The boxing fraternity is well acquainted with the rivalry between Tyson Fury and Eddie Hearn. The pair engaged in a back and forth many times, taking wild verbal digs at each other. However, the Matchroom supremo has also applauded Fury countless times for all that he brings to the table for the big division.
Fury and Hearn might come face to face with each other as the latter’s Matchroom fighter, Dillian Whyte, will meet ‘The Gypsy King’ in a fight in April.
But before that, Hearn shed some light on his rift with Fury.
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Speaking to iFL TV, he said, “I think I should. I think I’ll get a nice picture. We’re doing a media shoot up here for the fighters. And I think I’m just gonna get some nice photos done today and we’ll get them framed up and I’ll send them to Frank and Tyson.”
“And I just think if I can put them in the front room, be nice, and then they won’t, you know, they could just look at that”
A couple of days back, a press conference for Whyte vs Fury took place. Here, Fury and his team marked their presence. But to everyone’s surprise, Eddie Hearn and Dillian Whyte didn’t attend the event.
This press conference was expected to be a fiery meet between the Briton trio, Whyte, Hearn, and Fury. But since Hearn and Whyte didn’t attend, ‘The Gypsy King’ was the man on the mic who stole the show.
Tyson Fury jibed at Eddie Hearn over Dillian Whyte not attending the press conference
In the press event, Tyson Fury accused Hearn of suggesting Dillian Whyte to not attend the press conference.
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Fury remained in his usual flow, hitting out at anyone and everyone he wanted with his words.
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In the coming few weeks, it’ll be interesting to see whether the Matchroom boss responds to Fury’s claims. In all, fans might get to see an increase in the exchange of words between the two men.
What do you make of Hearn’s above comments?