Eddie Hearn was bizarrely blocked from attending Katie Taylor’s press conference amid his legal spat with Jake Paul – leading to a heated X-rated altercation.
The Matchroom promoter, who oversees Taylor’s career, is involved in a $100million [£92m] legal battle with Paul, with the 45-year-old filing a lawsuit against the American in 2022.
Hearn sued The Problem Child over ‘outrageously false and baseless allegations’ where Paul accused the promoter of paying boxing judge Glenn Feldman following the results of the Oleksandr Usyk vs Anthony Joshua rematch and Taylor vs Amanda Serrano.
Paul promotes Serrano, and was of the belief the 36-year-old should have had her hand raised as the winner in her split decision defeat to Taylor in April 2022 with the undisputed lightweight belts on the line.
On Friday night, the duo fought in their eagerly-awaited rematch, this time for the undisputed light-welterweight world titles, with Taylor again triumphing on points…