The promoter defended Matchroom’s approach ahead of Taylor’s fight at the 3Arena on 20 May.
EDDIE HEARN HAS not ruled out a future Katie Taylor fight in Croke Park but admits the costs for the original bout at GAA HQ have left a bad taste.
The Matchroom promoter reiterated yesterday in Dublin that the costs for a Croke Park fight were three times that required for a similar event at Wembley.“When you are going to negotiate with someone and the cost is three times more than Wembley Stadium…To be honest with you, I think it takes the absolute piss. We have done national stadiums, we have done 90,000, 80,000.
“We are, unfortunately, leaving money behind by going to the 3Arena because it holds 8,000 v 70,000 at Croker. “We’ve asked not to resell tickets and I don’t think you’ll get a great deal of that because people are just obsessed with going to witness this historic night. So we’re going to have a problem next week with demand.
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