Turki Al-Alshikh’s plunge into the world of boxing has undeniably aided the sport and it’s promoters by making rivals work together and thus creating the biggest possible fights. However, the result of Al-Alshikh’s blockbuster events has also seen BOXXER’s Ben Shalom enter the supposed ‘inner circle’ of British boxing promotion and now the youngster has fired back at comments made by his older competitors.
Shalom made headlines during the Beterbiev-Bivol fight week after he was seen arguing with Frank Warren on stage, attempting to ensure that he was in the spotlight for the face-off’s and weigh-in’s for the fighters who he promotes – Ben Whittaker, Frazer Clarke and Chris Eubank Jr.
On fight night, only Eubank Jr. proved to be successful, as Clarke and Whittaker were both dealt with injuries – one seemingly more serious than the other.
During the aftermath, Frank Warren told Boxing King Media that he believes Shalom’s shortcomings came as a result of karma.
“Karma always happens, I’m a big believer in karma. All that nonsense with Mr. Shalom, we all see what happened.”
Meanwhile, in a separate interview with Box Nation, Warren added his belief that Shalom had been disrespectful throughout the entirety of fight week.
“All you got from him all week was “Where am I sitting? Am I on the camera side of the TV?” Sending contracts through, “I must be in the middle of the photograph. I don’t want Eddie Hearn in a photograph with my fighter.” Had he done it (again), I would’ve (physically) thrown him off the stage. He was just so disrespectful to everybody, everybody had enough of him. Just hard work.”
Today, speaking exclusively with Boxing Social, Ben Shalom hit back at Warren and outlined his concern at the inhumane labelling that Warren uses to speak about fighters whom he works with.
“First of all, they are not property, They are not my fighter or your fighter, they are individuals in their own right and they are individuals that have worked very hard. To say that it is karma for someone to be hospitalized and lose the fight, I think that is very bad.”
“He says I have been giving it [large] all week? Giving it all week in terms of one time, deciding ‘you know what? I will stand where I am supposed to’ having been blocked out of every single event that I have been to.”
The drama between Warren and Shalom is showing no signs of slowing down any time soon and only time will tell whether their poor relationship proves to be a stumbling block for future contests or if it will intensify a possible five versus down the line.
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