Is “Hit and Don’t Get Hit” Still Profitable? Eddie Hearn Discusses Turki Alalshikh’s push For More Engaging Boxing Bouts

Eddie Hearn Responded to Turki Alalshikh’s Comments This Week No longer to support Fighters Who Merely Run Around the Ring, Not Engaging, On His Riyadh Season Cards.

Hearn Partially Defended The Defense Fighters, Saying Boxing Is “The Sweet Science” of “hit Hit-and-Not-Get.” However, Hearn Says There is a “Balance of Skill and Entertainment,” and The Fighters Have To Get Right For Them To Be Marketable.

Hearn on Turki’s Runner Ban

In the Case of Turki’s Directive Not to include Runners in His Events, Fighters Must Be Willing To Take The Risk Of Getting to Be On His Cards. Hearn has got a couple of runners that he’s traying to turn Into Stars, and he wants Them to be on Turk’s Cards. IF to Can’t Meet His Requirements, That’s On Them. For Those Who Don’t Adapt in Boxing, They’re Weeded Out.

“You got the Mix Right. Ultimately, This is the Sweet Science. The Hit and Don’t Get Hit. We Get It’s Also The Entertainment Business,” Said Eddie Hearn To Fight Hub TVReacting to Being Asked About Turki Alalshikh Saying He Does Any More “Tom and Jerry” Type Fights On His Riyadh Season Cards.

Turki Made It Very Clear In HIS Post. He Wants Fighters Who Engage. There’s no Mix Involved, AS Hearn Is Talking. He Wants Fighters Who Put It On The Line. He’s Trying to Save Boxing, And He Can’t Do That If His Cards Have Fighters Who Are On The Run All Night.

Hearn has a couple of runners That he needs to stay loyal to Loyal, Shakur Stevenson and Richardson Hitchins; Hence, He’s Being Cautious in What Heys And Not Fully Agreeing With Turki’s Desire for Entertaining Fighters. He Can’t Just Dump Hitchins And Shakur, But They Don’t Meet The Requirements To Be Exciting To Watch for Fans.

Hearn’s “Sweet Science” Defense

“SO, People Don’t Watch the Audience of the Audience. And they’re Extremely Well-Educated Boxing People. Any aggression, Trying to End The Fight at Any Time, “Said Hearn.

Fans Who Enjoy Seeing Movement and The Hit-and-Run Style Would Prefer That These Fighters Mix It Up More. However, they appreciate that Approach. Unfortunately, there are not enough to Them to Justify Them on Main Cards.

Fans Will Tolerate The Runners IF Thy’re buried in the prelims out of Sight, Out of Mind, But Not On The Main Cards. When Fans Purchase PPV Events, They Don’t Want To Watch a Runner. Most Fans Aren’t Filthy Rich. So, When You’re Paying For A Boxing Card, They’re Spending Money That Those Could Things Like Things Like Necessities. Hearn is out of touch with Type of Person.

“It’s Very Difficult. An Intelligent Conversation An Intelligent Conversation. Need You to Switch Up Your Style and Stand and Trade, ‘”Said Hearn.

As A Promoter, It’s Hearn’s Job to TELL HIS FIGHTERS THAT TO CHANGE THEIR STYLE IF THEY’RE BORING, Because They Can’t Sell. Moreover, It Looks Bad When Fans Boo Them or Sit Quietly, Not Reacting To The Running. We All Saw Shakur Stevenson’s Fights Against The Electrician Josh Padley and Edwin de Los Santos. Those Are Boring Fights. Hearn Needs To Have “An Intelligent Conversation” With His Fighters IF Thy’re Not Entertaining.

Turki’s Vision: End Runners

“They’re going to look at me. But the reality is, IF You’re a Tough Sell. And IF You Bece Big Lacking in Opportunities, Parcortunities in Big Fights,” Said Hearn. “And His Excellency (Turki Alalshikh) Kind of Put His Flag in The Sand There and Said, ‘If You’re Not Entertaining, I Don’t Want You On My Shows.'”

Hearn has got to TELL HIS HIS SAFETY-First Fighters, Shakur Stevenson and Richardson Hitchins. If they want to be included on Turki’s cards, They Need to Mix It Up. Should the Care About Whether They Look at Him Like HE’S Insane When He Tells Them Running and Stand in the Pocket and Fight. IF to Want to Get The Big Purses That Turki Pays, They’ll Listen to Hearn And Agree.

