Norman Sr talks about Hearn’s low ball offers for boot fight

Promoter Eddie Hearn says WBO welterweight champion Brian Norman Jr. turned down “in excess” of $1.5 million for a unification fight against IBF champion Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis.

Norman Jr’s father, Brian Sr, says the first offer was less than a third of what Boots made for David Avanesyan last July. “It was a little more than you gave David Avanesyan, and my son is a world champion,” Brian Sr. said. social media.

Hearn’s ulterior motives?

Brian Sr says Hearn didn’t want to fight. He just wanted to go through the motions pretend he tried to get the Boots-Norman Jr to fight so he could later return to Boots and say that he tried.

Some fans believe Hearn’s real interest is in the Boots vs. Karen Chukhadjian rematch They also believe that Hearn wants to match Boots against his fighter, Conor Benn, for an internal Matchroom fight. This is the silver lining for Hearn—the Karen rematch.

Not an isolated incident

It looks like Hearn won’t be able to be too tight to get the unification fights that Boots Ennis (32-0, 29 KOs) needs for him to become the undisputed champion. Norman Jr. is not the only one who has complaints about the little money Hearn is offering him. WBA champion Eimantas Stanionis also mentioned money.

If Hearn doesn’t want to pay the champs the good rate, Boots might as well forget staying at 147 to try and go undisputed, because it won’t happen.

He needs to move up to 154 and forget about going undisputed because he will likely experience the same problems in that weight class. Instead of collecting belts, Boots should focus on fighting the best guys at 154, whether it’s Terence Crawford, Vergil Ortiz, Tim Tszyu and Israil Madrimov.

“The second offer was less than half of what Boots made in his last fight,” Norman Sr. said. said about the money Hearn offered him for a fight against Ennis. “The third offer was half of what Boots made in his last fight. So imagine what Boots will do in this unification match. Considerably more than he made in his last fight.

“You (Hearn) didn’t want to fight this fight. The only reason you did it was to tell Boots and his team that you were trying to make the fight. You didn’t make the fight. I gave (Boots’ father) Bozy the numbers. I told Bozy what it was. Bozy knows it’s bull,” Norman Sr. said.

The champions are not going to accept $1 to 2 million to fight Boots, especially if they are underdogs. They are in a position where they will likely lose their titles, and the money Hearn is offering doesn’t make it worth it. Norman Jr and the other two champions are 147, better off making title defenses and holding on to their belts as long as possible. In the long run they will make a lot more money than they would by fighting Boots Ennis.