Comments Thread For: Hearn: Maybe Eubank's Plan Was To Benefit From Golovkin Hype

[SteveM]

That could be dangerous for a man as old as Barry Hearn.

Frank Warren said that he "lost the will to live" while negotiating with Eubank Snr to try and make a rematch with BJS.

That says it all really and is pretty funny. You don't normally hear promoters coming out to complain about boxers or their managers.

Sr. was very entertaining in his day as a boxer. He had more character and pizazz than Broner/Mayweather/and Fury combined. Look it up if you don't know. But it was also the case that he had and still has a chip on his shoulder the size of a two ton boulder and then combine that with his inflated mammoth-sized ego and yeah, he must be a right pair in the royal arse to deal with.

[Eastcoast]

I can't stand Hearn but he's talking about the brand when he mentions product. The Eubank name & reputation is the brand/product

*** Hearn

There's nothing stopping the Eubanks from starting their own promotional company and doing everything 'their' way.

[ukbox]

There's nothing stopping the Eubanks from starting their own promotional company and doing everything 'their' way.

They haven't got the cash & Snr is too involved.
Nigel & Connor Benn are doing it better

[aboutfkntime]

From the way he has been talking - praising Eubank Jnr and repeatedly stating that his dad cost him the fight with GGG - it's pretty clear that Hearn wants to carry on promoting Jnr, but doesn't like the idea of working with Snr again.

I get that impression to, and I think you could be right about Hearn/Eubank Snr..... but as an earlier poster said, there are usually 3 "truth's".....

[aboutfkntime]

There's nothing stopping the Eubanks from starting their own promotional company and doing everything 'their' way.

I will always support a fighter over a promoter, but Eubank has to be realistic here..... and like you said, he has the option to start from scratch and promote himself if he really wants it.

It sounds like Snr wants a Mayweather-type deal, but Jnr is not Mayweather..... so yea they will need to do their own thing like Floyd did.

[kafkod]

That says it all really and is pretty funny. You don't normally hear promoters coming out to complain about boxers or their managers.

Sr. was very entertaining in his day as a boxer. He had more character and pizazz than Broner/Mayweather/and Fury combined. Look it up if you don't know. But it was also the case that he had and still has a chip on his shoulder the size of a two ton boulder and then combine that with his inflated mammoth-sized ego and yeah, he must be a right pair in the royal arse to deal with.

Yeah, I remember for a while in the 90's boxing was as big as football in UK popular culture and Eubank played a major role in making that happen.

[kafkod]

I get that impression to, and I think you could be right about Hearn/Eubank Snr..... but as an earlier poster said, there are usually 3 "truth's".....

My truth, your truth, and the real truth.

[bojangles1987]

With the way Eubank immediately opened his mouth afterwards and is acting all hard again, I tend to think this was the plan. He received a lot of attention for calling out Golovkin like he did.