Hearn was speaking at a media day to promote Katie Taylor's bout against Chantelle Cameron
MatchroomE boss Eddie Hearn has accused GAA chiefs of ''taking the piss'' in the pricing of negotiations for a Katie Taylor homecoming fight in Croke Park.
At a press conference in Dublin yesterday, it was put to Hearn that Matchroom pulled out of negotiations with the GAA because of fears that Croker wasn't selling out."When you are going to negotiate with someone and the cost is three times more than Wembley Stadium, to be honest, I think it takes the absolute piss,'' said Hearn.
"But that's our problem not Katie's problem, she wanted to fight in Croke Park and we'll work to make that happen." "The business is successful because it makes the right commercial decisions. You don't go into a show of that magnitude to lose a lot of money,'' he said.
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