Conor Benn makes emotional plea to Eddie Hearn in effort to settle differences

Conor Benn continues to insist that he wants to keep his friendship with Eddie Hearn alive, despite his shock switch from the latter’s promotional company to a rival last month. February brought the surprising news that Benn was leaving Matchroom to join Zuffa Boxing, a new promotion headed up by UFC president Dana White , who has aimed various criticisms at Hearn in recent months. Hearn, 46, has publicly admitted his hurt at Benn’s actions , playing coy over the possibility of working with the 29-year-old welterweight again in the future.

Conor Benn (right) with his former promoter Eddie Hearn (Getty Images) However, Benn is adamant that he wants to get back on good terms with Hearn, as he told former Manchester United and England defender Gary Neville on The Overlap . “It’s more of an ego thing,” Benn said. “Of course they understand, I know Eddie.

I didn’t tell Eddie [about the Zuffa deal in advance but] 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.