Eddie Hearn has fired a thinly veiled dig at Bob Arum and his outfit Top Rank for putting out what he termed “terrible fights” for Tyson Fury ever since the latter joined the stables.
“Bob Arum might not sleep at night, because he’s provided terrible fights that no one wants to watch. They tried, but they didn’t want to pay the money.” He said.
The Matchroom owner attributed money as the sole reason for Top Rank’s uncompetitive match-ups.
“[Alexander] Povetkin accepted the fight [against Fury] for a certain amount of money, and they didn’t want to pay it, You’ve got to respect Fury for getting that deal with Top Rank.” He continued
“He did [want to fight Fury], but he didn’t accept their offer,” said Hearn about Povetkin. “He accepted the fight at a certain amount of money. They could have gotten anybody they wanted if they paid the right amount of money. They don’t have enough money left, because they gave it all to Fury.” Anthony Joshua’s manager expressed.