Eddie Hearn Lays Into Tyson Fury's US Promoter Bob Arum For "Producing Dross" And Labels Otto Wallin Fight "A Complete Flop"

Eddie Hearn launched a scathing attack on US promoter Bob Arum for "producing so much dross" with his fight cards.

The Matchroom boxing chief has been locked in a war of words with the man who manages Tyson Fury's fights stateside.

Arum, 87, questioned the decision to host AJ's rematch against Andy Ruiz Jr in Saudi Arabia and also called Hearn's streaming platform DAZN "a disaster".

But Hearn called Arum's remarks jealousy and questioned the popularity of his shows.

Eddie Hearn hit out at Bob Arum for the popularity of his shows

Hearn told The Sportsman: "Bob Arum is jealous because he can't make a big heavyweight fight.

"Arum is more jealous because he used to have Andy Ruiz. Now he's sick to his pants that he doesn't have the world heavyweight champion.

"Now he's making Tyson Fury versus Otto Wallin which I wouldn't make my worst enemy watch.

"He's got Fury fighting Otto Wallin on Mexican Independence Day. It's a complete flop, it's a disaster.

"Bob's very good at clouding the picture without noticing that he's producing so much dross."

Hearn added: "I think Bob's a disaster at the moment. They've just announced last week that he's Los Angeles event last week sold 1,400 tickets. They gave away 2,800 comps, now that's a disaster for the sport of boxing."

Bob Arum handles Tyson Fury's promotion in the US and has been critical of Eddie Hearn

Andy Ruiz Jr knocked Anthony Joshua out in New York, and they'll meet in Saudi Arabia in their rematch

Joshua was knocked out by Ruiz Jr at Madison Square Garden in June, and the pair will meet in their rematch in Saudi Arabia on December 7.

Hearn is confident that the event will be a success despite the controversy over the Middle East venue.

He said: "It'll be the biggest fight of this generation. You have to remember that there are 40 million people in Saudi Arabia. 70% of the population are under the age of 24.

"There's this perception that people from Saudi Arabia don't follow boxing. Are you mad? Do you not think they saw the first fight? This event in Saudi is causing pandemonium amongst sports fans.

"Yes the backdrop is going to be the dunes in the desert, but the whole world will be watching this fight on December 7th. It's the biggest fight of the year, it's an epic fight, but the curiosity and controversy of the venue, the controversy of Ruiz being undecided in the build-up - this event is absolutely huge."

Sunni Upal

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