“Hahahahahahaha. @lthomasnews did it better, but it’s still always nice to see turds get flushed,” Jed Meshew wrote on X Thursday. He was quote-posting a clip that has Eddie Hearn going after Mike Coppinger.
The clip came through the account @EverythingBoxi2, which tagged @DAZNBoxing. In it, the Matchroom Boxing promoter accuses Coppinger, a boxing insider, of being a company man for Zuffa Boxing, Dana White’s new boxing venture. Hearn’s charge is that Coppinger is effectively doing promotional work for White’s operation. It is an accusation, and an unproven one. The available sources show no evidence for it and include no response from Coppinger.
This was one jab in a busy day of swinging. The Sun ran a headline Thursday saying Hearn slammed the Fury vs AJ undercard and claimed White doesn’t understand boxing. SEN’s headline framed it as Hearn ripping White over a boxing venture he considers clueless. Neither outlet’s full text was available here. Treat those headlines as the extent of what’s confirmed: Hearn has a problem with White’s move into his sport, and he’s saying so loudly.
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The Coppinger part is the new wrinkle. Promoter versus promoter is familiar territory. White and Hearn trading shots over who understands the business would barely register as news. A promoter accusing a reporter of carrying water for a rival changes the fight. It drags media coverage into the turf war, and it tells you Hearn believes the battle over how Zuffa Boxing gets covered matters as much as what happens in the ring.
Meshew’s reaction shows the clip landed with at least some people who follow the sport closely. His nod to @lthomasnews suggests someone else had already made a similar critique. The sources don’t say what that was, so I won’t guess.
What’s missing tells you something too. There’s no word from Coppinger, from White, or from anyone at Zuffa Boxing. Hearn has now gone after White’s boxing knowledge, a high-profile undercard, and a reporter, all in the same news cycle. The next move belongs to whoever decides to answer him first.
