Eddie Hearn said he 'naively thought he would help Scott' before saying he was 'unsaveable'
Boxing promotor Eddie Hearn said prison might be 'the best thing for Scott Fitzgerald', after images of him punching a man outside a pub in Preston emerged online.
READ MORE: Dangerous robber who was so high on diazepam didn't remember holding knife to man's throat after demanding cash "When I tell you that Steve Wood, his manager, and me initially got him into a centre to help him get through these tough times... I would speak to him for months trying to get him to get back in the game.", he said
Hearn said: "I think I was probably a little bit naïve because I thought I could help him. I felt I could talk to him. I'd drive up and meet him somewhere or he'd come to the office and I thought naively that I could snap him out of it. "I honestly think this is going to be the best thing to happen to Scott Fitzgerald. I think time in prison may be the thing that will allow him to get himself right."
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