Mayweather Promotions American promoter Leonard Ellerbee gave
interview for representatives of local media at an open training session of US lightweight Rolando Romero (14-0, 12 KOs), who will face WBA World champion Gervonta “Tank” Davis (26-0, 24 KOs) on May 28.
Speaking to reporters, the promoter accused his colleague Eddie Hearn of Matchroom of wasting the entire budget of the DAZN streaming “billion dollar project”. Ellerbee believes that Hearn has not created a single boxing star in the United States for the money spent on streaming. It also went to the top lightweight fighters.
“I try to stay away from the dog shit on social media because I’m lucky that we made the biggest shit in all of sports. Mayweather Promotions holds all the fucking records: the biggest PPVs, the biggest numbers of spectators in the arenas. So we know what the f*cking we are doing here.”
“About Tank. Again you hear some of the media saying, ‘Why isn’t he fighting that guy?’ Okay, let’s go through the list. They’re talking about Teofimo Lopez. You all don’t understand how this fucking game works. No, b **** option for Bob Arum to put his boyfriend here Bob knows this shit Bob knows because he has two great matchmakers They know fucking Teofimo Lopez can’t beat Tank Davis Well you just hand over the titles to Mayweather Promotions? To PBC? It doesn’t work like that. Bob fights the guys he has and builds his fighter’s career his way.”
“He can build and generate profit for his company and give fans great fights. He has his own ‘stable’ of fighters. He can put his guy with one and then take him out to Haney. I know Devin very well. Amazing fighter, he grew up in this gym He signed with a promoter who doesn’t know a damn thing about what he’s doing He made over a billion dollars and still hasn’t created a star in the US I applaud (father and Devin’s trainer) Bill Haney Very smart man I applaud Devin They signed with him, made a lot of fucking money and they should have done it But if you’re talking about Tank Davis I’ll pay you what you weight. And you can read between the lines. Once again, I have nothing against Devin, not that he is a bad fighter, but as an attraction … It speaks for itself. Yes, this is a good fight, but there is no money. We will sell the arena , but Tank will sell it himself.. You keep saying he doesn’t fight anyone, but how the fuck does he sell arenas? Because we made him a compelling fighter. We did our part, and he definitely fucking knocks everyone out, sending a clear message that he is one of the best fighters in the world. And he’s got a lot of attraction.”
“You are nothing!” Eddie Hearn responded harshly to a colleague’s attack
“I don’t give a fuck about this P4P list. I’m being honest. Because after all, when you walk into a fucking bank and say to an advisor, ‘I need $10,000. I’m fifth in P4P.” And she’ll be like, “What the fuck does that mean?”
“Look, that’s how the media works. They did the same shit with Floyd. But we keep sticking to our line. Because in the end they will recognize you and give you credit. I have so much fucking experience in this shit *me I know we have biased people in the media they only want certain fighters to be successful look what they did to Lomachenko he was the greatest thing since sliced bread they even said he would Floyd Mayweather. Fuck you! See? The media just has certain favorites. But that’s okay, because in the end they won’t be able to stop anything here. We will continue to do exactly what we do. We will continue to create our fighters, put them in huge events and we’ll be very successful.”