EDDIE HEARN was one of the few men on their feet at AT&T Stadium when Katie Taylor won her highly-anticipated rematch with Amanda Serrano. The Bray Bomber retained her status as super-lightweight champ by a unanimous 95-94 decision. The pair put on another blockbuster bout in the final fight of the Paul vs Mike Tyson undercard in Texas.
The ten-round belter - a thrilling rematch of their 2022 classic - saw both women end up covered in blood. But just like at Madison Square Garden, Taylor got the result with the judges - this time with a unanimous decision despite being docked a point for headbutting her opponent. However, that call sparked plenty of controversy.
Boos rang out around AT&T Stadium as it was announced that Taylor had won the bout. Furthermore Netflix's commentator for the event, Mauro Ranallo, branded it 'a robbery' and claimed it 'will be a stain on Taylor's legacy'. Taylor was having not for it, replying post-match: "I don't care if the commentary team or the crowd don't like the result.
"The only ones that matter are the three judges around the ring so thank God I got the win." Regardless, it prompted a wild reaction from Hearn inside the ring as SunSport video footage captured him jumping up and celebrating when his star retained her WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, IBO, and The Ring female light-welterweight world titles. Following the main event - which saw Paul easily defeat an ageing Tyson - the stars were called in to press.
Hearn, though, was initially stopped from joining Taylor at the table - as he battles Paul in court. Hearn and Paul are locked in a $100million lawsuit and will go head to head in front of a US judge next month after the Matchroom chief sued the Problem Child over comments about boxing judge Glenn Feldman. A video from behind the scenes at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington posted online showed Hearn being denied entry.
Thankfully, Taylor's manager Brian Peters was able to resolve the situation and all three made their way to the podium shortly thereafter. Explaining his behaviour in the ring, Hearn said: "If they would have won, they would have gone absolutely mental like me. "I went mental.
I made an idiot out of myself. I said to the geezer, 'If I offended anyone, I apologise.' But that's just what it meant to me.
"And I'm never gonna not show that emotion because the journey we've been on has just been incredible and I wanted her to win so badly. "I worried, if it was close, if we would get the decision and also probably in the build-up, a lot of big fights going against us. "Israil Madrimov against Terence Crawford close, Bivol-Beterbiev close.
"And it's like, 'When are we gonna get the rub of the green in one of these big fights?' "And I thought we deserved it, and we got it, and it was just sweet as a nut." However, the antics did not go unnoticed by Paul's team, who also look after the defeated Serrano. The Problem Child's manager Nakisa Bidarian confronted Hearn in the ring and later added: "Look, we had a policy that no promoters were coming in the ring for this event.
"There was probably a month of continuous emails through different parts of our team trying to get some extra credentials and to allow Eddie to be in the ring with Katie, but I never had heard it from Katie or Katie's team." He continued: "Katie said, 'Yes, I would definitely love for Eddie to be in the ring.' "And immediately I said, 'Absolutely no problem.
' "How he conducted himself in the ring, that's not how we conduct ourselves, but that's okay. "He showed emotion. She won a very close fight.
No problem. We move on.".
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