Eddie Hearn admits he would relish the prospect of seeing Anthony Joshua combat Jake Paul.
Hearn was in attendance to witness Paul defeat former undisputed heavyweight champion, Mike Tyson on factors in Texas, in addition to to see his cost Katie Taylor beat Amanda Serrano of their rematch on the undercard.
The 27-year-old, who made his debut at heavyweight, has been the topic of shock callouts from undisputed gentle heavyweight champion, Artur Beterbiev and IBF heavyweight titlist, Daniel Dubois since.
And Hearn, the career-long promoter of Joshua, says he’d like to see the Watford man sort out the YouTuber-turned-boxer, however concedes that ‘AJ’, who’s coming off a fifth spherical stoppage defeat to Dubois, could be unlikely to simply accept a callout.
Requested what he’d do if Paul known as out Joshua, Hearn instructed IFLTV: “I’d go to AJ and say, ‘do you want to do this?’
Paul beat Tyson on factors in Texas Photograph Credit score: Esther Lin/Most Priceless Promotions
“I believe the reply could be no, however we’d have a look at the cash.
“I’d love to see AJ fight Jake Paul.”
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A reported 60m households tuned in on Netflix to witness the Paul vs Tyson bout, which noticed the latter finish a close to 20-year skilled retirement on the AT&T Stadium.
Paul, who secured his eleventh skilled victory and his fifth since a sole skilled loss to Tommy Fury, remained coy over his subsequent opponent, however has remained linked to each Conor McGregor and Canelo Alvarez.
Alvarez has been constantly dismissive of a showdown with ‘The Problem Child’, nonetheless the Mexican star instructed media in Could that he could be open to a dialog a couple of potential conflict in two years.
Hearn, who has promoted three of Alvarez’s previous six outings, believes Paul would don’t have any likelihood of pulling off a significant upset in the event that they fought.
“Canelo makes it very clear,” the Matchroom boss added.
Hearn says Canelo would destroy Paul Photograph Credit score: Ed Mulholland/Matchroom
“It’s all in regards to the cash and the deal and if he’s going to make the type of cash that he would make to combat [David] Benavidez or [Dmitry] Bivol and it could be greater than that, why wouldn’t he?
“I don’t know Jake, however I get the sensation that he’s aggressive sufficient to in the future go, ‘f*** it, let me try it with him.’
“He’s got to be bright enough to know that Canelo Alvarez absolutely destroys him, but I’d quite like to see it.”
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