YouTuber-turned-boxer-cum-promoter Jake Paul and full-time boxing promoter Eddie Hearn have made a huge bet on this weekend’s historic Taylor vs Serrano fight. Ireland’s Katie Taylor will defend her undisputed lightweight championship against Amanda Serrano at Madison Square Garden this Saturday night, the first time in history a women’s boxing match has headlined the Mecca of combat sports. At Thursday’s press conference, Paul and Hearn made a very public bet on the outcome of the fight.
“I’ve got a bet for you, Eddie,” said Paul. “I’m not getting a tattoo,” replied Hearn, in reference to the tattoo bet that Paul made ahead of his 2021 fight against former UFC welterweight champ Tyron Woodley.
Jake Paul Bets Eddie Hearn $1M on Serrano vs Taylor Fight
Jake responded, “I’ll bet you all the jewelry that I’m wearing right now that Amanda wins the fight.” Eddie Hearn then argued the bet into a whopping $1 million.
Whether the bet will affect Amanda Serrano or Katie Taylor remains to be seen, as for the moment both fighters are focused on the magnitude of the historic event. Amanda Serrano was first to acknowledge her excitement to headline MSG.
“It’s definitely been a long time. We’re finally getting our shine thanks to all of you guys, Madison Square Garden, can’t ask for a better place to make history once again.
Sitting here, I made history, I won my Golden Gloves here at the Hulu Theater and I made history on DAZN becoming a seven-division world champion and I plan to do the same thing at the big Garden. It’s my first fight there, but I shine under pressure.”
Katie Taylor echoed the sentiment, describing how women weren’t even allowed to box in Ireland when she started out.
“Definitely, I’m very, very proud of this event. It does feel different just seeing the media today, looking at the amount of media that we had to do all week as well. I’m sick of talking about myself, but it’s been an amazing week and definitely very, very different than to how I started boxing as a nine or 10 year old when I had to pretend to be a boy to actually get fights.
Women’s boxing wasn’t even a sanctioned sport in Ireland. Now here we are headlining Madison Square Garden, the most iconic venue in boxing, making history as the biggest female fight in boxing history.” Jake Paul later promised to give Eddie Hearn’s million dollars to Amanda Serrano should he win the bet.
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