Hearn Boils Over: Promoter Fires Back At ‚Snake Oil Salesman‘ Label For Eubank Jr. Vs. Benn ‚Family Feud‘ Fight

Promoter Eddie Hearn boiled over at the moment, reacting to being labeled a “snake oil salesman” for selling the Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Conor Benn household feud struggle as one involving prime world-ranked contenders.

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Manufactured Drama

This struggle is 100% manufactured drama, and only a glorified superstar match.. It’s a match for leisure functions, benefiting from older, sentimental UK followers who bear in mind the well-known fathers of Nigel Benn and Chris Eubank. Hearn deserves to be labeled a snake oil salesman as a result of this contrived struggle locations leisure over sport, as these should not true world stage fighters.

The sanctioning our bodies technically rank the 2 fighters, however neither has crushed a top-notch opponent throughout their careers, making their struggle on Saturday considered as a bout between two top-level fighters. Benn would lose to just about each contender within the rankings at 147, and the identical with Eubank Jr.

“Conor Benn is ranked with all of the governing our bodies, or most of them. High 5 with some. What’s he saying, ‘He’s not a prime 15 welterweight,’” stated promoter Eddie Hearn to Boxing Social, reacting to feedback from Simon Jordan about him being a snake oil salesman, viewing the Eubank Jr-Benn struggle as NOT a struggle between world stage contenders. “Chris Eubank is a prime 15 within the middleweight world rankings. Are you saying he’s not a prime 15 middleweight?”

Simply because the sanctioning our bodies rank Benn and Eubank Jr. doesn’t imply they need to be. They haven’t crushed anybody to price being ranked within the prime tier.

None of Benn’s final six wins have come in opposition to contenders at welterweight. He’s fought all unranked fighters throughout his profession, and he’s not upgraded the extent of opposition he’s been going through. That’s the troubling half.

Benn’s Resume

– Peter Dobson– Rodolfo Orozco– Chris Van Heerden– Chris Algieri– Adrian Granados– Samuel Vargas

Eubank Jr.’s Decline

“He’s 35 years previous, he’s been inactive, and he simply obtained knocked out by Liam Smith. Yeah, he’s completely no approach the fighter that he as soon as was, and he’s not fearless anymore,” stated Hearn when requested if he thinks Eubank Jr. is displaying indicators of bodily decline. He was fearless. He’s a troublesome man. He’s obtained a terrific chin, however he obtained cleaned out, and he’s not the identical fighter.”

Eubank Jr. clearly isn’t the fighter he as soon as was from 2015 to 2018, when he was beating fighters like Arthur Abraham, Renold Quinlan, Nick Blackwell, and Gary O’Sullivan. He nonetheless has sufficient left to defeat the inexperienced, smaller, and inactive Conor Benn.

“His physique is falling aside. They patched him as much as get by way of camp. He’s prepared for the taking. It ain’t going to be simple, however he’s prepared. He’s by no means had a correct coach,” stated Hearn about Eubank Jr. “He’s gone from camp to camp. He’s all the time finished what he’s wished to do. He’s by no means had a correct coaching camp like Conor Benn. He doesn’t.

“I’m not saying he’s not a devoted man as a result of he’s devoted, however nowhere close to the degrees of Conor Benn. He don’t need it anymore. He’s not about boxing anymore. It’s cash, cash, cash. That’s it. Give me my cash,” stated Hearn about Eubank Jr.