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Topics: Boxing, Eddie Hearn, Jake Paul
Rory O'Callaghan
Eddie Hearn has told Jake Paul that he would accept an offer of $10m to fight the YouTuber-turned-boxer.
Hearn and Paul are co-promoting Saturday's historic undisputed lightweight title fight between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano at Madison Square Garden.
The pair have traded jabs at each other in the build-up to the fight, with Hearn telling Paul: "I don't believe you'll ever get close to being a world-class fighter."
In a face off ahead of the fight, overseen by Ariel Helwani for DAZN, Hearn joked that he would consider fighting Paul if there was $10m at stake.
"It's a shame I can't fight because it would do big numbers. It would be massive," Hearn said.
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"In the UK, there’s so many people that want to see me get knocked out. It would do like two million pay-per-view buys in the UK.
"And if I lose the bet, then I’ll take $10m to fight Jake Paul, and I just take the UK pay-per-view.
"He can have all the other revenue around the world."
Hearn added: "There was a stage where I believed I would easily beat Jake Paul.
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"But I'm not so sure now. I do think he’s improved."
Hearn then continued to call Paul an "average" fighter, which the American took exception to.
"You know if we fought, it’d be 30 seconds," said Paul.
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Hearn fired back: "I disagree. You would be a big favourite. I’m terrible. But like I said, for $10 million, I’d do it."
Hearn does has previous experience in the ring, having fought three times for Billericay Amateur Boxing Club as a teen, winning all of his bouts.
However, Hearn - the son of Matchroom Boxing founder Barry Hearn - has admitted he was not "tough" enough to be a professional fighter because of his privileged upbringing.