Chris Eubank Jr didn’t mince words when talking about Frank Warren, Kalle Sauerland, and Eddie Hearn during today’s press conference.
Chris Eubank Jr will make his next appearance on Oct. 12 in Saudi Arabia, on the undercard of the Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol card. And during today’s live press conference, Eubank Jr let his feelings be known about his experience with some of the biggest promoters in European boxing. So when asked why he signed a deal with Boxxer instead some the other companies, Eubank Jr offered these comments.
“Because every other promoter out here is a scumbag, that’s why,” Eubank Jr said. “We’ve got Frank Warren behind me, been lying and cheating his way through boxing for the last couple decades, sued me for a couple hundred thousand a few years ago, so obviously I was never going to go with him. The guy’s a scumbag.
“Kalle Sauerland had me locked up in a terrible contract for the last few years, squeezing money out of me at every opportunity. Scumbag. Eddie Hearn, Frank Smith, you know, they did everything they could to try and make this fight against Conor Benn still go ahead after knowing that he was on steroids. Scumbags.
“I would say the only promoter I know for sure isn’t a scumbag is His Excellency, Turki Alalshikh. This is a man who isn’t trying to take money from fighters, he isn’t trying to use lawyers and accountants to try to lock fighters up in slave contracts. He’s a man of God, a man of religion, that’s what’s most important to the people of Saudi Arabia. He just wants to put the biggest fights on, the best events on, and pay fighters what they’re worth…oh and Ben Shalom’s a very cool guy, too.”
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