{"id":262360,"date":"2025-11-14T12:10:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T12:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/262360\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T12:10:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T12:10:13","slug":"why-eddie-hearn-refused-to-speak-at-press-conference-ahead-of-chris-eubank-jr-and-conor-benn-boxing-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/262360\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Eddie Hearn refused to speak at press conference ahead of Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn boxing fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eddie Hearn staged a deliberately silent protest at the final press conference for Chris Eubank Jr\u2019s rematch with Conor Benn, a stunt aimed at mocking the interruptions he faced during April\u2019s media event.<\/p>\n

Instead of speaking, the promoter held up a sequence of cue cards while Silent Night played through the room, leaving fighters, journalists and fans momentarily stunned.<\/p>\n

The move was a direct nod to the earlier press conference where Eubank repeatedly talked over Hearn and complained about the sound of his voice.<\/p>\n

This time, Hearn refused to utter a word. <\/p>\n

As he lifted the first card, Eubank spotted what was happening and broke into a grin. \u201cHe\u2019s actually brought cue cards with him, this is embarrassing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Hearn\u2019s cards carried a series of short messages: \u201cGood evening all! I know it upsets Chris when I speak. So I\u2019ve taken a new approach. Last April we witnessed a British classic. Both men gave us a fight we will never forget.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut for now let me just say\u2026 Just because it\u2019s fight week (and we always tell the truth) to me, Conor Benn is perfect. He\u2019s ready for the performance of his career. So, get ready for another epic war.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Eddie<\/p>\n

Eddie Hearn said a fan on Instagram gave him the idea <\/p>\n

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Eubank kept up a steady stream of commentary as the music continued, finding humour in the performance.<\/p>\n

\u201cWow he\u2019s finally learned. He\u2019s finally learned guys that he cannot speak during the press conference,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat a beautiful thing it is that I don\u2019t have to interrupt this guy.\u201d <\/p>\n

\"Eddie<\/p>\n

Eddie Hearn saw the funny side in his silence<\/p>\n

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He even remarked on the background music while knowingly interrupting the very silence Hearn was attempting to maintain.<\/p>\n

Afterwards Hearn explained that the idea had not been his. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt was perfect, it was so perfect,\u201d he told reporters.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll be honest with you, someone sent me a DM today on Instagram, randomly, I don\u2019t know who he is, and said \u2018why don\u2019t you do the Love Actually scene with Silent Night?\u2019 We watched the clip in the movie and I thought \u2018oh!\u2019 We actually did it about 45 minutes ago, we got these all printed, and it was so good to take the narrative away from him.\u201d<\/p>\n

The press conference was not all theatre.<\/p>\n

Eubank also used the occasion to address a claim from Team Benn that his father, Chris Eubank Sr, was paid to attend April\u2019s event. <\/p>\n

\"Chris<\/p>\n

Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn will fight on Saturday night<\/p>\n

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\u201cAll jokes aside there is one thing I must address first,\u201d he said. \u201cConor Benn, Nigel Benn and Eddie Hearn claimed my dad was paid to come to the first fight and that\u2019s not true and anyone with a brain would know that.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s also disrespectful to the Saudis to suggest that they would do that. So these men need to stop lying to the public.\u201d<\/p>\n

Attention now turns to Saturday night at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, where a full crowd will watch the latest chapter in one of British boxing\u2019s most contentious rivalries.<\/p>\n

Eubank won their first meeting by unanimous decision over 12 rounds, and both camps have promised that the rematch will deliver an equally dramatic night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eddie Hearn staged a deliberately silent protest at the final press conference for Chris Eubank Jr\u2019s rematch with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":262361,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,217,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-262360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sport","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262360\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}