Eddie Hearn?

[Beanz]

He's got British boxing by the balls as he has an exclusive contract with the only network that does PPV so no other promoters can compete with him for the top Brit fighters.

He's really no different to Warren, he just hasn't pissed fight fans off long enough yet for them to view him the same way. If he keeps on serving up garbage PPV cards it won't take long.

Having dumped on Khan for his silly excuse not to fight Brook, I must now comment on what you've said about Hearn.

I didn't realize he had that kind of a monopoly on British boxing, and that is really sad. It's little wonder the average British boxing fan doesn't like the guy. Anytime you have a position that advantageous, it's a shitty deal for the rest of the world. Although it's probably all the network's fault, for not protecting its interests a little better.

Warren is still in business and boxnation has a sizeable subscribing audience. So while Hearn may have the cream of the crop, there is competition. I think you would find a lot of British boxing fans would love the guy. Not us cynical bastards here but certainly casual fans. Hearn will talk to people who helped him on the way up, have a laugh and joke at his own expense, and you can see that unlike most promoters he really is more like the average fans than most have ever been. Yes he is in it for the money, and does not give a monkeys how crap a card is that he will try and make PPV but a lot of the other free to view cards Matchroom put on are pretty stacked with domestic and often European and Commonwealth quality match ups.

He is helped obviously by his father monopolising Snooker and Darts on Sky TV ,and the fact that Barrie Hearn was the guy who took a big gamble on Eubank and was a big part of the MW/SMW British fights of the 90's (Eubank/Benn/Watson etc) who were huge free to air TV stars because of the rivalries between them, does not hurt Eddies profile either.

[Kirkland Laing]

He's got British boxing by the balls as he has an exclusive contract with the only network that does PPV so no other promoters can compete with him for the top Brit fighters.

He's really no different to Warren, he just hasn't pissed fight fans off long enough yet for them to view him the same way. If he keeps on serving up garbage PPV cards it won't take long.

Having dumped on Khan for his silly excuse not to fight Brook, I must now comment on what you've said about Hearn.

I didn't realize he had that kind of a monopoly on British boxing, and that is really sad. It's little wonder the average British boxing fan doesn't like the guy. Anytime you have a position that advantageous, it's a shitty deal for the rest of the world. Although it's probably all the network's fault, for not protecting its interests a little better.

Warren is still in business and boxnation has a sizeable subscribing audience. So while Hearn may have the cream of the crop, there is competition. I think you would find a lot of British boxing fans would love the guy. Not us cynical bastards here but certainly casual fans. Hearn will talk to people who helped him on the way up, have a laugh and joke at his own expense, and you can see that unlike most promoters he really is more like the average fans than most have ever been. Yes he is in it for the money, and does not give a monkeys how crap a card is that he will try and make PPV but a lot of the other free to view cards Matchroom put on are pretty stacked with domestic and often European and Commonwealth quality match ups.

He is helped obviously by his father monopolising Snooker and Darts on Sky TV ,and the fact that Barrie Hearn was the guy who took a big gamble on Eubank and was a big part of the MW/SMW British fights of the 90's (Eubank/Benn/Watson etc) who were huge free to air TV stars because of the rivalries between them, does not hurt Eddies profile either.

Warren is reduced to backing huys that Hearn and Sky don't have room for on their schedules though and pushing them into world title fights where they can get the belt holder over cheaply to fight the Brit. Guys like Derry Matthews, Paul Butler and especially that bloke from Darlington who won a world title have all got title shots that they probably would never have had if Box Nation didn't need to fill up its schedule. These are guys who were all signed to small northern promoters and Warren has come up with the readies and the contacts to get them a shot so he's got something to show on his channel.

Warren does still have one or two guys like Saunders under contract but if Saunders beats Eubank and Lee and is a bona fide 160 champ and out of contract I bet Hearn comes calling.