Eddie Hearn has been installed as a significant favourite against Leonard Ellerbe if a boxing match between the pair became reality. In recent months, the pair have exchanged insults regarding their positions in the sport in interviews and on social media.
Hearn’s role as a promoter has seen the Matchroom boss stage a wealth of high-profile events featuring the biggest names in the sports such as Canelo Alvarez, Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk. Possessing little fighting experience, Hearn fought amateur before switching his attention to being on the outside of the ropes.
As Floyd Mayweather’s manager and CEO of Mayweather Promotions, Ellerbe was a key figure in the Michigan fighter’s development. With Mayweather’s fight against Manny Pacquiao boxing’s biggest ever PPV event, Ellerbe’s input in the success was vital.
Hearn’s desire to break into America and replicate his British success there has irked a number of his counterparts in America with Ellerbe certainly the most vocal. Hearn’s response has been to jokingly suggest that he’ll sign Gervonta Davis, one of boxing’s most prolific names, recently attached to Ellerbe.
Skybet, who have been monitoring the consistent war of words, have decided to price a potential contest. Hearn, due to his youth, size, and experience, can be backed at 1/3. Ellerbe would enter the bout an underdog and you can currently get 9/4.