drabljThu Oct 23, 2025, 10:41 PM UTC
hearn complained about other promoters in recent times like he is any better. they all “bleed” other people’s money but not their own. they don’t want to invest in their fighters’ careers (dalton smith and andy cruz in good divisions for example) to make them bigger and more respected (essentially they don’t invest in
CoverdaleThu Oct 23, 2025, 7:32 PM UTC
Key quote. Hearn is focused on running a profitable business, Matias’ amateur promoter has overbid and now realised they can’t make their money back. The drastic relocation is a move of desperation.
Turki isn’t concerned about making a profit (at least not for now) so the Riyadh Season shows are an outlier. Silly to criticise
M312Thu Oct 23, 2025, 6:34 PM UTC
Should he say no he doesn’t want that much?
What a weird complaint.
SteveMThu Oct 23, 2025, 4:14 PM UTC
Matchroom can’t bleed Turki’s money – he’s free to spend his (or the Saudi gov’t) money on what he wants
BoroThu Oct 23, 2025, 3:58 PM UTC
Of course who isn’t willing to risk other peoples money doing stuff rather than their own, the government, banks etc etc all do it with YOUR money as we speak…