British top promoter Eddie Hearn did not ignore the verbal attack of his American colleague from Mayweather Promotions, Leonard Ellerbee.
The latter, in particular, stated that Hearn allegedly managed to fail the PPV sales of the Canelo-Bivol boxing evening, and also failed to properly promote the talented lightweight champion Devin Haney.
“The promoter who doesn’t fucking understand boxing” and “who blew a billion US dollars (DAZN streaming) but never created even one f*cking American star from scratch,” Ellerbee also said of Hearn. .
Here’s Eddie’s response:
“If I don’t know what I’m doing, then why am I 100 times bigger than Leonard Ellerbee? Hearn asks, without specifying how he measures sizes. – Why do we have the largest global promotion company in the world without any exceptions? While Ellerbee himself is not even related to the boxing industry. When you talk about the world’s top promoters, do you mention Ellerbee? Let’s be honest: never, under any circumstances.”
“He says, ‘Oh, Canelo Alvarez only sold 300,000 (PPV)’.” Multiply that by two and add more, that’s how many PPVs were sold. If you want, contact DAZN – they will confirm – suggests Edward. This dude is still a lot of fun. Such a badass, just crazy. I need to invite him for a cup of tea… But how can you say that I don’t know what I’m doing? Just look at me: we are the most basic in this business. And you? You are nothing and you just work for Floyd Mayweather.”
A little earlier, Hearn announced that Fury would fight the winner of the Usyk-Joshua rematch in December.
Source:
Pro Boxing Fans