“He’s not as a lot as a clown as he makes out,” Hearn mentioned. “He’s fallen in love with boxing, as everyone does.”
Hearn mentioned the thousands and thousands of extra eyes from Paul’s social platforms “can solely be good” for boxing, particularly its marketability.
“Some individuals get it confused: A feminine middleweight world champion shouldn’t make the identical amount of cash essentially as a male middleweight world champion,” Hearn mentioned. “But when they’ve the identical industrial worth, they need to obtain the identical amount of cash, and that hasn’t been the case.”
After Dmitry Bivol defeated Saúl Álvarez, referred to as Canelo, on Saturday evening in Las Vegas, Serrano’s group suggested a doubleheader billed as “The Rematches.” Paul has mentioned that his aim is to get Serrano, who as soon as had paydays measured in three- and low-four-digit numbers, a $10 million payday earlier than her profession is over, and he acknowledged that altering the system was “a long-term play.”
One query baked into that aim is whether or not Paul can maintain his evolution from the web’s tormentor in chief to a businessman and promoter in a sport that he calls “the last word type of barbaric expression.”
“I inform my pals this: I actually find the money for to retire for the remainder of my life, journey off into the sundown and by no means work once more,” he mentioned. “To me, it’s not in regards to the cash, it’s not in regards to the consideration. It’s in regards to the legacy and leaving this sport in a greater place than the place I discovered it as a result of I owe my life to boxing.”
Paul mentioned selling Serrano was “simply the beginning” of his profession as a boxing matchmaker. And, in fact, he has his personal fights to advertise.
On the morning after Serrano’s loss, Paul was again on social media, this time to announce the date of his subsequent struggle, in August, in opposition to an opponent to be decided.