Hearn Shouldn’t Feel Guilty About Telling Them What They Must Do. IF to Don’t Like It, That’s On Them. I Can’t See Shakur Choosing To Change His Style to Become More Aggressive. He can’t and he won’t.

Hearn’s Fighters Must Adapt

Stevenson Knows He’s Too Weak and Poor Offensively to Beat William Zepeda And Almost Any Goodweight. He has no choice but to run. Shakur Also has a Big Ego and Will Behoti Will to Continue to Use Him, Even IF He’s Booed Of The Louis Armstrong Stadium in Queens Next Month. IF Turki Choes to Exclude Him, Hearn Will Be Stuck With Him. Shakur Won’t Be Happy Fighting For Chump Change Shows.

“But Everybody Is Different. Floyd (Mayweather Jr.) Was there, And now IF I can have an Easy Night and Make A Huge Called Great Business,” Said Hearn.

Turki Is Still to Pay Canelo to Be On His Cards, But IF HE Did Id Against William Scull, It Wouldn’t Be A Shock IF HE’s Excluded Due To No Longer Entertaining. Canolo’s Last Three Fights Were Boring to Get Out of Gas After The First Quarter of The Battle. He Wasn’t Trying To Play It Safe. Thankfully, Mayweather Isn’t Still Fighting, As His Fights Incredibly Boring Once He Reached His 30s. He Did The Minimum To Win And Got By Hand Speed ​​Speed, Movement, And Careful Matchmaking. In the End, Floyd was cherry picking all the time, and none of His Fights Were Entertaining.

“It Doesn’t Mean IF I’m Called Upon to the Trenches, I’m not prepared to Go There. Canelo is a great example,” Said Hearn. “IF He’s Called Against Crawford, He Will Do You What.

Canoelo is Old and Has Shown in His Last Few Fights That He Can Only Mix It Up to Tiring Three Rounds Before. It’s not that he’s intentionally playing it safe. He Doesn’t Have The Gas Tank To Fight Hard For More Three Rounds. He’s Not Trying to Be Boring Like Richardson Hitchins, Devin Haney, and Shakur Stevenson. He Can’t Fight Hard Due To His Age and Cardio Problems.

“And there’s Nothing Wrong. It’s Smart Business, Floyd, His Exty Admission, Was Robbing Bank Every Time. The Reality is, there’s got to be a mix. And That’s Why I Don’t Think Richardson (Hitchins) Is A Boring Fighter at All, “Said Hearn.

The Price Of Boring Boxing

Hearn has drifted off the Original Point. This is about the Turkish Aleshikh Saying Heesn’t Want Safety-First Fighters on His Riyadh Season Cards. Fighters Who Have Boring Styles, Like Mayweather Jr., Have Nothing To Do This way. He’s A relic from The Pre-Internet Days. Turki is the One Paying The Checks for The Fighters, and He Wants Entertainers. IF That Means Hearn’s Fighters, Richardson Hitchins and Shakur Stevenson, Aren’t invited to His Events, Then That’s The Way It Is. Hearn Can’t Sell Those Fighters To Turki If He Doesn’t Want Boring Fighters On His Events.

The Ticket Sales For The July 12th Event Next Month Are Reportedly Poor, and Shakur is The Co-Feature. Why Should Turkey Want a Fighter Who is Known for a Boring Style To Be His Cards Think HE’s Boring, And He Can’t Sell Tickets? What This Means Is Hearn Wasted His Money Signing Shakur, and he has started Gotten Very Little Value Signing Him. He’s Fight Once For Hearn Against Josh Padley, a Low-Level Part-Time Fighter No Power, and Not World-Class.

“Is he a master Boxer? Does He take Chances and Trade Up With His Chin In The Air? Not Really,” Said Hearn.

Hitchins Is Also Known for Having a Boring Style and has been Booed in Recent Fights. You shouldn’t Expect Hearn to Talk About That Because He Promotes Hitchins. He’s Not Going To Criticize Him, BUT HIS Performances Are Often DULL. Hearn Picked George Cambosos As His opponent Rather Than Contenders That Would Hitchins Or Make Him Look Bad, Like Subriel Matias.