{"id":9843,"date":"2025-02-25T21:04:21","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T22:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/?p=9843"},"modified":"2025-02-25T22:59:32","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T22:59:32","slug":"eddie-hearn-reveals-why-he-pushed-ben-shalom-during-chris-eubank-jr-vs-conor-benn-brawl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/25\/eddie-hearn-reveals-why-he-pushed-ben-shalom-during-chris-eubank-jr-vs-conor-benn-brawl\/","title":{"rendered":"Eddie Hearn reveals why he pushed Ben Shalom during Chris Eubank Jr vs Conor Benn brawl"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Chris Eubank Jr struck Conor Benn with an egg during an explosive face-off in Manchester (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Eddie Hearn says he shoved Ben Shalom during tonight’s explosive press conference as he wanted to confront Chris Eubank Jr over his ‘b**** move’ to slap Conor Benn with an egg<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Two months out from Eubank Jr’s eagerly anticipated fight with Benn, the pair faced off at a packed-out Manchester Central Auditorium, where the scenes descended into chaos up on the stage.<\/p>\n

Surrounded by various team members and security personnel, the two bitter rivals were seen exchanging a few choice words before Eubank Jr struck his undefeated opponent with some force across the cheek.<\/p>\n

It soon emerged that Eubank Jr had smashed an egg into the side of Benn’s face, with yolk clearly visible over the latter’s designer clothes in the immediate aftermath.<\/p>\n

The two British fighters – who had originally been due to lock horns in 2022<\/a> – had to be held apart as the resulting fracas threatened to get out of hand and the latter’s legendary father, Nigel, was seen grabbing Eubank Jr by the throat. <\/p>\n

Elsewhere in the melee, Benn’s promoter, Hearn, attempted to get within earshot of Eubank Jr to condemn his behaviour, pushing Shalom out the way in the process. <\/p>\n

‘I wanted to try and tell Eubank Jr that it was a b**** move,’ Hearn told iFL TV<\/a> when asked why he had pushed Benn’s promoter.<\/p>\n

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He says he didn’t.<\/p>\n<p>‘I was trying to get through and he was in my way… it weren’t f***ing nothing bad was it?! <\/p>\n<p>‘But listen, I don’t mind Ben, genuinely. I do take the mick out of him a little bit.<\/p>\n<p>‘Obviously, I’m going to run rings around him at all junctions but that’s what you’d expect coming into the game.’<\/p>\n<div class=\"metro-embed__twitter\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IFLTV\/status\/1894477904119021807\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/IFLTV\/status\/1894477904119021807<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<p>Hearn, who initially thought Eubank Jr had glassed Benn, added: ‘I’ve just Ben Shalom a couple of times that we’ve got everything that we’ve wanted and more and, yes, you signed the contract. Don’t moan about it after.<\/p>\n<p>‘You requested a rematch clause, not us. And they just got a little bit lost in their points.<\/p>\n<p>‘The reality is you ain’t gonna outtalk me, ever.’<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22625773 lazyload\" alt=\"Chris Eubank Jr v Conor Benn Press Conference\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2201954834.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Eubank Jr and Benn’s feud stretches back a number of years (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Asked whether he had spoken to Shalom since the on-stage brawl, Hearn replied: ‘Yes, it’s all cool. <\/p>\n<p>‘He promises me he didn’t know about it. I don’t believe him but I ain’t going to lose a second of sleep over it. <\/p>\n<p>‘It’s good, you want a little bit of aggro don’t you?’<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media metro-instagram\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-version=\"12\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DGgpE8Luek6\/?hl=en\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DGgpE8Luek6\/?hl=en\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DGgpE8Luek6\/?hl=en<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22625778 lazyload\" alt=\"Chris Eubank Jr v Conor Benn Press Conference\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2201959168.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Shalom says he did not know about Eubank Jr’s plan (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=U_sVBf4-cwA\">Ring Magazine<\/a> after the fracas, Shalom was adamant he was not involved in Eubank Jr’s plan to egg Benn, insisting ‘Chris does what he wants’.<\/p>\n<p>On the shove he received from Hearn, Shalom added: ‘He did push me, didn’t he?! I’ve been pushed now my Frank [Warren] and Eddie… unbelievable.<\/p>\n<p>‘I think at the start, in fairness to Eddie, he thought it was a glass, he didn’t realise it was an egg.<\/p>\n<p>‘He’s lost his head, he’s trying to do whatever. It wasn’t about him, it wasn’t about me and he’s just come for me. Look, he’s calmed down now.<\/p>\n<p>‘I said, “What the f***’s it got to do with me?!”… he knows that Chris does what he wants, Chris has worked with him.<\/p>\n<p>‘He knows that Chris does what he wants and at the end of the day, now that he knows it’s an egg, he’s calmed down.’<\/p>\n<p>Eubank Jr and Benn are due to hold another press conference on Thursday at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, where the showpiece event will be staged on April 26.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>For more stories like this,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/sport\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/sport\/\">check our sport page<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Follow Metro Sport for the latest news on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sportmetro\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Metro_Sport\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/metrosportuk\/\">Instagram<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Eubank Jr struck Conor Benn with an egg during an explosive face-off in Manchester (Picture: Getty) Eddie Hearn says he shoved Ben Shalom during tonight’s explosive press conference as he wanted to confront Chris Eubank Jr over his ‘b**** move’ to slap Conor Benn with an egg. 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