“Hit and Don’t Get Hit” is still profitable? Eddie Hearn discusses Turki Alshikh’s push for the most attractive boxing combinations

Eddie Hearn responded to Turki Alralikh’s comments this week no longer want to support fighters who are limited to the ring, without participating, in their letters of the Riyadh season.

Hearn partially defended defensive fighters, saying that boxing is “the sweet science” of “successful blow”. However, Hearn says there is a “balance of skill and entertainment”, and that fighters have to do it well for them to be marketed.

Hearn to Turki’s runner’s ban

In the case of Turki’s directive not to include runners in their events, fighters must be willing to take on the risk of facing their letters. Hearn has a couple of runners trying to turn stars and want them to be on Turki’s cards. If they cannot meet their requirements, there is this. For those who do not adapt to the boxing, they are worn off.

“You have to make the correct mix. Ultimately this is the sweet science. Success and they are not affected. We succeed, but it is also the entertainment business,” said Eddie Hearn to Fight Hub TVReacting to be asked about Turki Alshikh saying that he does not want any more “Tom and Jerry” kind to his Riyad season letters.

Turki made it very clear in place. It wants to participate fighters. There is no mixture involved, as Hearn speaks. He wants fighters to put it on the line. Try to save boxing and can’t do so if your cards have fighters who are in the race all night.

Hearn has a couple of runners who needs to be loyal, Shakur Stevenson and Richardson Hitchins; Therefore, he is being cautious in what he says and disagrees fully with Turki’s desire to entertain the fighters. He cannot simply pour Hitchins and Shakur, but they do not meet the requirements to be exciting for fans to see.

Hearn’s “Sweet Science” defense

“Therefore, people do not want to see, or a very small minority of the public. And they are the people of extremely well -educated boxing. They do not want to see a defensive masterclass of a boy who wins each round and has no possibility, showing any aggression, trying to end the struggle at any time,” said Hearn.

The fans who like to see the movement and the style affected would prefer that these fighters mix more. However, they also appreciate this approach. Unfortunately, it is not enough to justify the main cards.

Fans will tolerate runners if they are buried in the prelims out of sight, out of sight, but not the main cards. When fans buy PPV events, they do not want to see a runner. Most fans are not rich. Therefore, when they pay a boxing card, they spend money that they could use on other things like the needs. Hearn is out of contact with this kind of people.

“It’s very difficult. If you have a smart conversation with a fighter. If they know they can win all the round boxing like this, I really can’t go, I really can’t go to a fighter and go,” look, companion. I know you are a great boxer and I can win each round, but I really need to change your style and stand and market, “said Hearn.

As a promoter, it is Hearn’s job to tell his fighters that they have to change their style if they are bored, because they cannot sell. In addition, it looks bad when the fans make them or sit quietly, without reacting to the race. We all saw Shakur Stevenson’s fights against the electrician Josh Padley and Edwin de los Santos. They are boring struggles. Hearn must have “a smart conversation” with his fighters if they are not entertaining.

Turki Vision: Runners End

“They will look at me as if he were crazy. But the reality is that if you do not entertain yourself, you will become a hard sale. And if you become a hard sale, you may start having opportunities, especially in big fights,” said Hearn. “And his excellence (Turki Alshikh) put his flag on the sand there and said,” If you don’t entertain yourself, I don’t want my programs. “”

Hearn has to explain to his first security fighters, Shakur Stevenson and Richardson Hitchins. If they want to be included in Turki’s cards, they must mix it. He should not worry if they look at him as if he were crazy when he tells them to stop running and stay in his pocket and fight. If they want to get the big purses that Turki pays, they will hear Hearn and they will agree.

Hearn should not feel guilty of saying -what to do. If they don’t like it, there is this. I can’t see Shakur choosing to change his style to be more aggressive. He can’t and he won’t.

Hearn’s fighters have to adapt

Stevenson knows that he is too weak and poorly offensive to beat William Zepeda and almost any good light. It has no choice but to run. Shakur also has a great ego and will feel that Turki will want to continue to use it, even if he has left Louis Armstrong Stadium in Queens next month. If Turki chooses to exclude -Hearn will be stuck with him. Shakur will not be happy fighting for Chump’s change in smaller shows.

“But everyone is different. Also, you arrive on the stage of your career. Floyd (Mayweather JR) was a good example. And probably Canelo is there now, where I can spend an easy night and earning huge money, they are called big business,” said Hearn.

Turki is still ready to pay Canelo to be in his cards, but if he continues to act as he did against William Scull, it would not be a shock if he is excluded to stop being entertaining. The last three Canelo fights were bored because he ran out of gas after the first quarter of the battle. I didn’t try to play -surely. Luckily, Mayweather still does not fight, as her fights turned incredibly boring once she reached her 30th anniversary. He did the minimum to win and achieved his speed, movement and careful preparation of matches. In the end, Floyd was Cherry choosing all the time and none of his fights was entertaining.

“It does not mean that if you call me to go to the trenches, I am not ready to go. There is a good example,” said Hearn. “If he calls him to go to the trenches against Crawford, he will do it. But I tell you what. Much sooner he would leave without a mark on his face and go,” Thank you very much. “

Canelo is old and has shown in his last fights that he can only mix for three rounds before he tired. Not that intentionally play it for sure. It does not have the gas deposit to fight hard for more than three rounds. He does not try to be bored as Richardson Hitchins, Devin Haney and Shakur Stevenson. Cannot fight hard because of their age and cardio problems.

“ And there is nothing wrong with it. It’s a smart business, but he is doing the right mix. In the end, Floyd, for his admission, stole the bank every time he struggled. He entered there and win each round, not to get it. Thank you. The reality is that there is a mix. And that is why I don’t think Richardson (Hitchins) is a boring fighter, ” he said.

The boring box price

Hearn has come out from the original point. This is Turki Alshikh saying that he does not want the first safety fighters in his letters of the Riyadh season. Fighters with boring styles, such as Mayweather Jr., have nothing to do with this time. It is a relic of the pre-internet days. Turki is the one who pays the checks for the fighters and flights animators. If this means that Hearn’s fighters, Richardson Hitchins and Shakur Stevenson, are not invited to their events, so. Hearn cannot sell these fighters to Turki if he does not want bored fighters in his events.

Ticket sales for the event on July 12 next month are poor and Shakur is co -fans. Why should Turki want a fighter who is known for having a boring style to be in his cards if fans think he is boring and cannot sell tickets? What this means is that Hearn wasted his money in Shakur, and he has gained very little value since he signed him. He has fought once for Hearn against Josh Padley, a low -level part -time part -time fighter, and not world class.

“Are you a boxer teacher? Of course. Do you have possibilities and markets with your chin in the air? No really,” said Hearn.

Hitchins is also known for having a boring style and has been shot down in the last fights. Don’t wait for Hearn to talk about this because it promotes Hitchins. He will not criticize him, but his actions are often boring. Hearn has chosen George Kamboses as his opponent instead of candidates who could beat Hitchins or make him look bad, like Subriel Matias.