{"id":299704,"date":"2023-12-09T12:24:56","date_gmt":"2023-12-09T12:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=299704"},"modified":"2023-12-09T12:24:56","modified_gmt":"2023-12-09T12:24:56","slug":"i-landed-eddie-hearn-deal-dressed-as-forrest-gump-then-beat-him-in-fun-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/boxing\/i-landed-eddie-hearn-deal-dressed-as-forrest-gump-then-beat-him-in-fun-run\/","title":{"rendered":"‘I landed Eddie Hearn deal dressed as Forrest Gump \u2013 then beat him in fun run’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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    Sometimes you have to go the extra mile to get what you want. Brandon Scott didn\u2019t just go an extra mile, he went full Forrest Gump to land a boxing deal with Eddie Hearn\u2019s Matchroom promotion. <\/p>\n

    Scott, 20, AKA the \u2018Baddest Nerd on the Planet\u2019, got his big break when he fought on a Matchroom show on the undercard of Joe Cordina's victory over Shavkat Rakhimov in Cardiff in April. But didn\u2019t just want to fight and win, he wanted to make a statement that Matchroom and Hearn couldn\u2019t ignore.<\/p>\n

    So he naturally donned a Spider-Man suit for his pre-fight public workout, flipped over the rope and then performed a break-dance in the ring. Scott then went on to defeat Reynaldo Cajina to continue his flawless start to his pro career.<\/p>\n

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    \u201cThe Spider-Man thing was very heavily to get Eddie Hearn\u2019s attention, I\u2019m not scared to admit that,\u201d he tells Daily Star Sport.<\/b> \u201cI wanted Eddie to think \u2018who the hell is this kid?\u2019. <\/p>\n

    \u201cNow he\u2019s expanded into America, he\u2019s seen thousands of good boxers. But how many boxers does he see flip over the top rope in a Spider-Man costume and start dancing? Not many!\u201d<\/p>\n

    What do you think about Brandon Scott's antics? Tell us in the comments section below<\/i> <\/b><\/p>\n

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    However, as the weeks passed, a Matchroom deal still hadn\u2019t materialised. Fearing his Spiderman stunt had been all for nothing, Scott decided to take matters into his own hands, and his plan involved another iconic costume.<\/p>\n

    \u201cIt was looking like maybe they were going to use me again, maybe they weren\u2019t. That wasn\u2019t enough for me,\u201d says the featherweight. \u201cI wanted it on paper that I was a Matchroom fighter and I wasn\u2019t going to stop until I got what I wanted.<\/p>\n

    \u201cAnyway, me and my father were in Cardiff and we saw a Forrest Gump running costume. At the time, we didn\u2019t think anyone of it.<\/p>\n

    \u201cI just kept thinking, \u2018why haven\u2019t I been signed? I\u2019ve done all this stuff, I put on a good performance, got a lot of views, but I still haven\u2019t been signed. Something can\u2019t be right\u2019.<\/p>\n

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    \u201cMy coach Gavin Rees and my father were like, \u2018Bran, if you really want it that badly, go and get it\u2019. So I rang someone at Matchroom and said, \u2018why haven\u2019t I been signed yet?\u2019<\/p>\n

    \u201cHe said he\u2019d speak to Eddie. It was the week of the first Katie Taylor-Chantelle Cameron fight. That was such a big fight that I thought Eddie would just forget about me.<\/p>\n

    \u201cBut I heard they [Matchroom] were doing a 5k run [in Dublin on the morning of the fight] and I had this cartoon light bulb moment. I decided to fly to Ireland and do the 5k run. He\u2019d then know how much I wanted it.<\/p>\n

    \u201cAt the same time, I knew there\u2019d be hundreds of people there. I needed to standout. That\u2019s where my father came in. He reminded me about the Forrest Gump costume we saw in Cardiff. I had another light bulb moment, it was like God had mapped it out for me!<\/p>\n

    \u201cWe drove to Cardiff, which is an hour from me, and got the costume. I then got my mum to book me plane tickets to Ireland and I flew out on the Friday night.<\/p>\n

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    \u201cI then went to the 5k run dressed as Forrest Gump. I went straight up to Eddie and said, in a Forrest Gump voice, \u2018Where\u2019s my contract?\u2019 And that\u2019s when I knew it was a done deal. He looked at me and said in his own Forrest Gump voice, \u2018Tell you what Brandon, I\u2019ll give you a contract\u2019. I then had to do the 5k run, which didn\u2019t go well. I was terrible, I think I got lapped five times.\u201d<\/p>\n

    So did Scott, in deference to his new boxing boss, politely finish behind Hearn in the run? No chance.<\/p>\n

    \u201cHe had a calf injury at the time so thankfully I was able to absolutely obliterate Eddie Hearn,\u201d declares Scott. \u201cI thought, \u2018I\u2019ve come here in a Forrest Gump costume, you\u2019re having it, son\u2019.<\/p>\n

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    \u201cI think I lapped him twice and said something like, \u2018not fast enough, Edward!\u2019. He said, \u2018if you want that contract, you\u2019re going to have to run faster\u2019.<\/p>\n

    The contract did finally arrive but the signing was no run-of-the-mill affair as Scott dressed as James Bond before retrieving the papers from a WWE-style Money in the Bank briefcase. His first bout as an official Matchroom fight followed on the undercard of Anthony Joshua\u2019s clash with Robert Helenius at the O2. <\/p>\n

    For that fight, the self-confessed comic book nerd and film fanatic walked to the ring wearing a Darth Vader mask. He promptly introduced Louis Norman to his dark side to extend his pro record to 6-0.<\/p>\n

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    \u201cI have to remind myself that it all actually happened,\u201d reflects Scott. \u201cI was very proud of myself [to earn a contract], but I wasn\u2019t like \u2018I\u2019m done now\u2019. I\u2019m known as an entertainer but fighting will always be the most important thing because, if I lose a fight or don\u2019t perform, this all comes to nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n

    Scott has been sidelined with a hand injury, which he had carried for four fights, and recently underwent surgery, with Matchroom and Hearn giving him their full support.<\/p>\n

    \u201cI spoke to Eddie and he said \u2018if it\u2019s an operation you need, you have to have it because you can\u2019t risk long-term injury\u2019,\u201d says Scott. \u201cI\u2019m biased but it\u2019s clear that Matchroom are the leading boxing promotion right now. I\u2019m not just a number to them, they care about me. Being with Matchroom has changed my life.\u201d<\/p>\n