EDDIE HEARN talks Barry McGuigan in this week’s special Scott Quigg v Carl Frampton issue of Boxing News magazine. This is out now on our app and the print version is in stores on Thursday (February 25). Here is an excerpt.
THE first time I saw Barry McGuigan box live was when my hero, Jim McDonnell, beat him [in 1989]. One of my strongest assets is I have no emotion towards people I do business with, and my dad is different. His mentality is, ‘Tell them to go f*** themselves’, whereas mine is, ‘We need to get this done’. I know when I’m talking to Barry he’s looking at me thinking, ‘I can’t stand you.’ But when I look at him I’m just thinking about what’s being said and what we need to achieve. So, I have no problem talking to him, but I could not negotiate with a man who lets emotion get in the way of making correct business decisions.
READ THE FULL, EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW AND MUCH MORE IN OUR QUIGG-FRAMPTON SPECIAL ISSUE. DOWNLOAD THE LATEST EDITION OF BOXING NEWS MAGAZINE HERE NOW OR BUY THE PRINT EDITION FROM STORES ON THURSDAY (February 25).
