Eddie Hearn has exposed Conor Benn as a manufactured creation. By taking credit for Benn beating Chris Eubank Jr., Hearn revealed that boardroom manipulation, not inside fighting, carried his former star to the bank.
Without Hearn draining Eubank down to skin and bones through strict weight clauses, Benn loses that rematch. There would be no massive Zuffa contract from Dana White, no fight with Ryan, and no pay-per-view profile. Hearn engineered the physical collapse of an opponent who resembled a wartime prisoner on the scale, then handed Benn the credit.
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