‘Boycott Eddie’: Fans Say Eddie Hearn Is ‘Destroying Joshua’s Future’ Following Recent Development

Published 10/04/2022, 9:00 AM EDT

The Matchroom president, Eddie Hearn, recently, revealed that the match between Anthony Joshua, and WBC heavyweight champion, Tyson Fury, has now been called off. After months of back and forth between the two British boxers, it looks like the two sides couldn’t reach an agreement.

During an interview with Matchroom, Hearn announced that the fight was off from their side claiming Fury’s promoter, George Warren, hasn’t responded to them as yet. “I’ve not heard from George Warren since Wednesday. So as far as we’re concerned, the fight is off,” Hearn said.

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The saga between the two heavyweights began, after Fury took to social media several weeks ago and offered Joshua the chance to become a heavyweight champion. This came after AJ’s devastating loss to Oleksandr Usyk, for the second time in September. However, the fans were not happy with this as they called out Hearn for affecting Joshua’s career in a negative way.

Fans sound off on Eddie Hearn

One fan stated that the whole thing resembled a circus by saying, “It’s a circus….not sure who’s the biggest clown out of them all.” Another fan even called for boycotting Hearn. He stated that this was all about making sure Hearn, and DAZN, were paid well and urged people to stop watching his fights. “It’s all about Eddie and Dazn here it’s shocking people should stop watching his fights. Boycott Eddie,” he commented. Moreover, a fan made a bold claim by saying that Hearn was ‘destroying’ Joshua’s career. He stated, “Hearn is destroying Joshua’s future he doesn’t want him to flourish in his career.”

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One fan called for the sacking of the British promoter from boxing itself. “Hearn should be sacked from boxing, he has destroyed the sport of boxing,” he iterated. Lastly, one fan took a dig on Joshua and stated that Hearn knew Joshua would lose. He said, “That’s what Hearn wanted all along he knew Joshua would get beat again.”

Last week, Fury gave Joshua one final chance to sign the contract for the fight on social media. However, it looks like the fight won’t be happening as fans feel that Hearn isn’t willing to book this super fight for Joshua.

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Sahil Sood is a Boxing writer at EssentiallySports. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in journalism and mass communication, and holds a keen interest in the 'sweet science'. His journey towards following boxing began when he first saw the highlights of Mike Tyson as a teenager, and then closely followed the rise of Floyd Mayweather.

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‘Boycott Eddie’: Fans Say Eddie Hearn Is ‘Destroying Joshua’s Future’ Following Recent Development

Fans sound off on Eddie Hearn

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