EDDIE HEARN could make Jake Paul spar former world cruiserweight champion Tony Bellew after he lost their Katie Taylor vs Amanda Serrano bet.
Paul and Hearn brokered the women’s super-fight, with the social media star initially betting his opposite number $1MILLION that Serrano would win.
However, as promoters, legally betting on your own fight could have landed them in trouble.
But, as Taylor snatched victory in a split-decision thriller, the Paul will instead face a different forfeit.
According to their new deal, Paul, 25, would have won the right to spar Hearn, 42, if his fighter Serrano won.
However now 5-0 Paul – who has never faced a recognised boxer in his professional career – will have to spar a fighter Hearn’s choice.
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Hearn told The MMA Hour: “I spoke to Sean Palmer who is our chief head of council and when I came off stage he was like, ‘It’s not a great look, it’s a grey area, a promoter betting on a fight he’s promoting, it doesn’t look great’
“We spoke to Nakisa [Paul’s advisor] and Jake and said we can’t do the bet but do you want to come up with something?
“We didn’t finalise anything but the last thing we came up with was, if Katie lost, I would have to spar Jake and we’d probably stream it for charity.
“Or if we won, I would send someone to spar Jake, which we’ll see.”
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Hearn named Bellew – who has traded insults with Paul – as a potential sparring partner.
He said: “Tony Bellew would be a good one. The problem with Jake is he’s in a world where its strike on sight.
“If you say something to someone thats offensive or disrespectful, in this world it’s not a conversation, its strike on sight.
“If he said something to Tony Bellew that was disrespectful, there’s no conversation, he would iron him out on sight.”
Jake Paul pictured with Amanda Serrano
