This to me looks like Eddie Hearn cowed to Al Haymons pressure.
Eddie Hearn's weakness is how eager he is to deliver for the fans and keep the ball rolling, Al Haymon is playing a wicked game here, he's desperate to keep the HW belts in the US hence why he's not letting Wilder fight Whyte and he's got the WBC backing him to make this awkward for Hearn and now even with all the small print against him, he's making Ruiz squirm and complain about jockying for the A-side decisions.
Ruiz went from a nice humble guy to looking like a pr*ck as soon as Al Haymon's hand went up his jacksy like a puppet.
Ruiz was totally willing to stall the fight just to angle it to get it in America so AL and his partners can get all their network money and insert corrupt judges.
Hearn should of stuck to his guns and had it in the UK just to power move Al Haymon if anything, I think he just couldn't be bothered to get the lawyers involved which is what would of happened, but to me Hearn looks like a beaten man.
He know's this sucks, he knows the fans hate it, but Hearn is just thinking if this is AJ's last horrah then they get £80m out of it.
I actually think AJ is done, like all Social Media Warriors (Connor McGreggor included) they are get rich quick merchants, not true warriors, people who can get thrown in the fire, fight their way out and keep coming back for more, they're rich over night sensations who then fall in love with doing media interviews, talking to their followers on twitter and trying to do damage control via online rather than stfu and get in the ring.
I thought AJ had enough grit but if you just look at his face during that last press run and up to fight night, the guy isn't focused and I've not liked what I've seen since.
He's not beating Wilder or Fury........ prob won't even beat Ruiz.
