Eddie Hearn brutally hits back after Conor Benn denied being loaned £500,000

Eddie Hearn has launched a scathing attack on Connor Benn after the boxer denied he borrowed money from the boxing promoter.

Benn stunned the boxing world back in February when he split from Hearn and signed a one-fight, $15million deal with UFC CEO Dana White's Zuffa Boxing promotion. The British boxing star is set to make his debut for the organisation next weekend against Regis Prograis on the undercard of Tyson Fury's comeback fight against Arslanbek Makhmudov.

Following the stunning news, the Matchroom chief claimed he had loaned Benn over £500,000 in the aftermath of his failed drug test in 2022 which saw his clash with Chris Eubank Jr cancelled at the last minute. While Hearn revealed Benn had since paid him back, the fighter has denied he ever took money from Hearn.

“No one paid my legal bills. He [Hearn] didn't lend me a cent, I paid the legal bills myself,"

. Just days after the interview went viral, Hearn has hit back. The 46-year-old detailed the two times he loaned Benn money to make whopping purchases. The first was £250,000 to purchase a house, and the second coming when he gave the British boxer a £300,000 advance ahead of his scrapped meeting with Eubank Jr.

“Right now, I’m watching this stuff, thinking, ‘I just actually think you might be a compulsive liar,'” Hearn told