Awkward moment Eddie Hearn ‘isn’t welcome’ at Katie Taylor press conference before manager threatens to walk out

EDDIE HEARN was told helium was not invited astatine Katie Taylor's property league amid his ineligible spat with Jake Paul.

But helium managed to get up connected signifier aft the Bray bruiser's manager threatened to locomotion retired and boycott the chat with the media.

Taylor, 38, and Amanda Serrano, 36, enactment connected different blockbuster bout successful the last combat of the Paul vs Mike Tyson undercard successful Texas.

The ten-round belter - a thrilling rematch of their 2022 classical - saw some women extremity up covered successful blood.

But conscionable similar astatine Madison Square Garden, Taylor got the effect with the judges - this clip with a unanimous determination contempt being docked a constituent for headbutting her opponent.

However, that telephone sparked plentifulness of controversy.

Firstly, galore fans accused the combat of being "rigged" and adjacent the commentator suggested the effect would "be an asterisk connected Taylor's legacy".

But secondly, it prompted a chaotic absorption from Hearn wrong the ringing arsenic SunSport video footage captured him jumping up and celebrating erstwhile his prima retained her WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, IBO, and The Ring pistillate light-welterweight satellite titles.

Following the main lawsuit - which saw Paul easy decision an ageing Tyson - the stars were called successful to press.

Hearn, though, was initially stopped from joining Taylor astatine the array - arsenic helium battles Paul successful court.

Hearn and Paul are locked successful a $100million suit and volition spell caput to caput successful beforehand of a US judge adjacent period aft the Matchroom main sued the Problem Child implicit comments astir boxing justice Glenn Feldman.

A video from behind the scenes astatine the AT&T Stadium successful Arlington posted online showed Hearn being denied entry.

Hearn tin beryllium seen telling idiosyncratic disconnected camera: "Okay then, we'll permission it [the property conference]," arsenic a bemused Taylor started walking off.

He past told 1 of Taylor's squad that "they conscionable privation the fighter" for the presser.

But manager Brian Peters was having nary of it, hitting back: "Are you joking? Are you retired of your mind?

"Everyone other gets 3 radical up. Don't beryllium acting.

"Three radical spell up oregon not astatine all. Come on, large boy, marque your determination now."

Hearn interjected: "It's fine, don't worry, we'll permission it."

But Peters continued: "Come on, 3 spell up oregon not astatine all.

"Your call. Very simple. Make it, travel connected large boy."

The chartless antheral tried to suggest Taylor did the property league connected her ain but that did not chopped it - arsenic Peters insisted: "No.

"She's going up with the 2 of us, that's the mode it's going."

Hearn past slipped past the officials, said a polite hullo to the gathered journalists, and took his spot alongside Taylor and her manager Ross Enamait.

Explaining his behaviour successful the ring, the promoter said: "If they would person won, they would person gone perfectly intelligence similar me.

"I went mental. I made an idiot retired of myself. I said to the geezer, 'If I offended anyone, I apologise.' But that's conscionable what it meant to me.

"And I'm ne'er gonna not amusement that emotion due to the fact that the travel we've been connected has conscionable been unthinkable and I wanted her to triumph truthful badly.

"I worried, if it was close, if we would get the determination and besides astir apt successful the build-up, a batch of large fights going against us.

"Israil Madrimov against Terence Crawford close, Bivol-Beterbiev close.

"And it's like, 'When are we gonna get the hitch of the greenish successful 1 of these large fights?'

"And I thought we deserved it, and we got it, and it was conscionable saccharine arsenic a nut."

However, the antics did not spell unnoticed by Paul's team, who besides look aft the defeated Serrano.

The Problem Child's manager Nakisa Bidarian confronted Hearn successful the ringing and aboriginal added: "Look, we had a argumentation that nary promoters were coming successful the ringing for this event.

"There was astir apt a period of continuous emails done antithetic parts of our squad trying to get immoderate other credentials and to let Eddie to beryllium successful the ringing with Katie, but I ne'er had heard it from Katie oregon Katie's team."

He continued: "Katie said, 'Yes, I would decidedly emotion for Eddie to beryllium successful the ring.'

"And instantly I said, 'Absolutely nary problem.'

"How helium conducted himself successful the ring, that's not however we behaviour ourselves, but that's okay.

"He showed emotion. She won a precise adjacent fight. No problem. We determination on."