EDDIE HEARN has accused Kell Brook of axing him and trainer Dominic Ingle for financial reasons.
The Sheffield welterweight, 32, cut his long-time promoter and coach out of a £2million deal to fight WBO champion Terence Crawford on November 14.
Kell Brook’s social media followers have been taking potshots at Eddie Hearn following the spat between the pairCredit: ©Mark Robinson Ltd
Brook blamed Hearn for Sky Sports turning their back on him and accused the Matchroom boss of being too busy promoting his new book to work on his fight.
Hearn tried to bite his tongue but Brook’s fans piled in on social media — and now the Essex matchmaker has hit back.
He said: “I’ve done a lot with Kell and I thought I was going to rise above it.
“But then I started getting people on Twitter saying, ‘It’s bang out of order what you’ve done to Kell Brook’.
“I have so many problems on my plate right now getting fights for people who are with me and I thought, you know what, I’m going to let you know the truth.
“It wasn’t like they came to me and said, ‘Let’s work a deal’.
“They were whoring themselves to everyone else first. They tried BT, ITV, Channel 5, DAZN . . . I think they tried everybody and got turned down.
“And then they came to me asking for money!”
Kell Brook (right) was one of Eddie Hearn’s earliest signings and has consistently boxed on Sky in the pastCredit: PA:Press Association
Brook, along with Darren Barker and Carl Froch, was one of Hearn’s earliest signings.
The promoter always defended his former charge over the ill- discipline that regularly left him struggling to make the 10st 7lb welterweight limit.
People are accusing me of hanging him out to dry — but he’s making £2m to fight Crawford and just didn’t want to pay me
Eddie Hearn
He said: “What was so disheartening for me was when he questioned my loyalty. I went way above and beyond trying to help Kell.
“I flew to Fuerteventura when he was in hospital after getting stabbed (right), sorting out all his medical insurance, lots of things.
“We’ve had some good times and it’s sad really.
“I feel really sorry for Dominic Ingle also because he has done everything for him from day one and they have got a big cash fight and got rid of him for it.
Eddie Hearn says he is ‘gutted’ his relationship with Kell Brook has deteriorated Credit: LAWRENCE LUSTIG
“I don’t think he wasted too much time chasing the Amir Khan fight, I think he wasted too much time away from the gym.
“Lots of times I had to drive up to Sheffield to help keep him on track.
“But now people are accusing me of hanging him out to dry — but he’s making £2m to fight Crawford and just didn’t want to pay me. That’s all.”
Hearn seems genuinely gutted his relationship with Brook has gone down the pan.
But he wished him the best against Crawford, despite worries about lack of a proper game-plan.
Hearn added: “What I will say is, he is on weight. He’s trained hard and he’s fit, but you can’t just be fit to fight Crawford.
“You have to have a game-plan.
“Kell saying, ‘I’ve got one, I’ve been watching Tyson Fury beat Deontay Wilder’ isn’t going to cut it”.
Angry Eddie Hearn tells old pal Kell Brook to stop talking ‘b******s’ amid row over Crawford fight being on Sky Sports
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
