Eddie Hearn sounds rather salty when discussing the upcoming bout between Amir Khan and Kell Brook.
Khan vs Brook will be settling their long-standing feud in the ring at the Manchester Arena on Saturday. We will finally discover who is the better boxer.
There have been multiple attempts to make this fight over the years, all of which have been unsuccessful.
One of those came when both fighters were on the books at Matchroom. Even then, Eddie Hearn was unable to get them in the ring, toe-to-toe.
With the pair finally set to face off, with their best years behind them, Hearn doesn’t appear to be particularly impressed by this fight taking place now.
He, quoted by The Sun, insisted that it’s nothing more than a money grab: “I’ve been involved in money grab. But [Khan-Brook] is [a money grab].”
“It’s just the two of them going, ‘Let’s not be silly. This is massive money for the both of us. Let’s make the fight, mate.’”
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“But they are both 50 per cent the fighters they once were. But it’s still going to be a 50-50 fight. I still look at Kell and it looks like he’s training hard.”
“Khan doesn’t look particularly sharp or great, but he’s going to give it his everything.”
Hearn would probably concede himself that his attitude would be much different if he were staging the bout and getting a slice of the pie.
He sounds a little bit bitter that he was unable to get the contracts signed when he attempted to do so – and he’s now missed out entirely.
You can be certain, no matter what he says, he’ll be sat on his sofa watching this when the two fighters do their ring walks on Saturday night.
