The tone in Eddie Hearn’s voice and the pacing of his speech betrayed him. But perhaps not as badly as Conor Benn.
“I blame myself,” Hearn told iFL TV on Friday, after the barely-believable news that Benn was leaving the promoter’s company Matchroom, to join rival promoter Dana White at Zuffa Boxing. “I was like... I just felt that the loyalty that we’ve shown would never, ever put us in this position. I made a mistake, because I misjudged the character.”
