Chris Eubank Jr launches attack on 'scumbag' promoters including Eddie Hearn

Chris Eubank Jr volition marque his instrumentality to the boxing ringing adjacent period and is scheduled to spell head-to-head with Kamil Szeremeta connected the Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol undercard

Chris Eubank Jr deed retired astatine "scumbag" boxing promoters, including Frank Warren and Eddie Hearn, successful a heated rant astatine a caller property conference.

The middleweight prima is hoping for a large extremity to 2024 up of the caller year, wherever helium hopes to unafraid fights with immoderate of the biggest names successful the sport.

The erstwhile IBO world champion signed with Ben Shalom’s Boxxer and during the Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol property league connected Wednesday, wherever he's acceptable to diagnostic connected the undercard against Kamil Szeremeta, the 35-year-old revealed wherefore helium didn't motion with an alternate promoter, describing them each arsenic 'scumbags.'

Ahead of fight, determination were rumours that Eubank Jr would yet look Conor Benn oregon adjacent Canelo Alvarez. However, the Brit volition officially instrumentality connected Szeremeta.

During Wednesday's motorboat property conference, Eubank Jr slammed each of the apical promoters successful British boxing, isolated from Ben Shalom.

"Why [have I chosen to motion with] Boxxer? Because each different promoter retired present is simply a scumbag – that’s why," helium said. “We’ve got Frank Warren down me, helium has been lying and cheating his mode done boxing for the past mates of decades. He sued maine for a mates hundreds of thousands a fewer years ago, truthful evidently I was ne'er going to spell with him, the feline is simply a scumbag.

“Kalle Sauerland, helium had maine locked up successful a unspeakable declaration for the past fewer years – squeezing wealth retired of maine astatine each accidental – scumbag. Eddie Hearn and Frank Smith – they did everything that they could to effort and marque this combat against Conor Benn inactive spell up aft knowing that helium was connected steroids – scumbags."

The lone radical that Eubank Jr. praised was His Excellency, Turki Alalshikh and Shalom. “I would accidental that the lone promoter that I cognize for definite isn’t a scumbag is His Excellency, Turki Alalshikh," helium added.

"This is simply a antheral who isn’t trying to instrumentality wealth from fighters, helium isn’t trying to usage lawyers and accountants to fastener fighters up successful enslaved contracts. He is simply a antheral of God, helium is simply a antheral of religion, that is what is astir important to the radical of Saudi Arabia. He conscionable wants to enactment the biggest fights on, the champion events connected and wage fighters what they are worth.

“As a fighter, it is simply a blessing to beryllium a combatant astatine this infinitesimal successful clip due to the fact that this is the archetypal clip that we person ever had a promoter similar this successful the past of boxing. Oh and Ben Shalom is simply a precise chill feline too.”

Eubank Jr. comes into the clash with Szeremeta, which volition instrumentality spot connected October 12, disconnected the backmost of a triumph against Liam Smith successful an epic rematch past year.

The Brit bounced backmost successful immoderate manner aft helium suffered the archetypal knockout decision of his nonrecreational vocation against Smith successful their archetypal brushwood successful January 2023.