Eddie Hearn does not believe his €100million lawsuit against Amanda Serrano's promoter Jake Paul will be a stumbling block in making a rematch between the Puerto Rican and Katie Taylor.
The Matchroom boss is suing the YouTuber turned boxer turned promoter over comments Paul made alleging the fixing of boxing fights by Hearn.
The lawsuit claims that Paul "made outrageously false and baseless allegations" when he accused Hearn of paying off judge Glenn Feldman for Taylor's win over Serrano in April.
Paul also accused Hearn of paying off the same judge for Anthony Joshua's fight with Oleksandr Usyk, when the English heavyweight lost via split decision.
When asked about the lawsuit, Hearn joked: "If I win 100 million, tickets are free."
He continued: "I honestly don’t (think the lawsuit will impact negotiations). We will sort that out. You can’t let people take liberties. We can’t, as businessmen, just have a fight. We actually could with Jake Paul but I’d probably get knocked out so that is no good.
"You have to protect yourself like you would in a fight. We have built a very impressive business that means a lot to our family. We are not going to have people come in and accuse us of bribery with judges because he wants to get some views on his YouTube. That is how we defend ourselves. Like I said, we can’t have a fight in the ring. So, we take that very seriously and that will be dealt with but that is totally separate to the Serrano fight.
"Serrano knows that over a period of time it is nice to talk about becoming undisputed at 126 but Katie and Serrano have many fights to come but at the same time they are in the backend of their career. This is where you have to make it count. They have worked so hard for so many years to get to this position, let’s not lose the opportunity while we are here. I think they will be sensible and I don’t think it will have any effect."
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