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A press conference was held Thursday afternoon in London to further drum up interest for the massive November 29 show at the ExCel Arena. The show is topped by the heavyweight rematch between Tyson Fury and Dereck Chisora, but the purpose of Thursday’s press event was to formally announce the proposed middleweight scrap between Billy Joe Saunders and Chris Eubank Jr.
There was one major problem as Warren and Saunders saw it – the absence of Chris Eubank Jr., whom they revealed had yet to sign the contract. Saunders went so far as to claim “He's got until 5pm tonight,” and even threatening to walk away from the sport if the fight doesn’t happen.
Warren co-signed on his fighter’s imposed deadline, anxious to finalize the fight or else proceed with other plans.
The major problem as Eubank Jr. saw – was the manner in which Saunders and Warren went about announcing a fight whose details are far from finalized.
“Frank Warren has tried to force me into signing a contract without my lawyers being able to look at it entirely (and) agree on it,” Eubank Jr. revealed through his verified Twitter account Thursday evening (local time). “He scheduled a press conference (before) the contract was even looked at properly to try (and) rush into signing (and) agreeing to terms we don’t want." [Click Here To Read More]
There was one major problem as Warren and Saunders saw it – the absence of Chris Eubank Jr., whom they revealed had yet to sign the contract. Saunders went so far as to claim “He's got until 5pm tonight,” and even threatening to walk away from the sport if the fight doesn’t happen.
Warren co-signed on his fighter’s imposed deadline, anxious to finalize the fight or else proceed with other plans.
The major problem as Eubank Jr. saw – was the manner in which Saunders and Warren went about announcing a fight whose details are far from finalized.
“Frank Warren has tried to force me into signing a contract without my lawyers being able to look at it entirely (and) agree on it,” Eubank Jr. revealed through his verified Twitter account Thursday evening (local time). “He scheduled a press conference (before) the contract was even looked at properly to try (and) rush into signing (and) agreeing to terms we don’t want." [Click Here To Read More]
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