BOB ARUM insisted Eddie Hearn is NOT banned from Dillian Whyte’s fight with Tyson Fury.
The 33-year-old heavyweight rivals are due to settle their score on April 23 at Wembley.
Frank Warren with Tyson Fury and Bob Arum
It came after a record-breaking £30.6million WBC purse which was won by Fury’s promoter Frank Warren.
Hearn, who bid £24m, as a result has no official role in the mega-fight but has promoted Whyte for large parts of the heavyweight’s career.
Due to promotional feuding, the Matchroom Boxing boss is uncertain if he will be ringside for the fight.
But he offered to show his support to Whyte in any way possible – even if it means carrying his bucket.
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That drew a response from Arum, who offered to give Hearn a ticket to the fight – and save him from working Whyte’s corner.
Arum told FightHype: “Eddie Hearn can’t keep his mouth shut.
“I never talk about an Eddie Hearn fight. Why? Not because I’m a good guy, but his fight is his fight – none of my business.
“Eddie Hearn – everything is his business. He said that we’ve banned him from going to the fight.
“We’ve only banned him if he doesn’t have a ticket. If he has a ticket, he can come.
“He’s gonna carry Whyte’s bucket he said, so he can get to the fight. What kind of crazy s*** is that?
“If he called me up, you don’t think I’d get him a ticket?”
The comments followed after Hearn said to Boxing Social: “I don’t think I’m allowed but I might go in the corner.
“I was thinking about going in the corner and carrying the bucket, I would do that.
“I would put on a Dillian Whyte T-shirt and carry the bucket in the corner. Imagine the buys.
“Might double the buys, the announcement, ‘Eddie Hearn to carry the bucket for Dillian Whyte’.”
Dillian whyte pictured with Eddie Hearn
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