Eddie Hearn has revealed what Katie Taylor said after her loss to Chantelle Cameron on Saturday.
There was no dream homecoming for Taylor with the Bray boxer losing on two of the three scorecards.
And Taylor will have no complaints with Cameron impressing during the fight.
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A rematch will likely take place later this year and Hearn has said that Taylor was devastated after the defeat.
Speaking to Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour, Hearn was asked if he spoke to 36-year-old after her loss.
He said: "She was devastated. When I saw her in the lift I went in the lift with her and walked with her to the car. She was gobsmacked. It was quite a trippy experience seeing her lose. When they announced Chantelle Cameron everyone was like 'Oh my god, Katie Taylor has lost'.
"She was quite shocked with it. I asked her how she was feeling and I said 'Listen, now is the most exciting chapter of your career' and she said it doesn't feel like it, it feels like a bad dream."
And he added: "I said 'does it hurt?' and she said 'So bad' and I said 'Great, that's all we need to know because the moment it doesn't hurt it's time to hang up the gloves. If it hurts and eats you up every day you have to live off this pain now until this next fight. It's got to eat you up every single day.'
"She said we'll win the next rematch. Every day is going to be painful and these next few days she's going to be the unhappiest person on the planet. She'll come back stronger and the rematch will be epic."
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