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eddie hern took the side of the world boxing council (wbc) in its feud with Terence CrawfordWho was it Stripped of his WBC title for refusing to pay agreed fee,
Crawford expertly defeated Canelo Alvarez in Las Vegas in September, taking the undisputed super-middleweight belt from the Mexican – and becoming The only three-division undisputed champion of the modern era,
However, the unbeaten Crawford was not undisputed at 168lb for long; This week, the 38-year-old was stripped of his WBC title after failing to pay the sanctioning body’s fees for the Canelo fight and a previous bout.
wbc president Mauricio Suleiman While the move was called a “slap in the face” Invincible boxer retaliated by abusing on social media,
Now, Hearn has escalated the issue by taking the side of Crawford, against whom he has previously promoted boxers.
“What he did is a bit like you’re going to a restaurant, eating amazing caviar and lobster, and the bill comes and you go: ‘I’m not going to pay that!’ And you just walk out,” Hearn said. ifl tv
“You sit down at the table, you want to eat all the good stuff; you have to pay your dues and you have to pay your bill.
“Now, what would he say in response to that: ‘The bill was too high.’ No, rules are rules. But Terrence is looking at it, saying: ‘Okay, it’s $300,000.'”
In fact, Crawford was expected to be paid $300,000 for his fight with Canelo, with the WBC stating that the figure was based on its $50 million purse – but the amount was reduced from the usual 3 percent of the purse to just 0.6 percent. Suleiman also said that $225,000 would have gone to a boxing charity.
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“You wanted the opportunity to call yourself the undisputed champion, right?” Hearn continued. “And the only way to do that is to fight for the WBC world title. So, if belts don’t matter, undisputed certainly doesn’t matter to you.
“For me, if you want to fight for the undisputed championship, you have to follow the rules of that belt.
“But at the same time, this is the era…the new wave of boxing that’s coming in is going to try to eliminate all the belts.”
Hearn was referencing TKO’s recent entry into boxing; The parent company of WWE and UFC has begun working with Saudi boxing matchmaker Turki Alalshaikh with the intention of disrupting boxing’s current belt system.