Eddie Hearn ‘is SUING YouTuber Jake Paul’ for defamation after claims that Matchroom paid a judge
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Eddie Hearn is suing YouTuber turned boxer Jake Paul for libel after his ‘outrageously false’ claims Matchroom paid a judge in Oleksandr Usyk’s defeat of Anthony Joshua… while boxing promoter seeks more than $75,000 in damages
- The English boxing promoter has reacted vehemently to Jake Paul’s corruption charges in the wake of Anthony Joshua’s loss to Oleksandr Usyk.
- Eddie Hearn Sued Jake Paul After Claim He Paid To Glenn Feldman
- The high-profile boxing judge scored in Joshua’s favor in his recent title fight
- Hearn sues for more than $75,000 in damages and defamation
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Jake Paul is reportedly being sued by Eddie Hearn over the YouTuber turned boxer’s claims that the Englishman’s company had paid a judge.
In the lawsuit, seen by TMZPaul allegedly made “outrageously false and baseless accusations” on September 20.
According to the report, Hearn is suing for libel and demanding more than $75,000 in damages.
Paul made incendiary comments about IFL TV that Hearn had rewarded Judge Glenn Feldman – who was one of three umpires for Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk’s rematch.
“Glenn Feldman shows up in Saudi Arabia and scores Anthony Joshua to win the fight, while everyone who watched the fight said it wasn’t a split decision,” he said.
Jake Paul and Eddie Hearn have clashed in the past, but now a lawsuit has been filed with Hearn being charged with defamation, with the Englishman seeking more than $75,000 in damages
Boxing jury Glenn Feldman had his professionalism questioned by Paul earlier this week
“This judge, Glenn Feldman, is giving it to Anthony Joshua? It’s like a repeat crime in here… they’re bulls***,” said Paul.
“Obviously this man is being paid by Matchroom Boxing and that’s a bold statement and an accusation that I don’t consider plausible, but it’s just plain obvious. And they don’t even try to hide it.’
The “repeated crime” Paul claims refers not only to Joshua-Usyk, but also to a previous fight in which Hearn and Paul were promoted together.
Paul claimed Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing had rewarded boxing judge Glenn Feldman for multiple decisions favoring Hearn’s fighters, including Anthony Joshua (left)
Feldman scored the Amanda Serrano battles Katie Taylor in favor of the Irish fighter in their undisputed title fight in April — Serrano is part of the American’s MVP stable.
The American judge controversially scored the Usyk-Joshua fight 115-113 in favor of the Briton, despite the other two judges having Usyk leading the way, with the Ukrainian ultimately retaining the WBA (Super), WBO and IBF titles with a split decision win.
Speaking on the Matchroom Boxing YouTube Channel On Thursday, Hearn said: “What he said in terms of his corruption allegations with Glen Feldman is totally unacceptable.
Paul has become a divisive and controversial figure since moving to the boxing world
“We’re all laughing with Jake and he’s an average fighter, but I’m telling you now, what he said is unacceptable and it will be addressed because we take this sport seriously, our values as a family and we love the sport of boxing.
“So for him to come out with idiotic comments without even thinking about what he said is extremely damaging to me and very disrespectful to us as a business and as a family.”
The pair have had a series of back and forth talks over the past few months, but this time Paul has seemingly crossed a line.
“I’m not willing, as I would be on many occasions, to take what he says with a grain of salt on this occasion because it’s not okay and totally disrespectful to the sport of boxing and to me and us.”
Eddie Hearn reacted strongly to Paul’s allegations and vehemently denied the corruption claims