Conor Benn

Eddie Hearn: No Passion, No Point

BBC

Sports, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.4 • 867 Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2022

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

World-renowned sports promoter Eddie Hearn talks to the great and the good of sport, entertainment and business about what makes them tick, how they deal with success and what gets them up in the morning.

This week Eddie is in his offices, and is joined for a walk around the grounds with fast-rising star of British boxing, Conor Benn. They look back on the first time Conor turned up at the offices with nothing but is father's name, and how his hard work and dedication have turned him into a prospect for a world title.

They also discuss stepping out of the shadows of their famous dads, and making a name for themselves in the world of boxing.

This series, you can get in touch with the show if you have a question for Eddie, you can email the show at nopassionnopoint@bbc.co.uk and your email could be read out on the show

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0:00.0	For all things football,
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0:31.0	BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. Hi my name's Eddie Hearn and this is no passion no point.
0:46.0	Well we're here at the Matrim HQ. I'm delighted to be joined by a young man that is making
0:52.0	major, major waves in the world of boxing. A few years ago,
0:56.4	Connor Ben walked in to my office with nothing more than a name and that of Nigel Ben one of the legends of British boxing as his father
1:06.6	and we looked at Connor Ben and thought well he's got no amateur experience he can't
1:10.4	really fire but listen he's Nigel Ben's son it's a good story
1:13.0	fast forward a few years and the kid now sits as one of the best welterweights in the world
1:18.8	on the verge of fighting for the world welterweight title one of the biggest names in British boxing but with a
1:24.4	work ethic that's to be admired fighters come from backgrounds of
1:29.5	desperation and hope and sometimes poverty and hardship and hard times and
1:34.7	Connor Ben didn't yet he chose the toughest sport in the world and remains one of the
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