Conor Benn reveals ‘drastic’ Zuffa money that convinced him to leave Matchroom
The British fighter faces Regis Prograis on the Fury v Makhmudov undercard in his first fight since splitting with Matchroom to join Dana White’s Zuffa Boxing
Conor Benn insists the difference in offers between Zuffa Boxing and Matchroom was “drastic” and left him without hesitation when considering his future. Benn created waves last month when he announced his stunning Matchroom exit to join forces with the promotional outfit’s biggest rivals, Zuffa Boxing, with Eddie Hearn and Dana White entering a public feud. “Yes, it's drastic,” Benn said when asked on The Overlap by Gary Neville if the difference in the offers was substantial.
“It's money where you go, if you're a couple million out, yeah, alright, we'll sort something out. But it's not that. ” Benn then highlighted how “ego” had played a part in the acrimonious fallout with Eddie Hearn and Matchroom, before underlining his desire to meet the promoter in the future to settle any differences.
“It's more of an ego thing, of course, they understand, I know Eddie,” Benn added. “I didn't tell Eddie, we spoke, I sent him a nice long message, let's catch up when the dust has settled, once this has all been sorted out. “I didn't know the outcome then, whether it would be Matchroom or not, we'll speak when this is done, I want to speak to him.
Outside of business, we're friends, this is so public, it can hurt people's egos. That's it. It [the money] is not even close.