Eddie Hearn is predicting another classic fight between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano on July 20
The money offered to Katie Taylor to fight on the Mike Tyson v Jake Paul card was too good to turn down, promoter Eddie Hearn has suggested.
The pair battled it out in an enthralling fight of the year contest at lightweight in Madison Square Garden in 2022 and had been expected to clash again in Dublin last year. However, Serrano withdrew from the fight through injury, with Taylor instead moving up in weight to face Chantelle Cameron, who she lost to before avenging the defeat six months later.
"It's not what we expected in all honesty," Hearn told the Irish Mirror of Taylor v Serrano 2. "We expected to make the Chantelle Cameron trilogy, but at the same time we had an offer from Jake Paul. I said to Katie and Brian Peters that I think they should take it, it's a lot of money. A lot of boxing commentators and fans have criticised the decision to have one of Ireland's greatest ever sportspeople fight on a card headlined by heavyweight great Tyson, who will be 58 at the time of his bout with Paul, and the YouTube star.
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