“A 100 Million Pound Company, Lost the Lot”: Eddie Hearn Strike Back at Simon Jordan in a Hostile Back and Forth Over Inheriting His Father’s Boxing Promotion

Eddie Hearn‘s recent interview with Simon Jordan was quite hostile, to say the least. Jordan, amongst other things, is an entrepreneur and a sports commentator. He has been in the headlines for making his return to, Talksport,’ and right off the bat had an encounter with Hearn. In the past, both of them have shown animosity towards each other on air.

Their recent exchange comes amidst the Anthony Joshua vs Dillian Whyte fiasco. However, during this discussion, their conversation took a sudden turn and went beyond the realm of the sport. The duo made some personal remarks which went viral in the boxing world. Let’s jump straight away into their back and forth.

Eddie Hearn and Simon Jordan make personal remarks

Jordan, in the past, has taken subtle digs at Hearn for inheriting his dad’s boxing promotion. His father, Barry Hearn, is the founder of, ‘Matchroom Boxing,’ and in many ways has changed the landscape of British Boxing. Jordan’s comments were considered to be condescending by Hearn but the British promoter was ready with a sharp response. Amidst this conversation, Jordan took shots at Hearn for being handed the position in Matchroom boxing.

This ignited a vehement response from Hearn and felt the need to debate Jordan about his comments. He stated, “You’ve got this bee in your bonnet, I don’t know what it is, you brought it up on Twitter the other day and just brought it up again there “You inherited your daddy’s business”.

Hearn does not stop there but makes a personal remark. He attempts to prove that even Jordan was handed opportunities but he instead made a mess of it. He added, “You took a start-up company to what you say was £100million company, and lost the lot.”

Coming from a place of privilege, Hearn had clashed with other media reporters to defend his worth and merit in the boxing business. Let’s take a look at Hearn’s response to one such interviewer who made a similar remark.

Eddie Hearn confronts an interviewer for making nepotism claims

Back in March, British radio host Roman Kemp asserted that Hearn is famous because of being Barry Hearn’s son. In response, Hearn cut no slack and clapped back with a witty response. He stated, “You, my friend, are definitely only famous because of your dad. The difference between me and you is I have something you don’t – talent and ability.”

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It appears that Hearn is used to defending his worth against claims of nepotism. So, we ask you, to share your thoughts and opinions on Hearn’s contribution to the sport of boxing. Share with us in the comment section below.

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