Eddie Hearn says Conor Benn offered him money after leaving Matchroom for Zuffa Boxing.
The Matchroom boss made the claim while discussing the collapse of his relationship with Benn, whose move to Dana White’s Zuffa Boxing project followed years under the Matchroom banner.
Benn is 25-1 with 14 knockouts. He signed with Zuffa Boxing after his split from Hearn, made his promotional debut against former champion Regis Prograis in April, and later agreed to a longer multi-fight deal with the promotion.
Hearn, speaking with Pro Boxing Fans, rejected Benn’s offer of a “special advisor” role in brutal fashion.
“Take your special advisor and stick it up your f—— slimy arse.”
He then claimed Benn’s side offered him money tied to what he could say publicly.
“What he did was, Conor Benn offered me money to keep my mouth shut, it said it in the email from his lawyer. We’ll give you this amount of money, I’ll tell you, we’ll give you $250,000 to not say anything negative about us. F— off.”
Watch Hearn’s full clip below.
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Benn’s Zuffa Boxing Move Keeps Getting Messier
Benn’s exit from Matchroom was not a clean handoff. Hearn previously said he found out about the Zuffa move through emails and could not get Benn on the phone. Public reports around the split also pointed to business-class travel for Benn’s father, Nigel Benn, as one of the issues between the sides.
Benn’s career had already been through heavy turbulence before the Zuffa deal. His planned 2022 fight with Chris Eubank Jr. was scrapped after failed drug tests, and Benn later returned before finally facing Eubank Jr. in 2025. He lost that fight, then rebounded against Prograis in his Zuffa Boxing debut.
The split also sits inside the wider Hearn vs. White boxing argument. White has pushed Zuffa Boxing as a serious new player, while Hearn has repeatedly questioned the model and the matchmaking. Benn’s deal gave Zuffa a high-profile British name, and Hearn’s latest claim keeps the breakup firmly in public view.
