ray Robinson that Kelly drew with. I don't like to use these triangle theories but Kelly was slated by many for the Robinson draw even though he probably did enough to win, maybe Kelly is ready, we'll see.

 

Dubois v Gorman was ordered by the Board and both boys wanted it. Frank was very reluctant to make the fight but was left with little choice.