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The email arrived through a lawyer. Not a call. Not a conversation. A solicitor’s letter, clinical and cold, informing Eddie Hearn that the fighter he’d shielded through many challenges had signed with rival Dana White’s Zuffa Boxing on a reported $15m one-fight deal.
Matchroom’s head honcho told iFL TV he was “devastated, shocked”—admitted he’d “got the character wrong”. He’d backed Conor Benn when literally nobody else would touch him. Took the loyalty for granted. Made the call. Benn didn’t even pick up.








