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Chris Eubank Jr. & Frank Warren Issue Statements Following Controversial Press Conference

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Chris Eubank Jr. & Frank Warren Issue Statements Following Controversial Press Conference

Chris Eubank Jr. is scheduled to face Kamil Szeremeta in a 12-round middleweight bout at the Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol event on October 12.

On Wednesday, Eubank attended the London press conference, where he called Frank Warren, Kalle Sauerland and Eddie Hearn scumbags. Eubank then praised Turki Alalshikh for not trying to take money from fighters and lock fighters into “slave contracts.”

“Why BOXXER? Because every other promoter out here is a scumbag. That’s why. You’ve got Frank Warren behind me; he’s been lying and cheating his way through boxing for the last couple decades. [He] sued me for a couple hundred thousand a few years ago, so obviously I was never going to go with him. The guy is a scumbag.

Kalle Sauerland had me locked up in a terrible contract for the last few years, squeezing money out of me at every opportunity. Scumbag.

Eddie Hearn and Frank Smith did everything they could to try and make this fight against Conor Benn still go ahead after knowing that he was on steroids. Scumbags.

I would say the only promoter that I know for sure isn’t a scumbag is his excellency Turki Alalshikh. This is a man who isn’t trying to take money from fighters. He isn’t trying to use lawyers and accountants to lock fighters up in slave contracts.”

After the press conference, Chris Eubank Jr. stated that he would like to retract his inaccurate statement. Eubank apologized to Warren, Sauerland, and Hearn.

“Following today’s press conference for the historic Riyadh Season event on October 12th, I would like to retract my inaccurate statements and offer my apologies to Frank Warren, Eddie Hearn and Kalle Sauerland. I now wish to focus purely on boxing and preparing for a huge fight in Riyadh next month.”

Frank Warren responded to Eubank as follows:

“I accept Chris’s apology and retraction. I too have said things before and apologize to him also if any criticism of him has upset him in the past. I look forward to seeing him compete on this huge Riyadh Season card. We look ahead to some potentially massive bouts in the future.”