Eddie Hearn explains why he \u201cstill likes\u201d Conor McGregor versus Jake Paul Instagram\/Jakepaul\/ConormcGregorBoxing promoter Eddie Hearn weighed in on the possibility of Jake Paul fighting Conor McGregor and why he thinks the Irishman would win over the YouTuber. Jake Paul has been trying to score a fight against UFC icon Conor McGregor for a long time, going as far as even saying he would battle The Notorious in the octagon instead of a boxing ring. While the fight has yet to be booked, that hasn\u2019t stopped the bad blood between the two from escalating with McGregor mocking Paul\u2019s appearance at Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano this past weekend. Now, amid Jake Paul\u2019s claims that McGregor is \u201cducking\u201d a fight against him, Eddie Hearn has chimed in, explaining why he likes Conor in a match, even if it\u2019s unlikely to happen. Eddie Hearn backs Conor McGregor in proposed Jake Paul fight Speaking with Ariel Helwani on MMA Hour, the boxing promoter touched on the feud between Jake and Conor, noting how the YouTuber made disrespectful comments about the Irishman\u2019s family. \u201cThis isn\u2019t YouTube or Disney where you can get away with saying whatever you want. This is a strike on-site world, and there will be no conversation. There will be no mediation,\u201d Hearn warned. \u201cThat\u2019s the game he\u2019s playing. And he\u2019s pushed that game very hard with a lot of people and it\u2019s working for him.\u201d Despite this, Hearn stressed that he \u201cstill likes Conor McGregor against Jake Paul\u201d despite some advantages that the upstart boxer has in his favor. .@EddieHearn tells @arielhelwani he “”still likes Conor McGregor against Jake Paul”” \ud83d\udc40 #TheMMAHour “”I know there\u2019s a bit of a weight [difference], but Conor\u2019s looking big these days.”” \u25b6\ufe0f https:\/\/t.co\/yw38B5ovAQ pic.twitter.com\/clh8CY861B \u2014 MMA Fighting (@MMAFighting) May 2, 2022 \u201cI know there\u2019s a bit of a weight, but Conor is looking big these days,\u201d he added before being asked who would win. \u201cI don\u2019t want to disrespect Conor, but it\u2019s the size that\u2019s the problem. Jake can fight, but Conor was a decent amateur fighter, he has good boxing fundamentals. Much better than most mixed martial artists.\u201d The problem, however, is the weight that poses a major issue with Jake being a lot heavier than The Notorious. Regardless, it\u2019s a fight that Hearn wants to see even if he doesn\u2019t think UFC boss Dana White will make it a reality. \u201cDana is not going to do a deal with Jake Paul,\u201d Hearn sighed, seemingly dismissing the chance to see the two battle it out. As Jake Paul readies for his return to the ring in August, he still doesn\u2019t have an opponent set, but even if his dream bout against McGregor doesn\u2019t go ahead, he has no shortage of foes, ranging from boxing great Mike Tyson to UFC legend Anderson Silva.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Eddie Hearn explains why he \u201cstill likes\u201d Conor McGregor versus Jake Paul Instagram\/Jakepaul\/ConormcGregorBoxing promoter Eddie Hearn weighed in on the possibility of Jake Paul fighting Conor McGregor and why he thinks the Irishman would win over the YouTuber. Jake Paul has been trying to score a fight against UFC icon Conor McGregor for a long […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47953\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}