Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum, who along with Frank Warren is the promoter of WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, has taken a few verbal jabs at rival promoter Eddie Hearn.
Arum believes Hearn has a problem with biting his tongue when it comes to certain matters - and compared the Matchroom CEO to the President of The United States, Donald Trump.
Arum is reacting to Hearn's recent statements, where he advised his client, heavyweight contender Dillian Whyte, to keep a close eye on the brewing situation involving Fury and UKAD [UK Anti-Doping].
As previously reported, The Daily Mail first broke a story where a farmer claims to have submitted false witness statements, in exchange for a promised sum of £25,000, with respect to Fury's legal battle with UK drug testing organization
In early 2015, Fury failed a UKAD issued drug test. It was widely reported that Fury's test result was directly connected to the consumption of wild boar meat.
The farmer, Martin Carefoot, claims to have signed two witness statements where he falsely claimed to have provided the boar meat in question. Carefoot now states that he never kept wild boar or boar meat in general, and only claimed that information after a Fury team member allegedly approached him with the promise of money.
Whyte holds the WBC's interim-title. If Fury is removed of his status for any reason, Whyte could very well become the full WBC world champion.
“Trump is doing very poorly because he talks too much and he gets off message. Today in a press conference, he attacked the media, which he does whenever he doesn’t know what to say. The problem with Trump is he talks too much. It’s almost like Eddie Hearn is the president of the United States. That’s another guy that talks too much," Arum told IFL TV.
“[Fighters] have teams behind them, and they excite them and speculate this way when you don’t know what you’re talking about?. We have to be cognizant of the participant’s feelings. The people’s feelings. We can’t start making projections based on ‘What if?’ That’s really harmful. So I would advise my friend Eddie Hearn to button up his lip.
"It may be hard for him to keep out of the papers, and to keep out of the television. But he’s got to do it. He can’t keep speculating based on nonsense. That’s nonsensical, and he shouldn’t do it. I’ve read about the allegations. They’re so far-fetched. Why now when he’s won the championship does this guy open up his mouth. It seems to me to be totally beyond the pale and ridiculous."