Promoter Eddie Hearn was a bit annoyed when former welterweight champion Kell Brook questioned his loyalty.
On November 14, Brook will challenger WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford at the MGM Grand’s Conference Center in Las Vegas.
Hearn, who promoted Brook for many years, was not involved in the negotiations for Brook’s deal to face Crawford.
Brook is also entering the bout without the services of his longtime trainer, Dominic Ingle.
Brook has made allegations that Hearn was bitter, over not being involved in the fight, and pursued payback by derailing the Sheffield boxer’s attempt to have Sky Sports broadcast the world title fight with Crawford.
“I’ve done a lot with Kell and I thought I was going to rise above it. But then I started getting people on Twitter saying, ‘It’s bang out of order what you’ve done to Kell Brook’. I have so many problems on my plate right now getting fights for people who are with me and I thought, you know what, I’m going to let you know the truth,” Hearn told The Sun.
“It wasn’t like they came to me and said, ‘Let’s work a deal’. They were whoring themselves to everyone else first. They tried BT, ITV, Channel 5, DAZN . . . I think they tried everybody and got turned down. And then they came to me asking for money!
“What was so disheartening for me was when he questioned my loyalty. I went way above and beyond trying to help Kell. I flew to Fuerteventura when he was in hospital after getting stabbed, sorting out all his medical insurance, lots of things. We’ve had some good times and it’s sad really. I feel really sorry for Dominic Ingle also because he has done everything for him from day one and they have got a big cash fight and got rid of him for it.
“I don’t think he wasted too much time chasing the Amir Khan fight, I think he wasted too much time away from the gym. Lots of times I had to drive up to Sheffield to help keep him on track. But now people are accusing me of hanging him out to dry — but he’s making $2 million to fight Crawford and just didn’t want to pay me. That’s all.”