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EDDIE HEARN accused Bob Arum of talking ‘b*****s’ about wanting Tyson Fury to fight Anthony Joshua in the UK. Hearn saw months of talks for the undisputed title decider on August 14 go up in smoke as it was scrapped at the 11th hour.
Eddie Hearn accused Bob Arum of talking ‘b*****s’ about wanting Tyson Fury to fight Anthony Joshua in the UKCredit: Mark Robinson Matchroom Boxing
Promoter Bob Arum pictured with Tyson FuryCredit: Getty Images – Getty
Fury’s US promoter Bob Arum recently called for the potential fight to instead be held in Britain, should negotiations pick up again.
Arum told Sky Sports: “My hope is that the fight goes to the UK. I don’t care what the money is.
“Both fighters owe the UK fans this tremendous event at Wembley or Cardiff, rather than taking it to a foreign country.”
But in an interview with IFL TV, Joshua’s promoter Hearn hit back and said: “Do you honestly think that Bob Arum would do the fight in the UK for half the money that was available elsewhere?
“Honestly, ask yourself that question. I’ve never heard so much b******* in my whole life, ‘oh let’s do it in the UK, the UK deserves it man! I don’t see a problem making the fight’.
“Yeah because it’s been smooth as you like so far hasn’t it?”
‘IT’S WAFFLE’
Fury, 32, had tried to walk away from his contracted trilogy bout with Deontay Wilder, believing the stipulation expired, to fight AJ instead.
Wilder, 35, then took his case to arbitration and was awarded the verdict, setting up a second rematch between the pair on October 9.
Meanwhile, Joshua faces Oleksandr Usyk, 34, on September 25, having been ordered by the WBO to do so.
Should the Brit pair both prevail, Hearn has previously stated February could be a likely option for the two to finally fight.
And he taunted whether Arum will really be willing to snub more lucrative options to instead take the Battle of Britain back home.
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Hearn said: “I don’t even think that he’s intentionally lying. I just think that it’s waffle.
“But when the money comes through, what I’ll do is I’ll say ‘Bob, I saw your quote where you said you want this fight.’
“So as long as his man is ready to take half the money, which means half of his commission, I’ll ask him ‘are you good with that, yeah?’ We’ll see.”
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CANELO ALVAREZ’S undisputed super-middleweight title clash against Caleb Plant is reportedly ‘100 per cent dead’.The Mexican’s team have been in negotiations to fight the only other boxer with a world title in that weight.
Canelo Alvarez will reportedly NOT fight Caleb Plant nextCredit: AP
But an agreement has failed to be reached, with ESPN reporting that both parties have gone their separate ways.
Canelo could now step back up to light-heavyweight to fight WBA king Dmitry Bivol.
But Plant is fuming at the collapse of his biggest fight to date.
He told ESPN: “His bark is bigger than his bite.
“Canelo was offered the highest guarantee of his career: He was set to make $40 million plus Mexican TV rights and his Hennessy sponsorship.
“No problem, let’s fight. We gave it to him. Then they wanted upside of gate and PPV revenue; no problem, let’s rumble.”
But Plant says that ‘ridiculous requests’ led to the fight being scrapped – one of which was that if Plant got ill or injured Canelo would get a replacement for the same money, but if it was the other way around Plant would have to wait.
He added: “We’re at seven-and-a-half weeks from the fight; we’ve lost valuable time that should be spent promoting and drug testing for a fight of this magnitude.
“I question whether legacy or money is their real motive.
“We’ve been waiting for him to get done with his wedding, shooting his TV show, his golf tournament and now have tried to give him everything he wants and more to make this fight.
“I’m more than willing, able and ready to fight Canelo Alvarez on any date. Those are the real facts and if anyone has something to say differently, we have the paperwork to prove it.”
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Alvarez previously announced that he aims to have four fights this year.
He stopped Turkey’s mandatory WBC contender Avni Yildirim after knocking him down in the third round back in February.
Then in May he thrilled a sold-out crowd in Texas at the AT&T Stadium when he beat then-WBO champion Billy Joe Saunders.
The Englishman suffered a broken orbital bone in the eighth round that forced his corner to throw in the towel ahead of the ninth.
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HEARTBROKEN Conor Benn has lost his Saturday night fight with Adrian Granados after being hit with covid-19.The 24-year-old son of British ring legend Nigel was set to headline the first of Eddie Hearn’s three back garden Fight Camp shows of 2021.
Conor Benn has tested positive for Covid and ruled OUT of his bout at Matchroom Fight Camp
BREAKING: Conor Benn has tested positive for COVID-19 and is out of Saturday’s Fight Camp main event vs. Adrian Granados. New date to be announced shortly.The Xu Can vs. Leigh Wood world title fight will now headline Fight Camp 1.Best wishes for a speedy recovery, Conor 🥊 pic.twitter.com/c9Zyf6mNTC— DAZN Boxing (@DAZNBoxing) July 29, 2021

But the red-hot welterweight failed a test in the Brentwood bubble and has had to withdraw from the show and isolate.
The gutted 18-0 ace said: “Dear all of my supporters and fans that bought tickets to my fight, it breaks my heart to tell you unfortunately I won’t be competing this Saturday as I have tested positive for Covid-19.
“I have made sure during this camp that we have taken the correct precautions and abided by the highest health and safety measures to avoid this unfortunate circumstance but with the virus still being extremely active this is out of my control.
“I will be working with my management team, Matchroom Boxing and liaising with Granados to work towards a new date.
“It’s imperative that I get back to full health, isolate and stay safe during this period as I aim to be competing again in the very near future. I will keep you all updated as much as I can.
“Finally my sincerest apologies to everyone who worked hard to put this event together and Adrian who recently flew over to the UK to put on a good fight, soon come.”
Benn’s headline slot has gone to Nottingham featherweight Leigh Wood who is fighting Chinese champion Can Xu.
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The timing of the virus is particularly crushing for Benn as he is one of the country’s most rapidly improving and in-form fighters.
The father-of-one outboxed respected Sebastian Formella in November over 12 one-sided rounds to impress boxing purists.
And he needed just 80 seconds of the first round to obliterate Samuel Vargas in April, to remind fight fights why he is nicknamed The Destroyer.
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