Comments Thread For: Hearn on WBC Orders: It's the Business of Boxing That Has to Allow the Fights to Happen

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Eddie Hearn appreciates the WBC's latest series of mandates calling for intriguing fights -- he just thinks they are divorced from the reality of the boxing business.
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[Rockybigblower]

Says the man who is demanding Usyk fight Hrgovic.

[Bob]

Then it's time to put "the business" second.

[Boxingfanatic75]

It’s time to put the business out of business

[Bronx2245]

He doesn't think Wilder vs. Ruiz will happen? He didn't think Tank vs. KingRy would happen either! Probably didn't think Wilder vs. Fury would happen 3 times either! Arum and Haymon have done it before, so there's a chance Stevenson vs. Cruz can happen! Hearn makes it like PBC won't work with others, but he forgets Joshua vs. Ruiz, or at least he wishes he could!

[thack]

Then it's time to put "the business" second.

This is the main problem and unfortunately when there's so much money to be had I can't see a way for it to happen.

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

You literally lobbied the WBC to order Beterbiev vs Smith.

I don’t know for sure but I’m guessing Matchroom lobbied the IBF for Usyk-Hrgovic too.

While I don’t blame them for doing it, as any promoter would do the same, you certainly can’t sit there and take the moral high ground like Eddie is trying to do.

[Rebelrbg]

He's calling out all the promoters for not making the fights except himself. If one of his fighters get matched against anyone, he won't allow it unless its on DAZN or they pay him a ridiculous amount to get out of the way. Also, I don't even understand why he says that Wilder and Ruiz won't happen, they fight on the same networks.

[Rebelrbg]

You literally lobbied the WBC to order Beterbiev vs Smith.

I don’t know for sure but I’m guessing Matchroom lobbied the IBF for Usyk-Hrgovic too.

While I don’t blame them for doing it, as any promoter would do the same, you certainly can’t sit there and take the moral high ground like Eddie is trying to do.

Exactly, he also lobbied for Bivol-Buatsi instead of Bivol-Zurdo, but was denied. While we all knew that Bivol-Zurdo was the bigger fight to make, he selfishly wanted the Buatsi fight because he promotes both fighters, and he would get paid from both sides.

[Oldskoolg]

This guy lol. So if I read that right he’s against the sanctioning bodies mandating fights between rival promotions on rival networks but is also against mandating fights between the same outfit on the same networks?
Eddie..little Edward, sounds like you are making great excuses for not having your way with everyone’s fighters. Shame your “American takeover” didn’t happen but that is entirely your fault , no one else’s. Not the wbc, not Haymon, yours.