Eddie Hearn has warned Jake Paul over calling out Conor McGregor and making things personal ahead of a potential boxing bout between the two superstars. Paul has continuously called out McGregor for a potential fight as their rivalry continues to heat up.
Paul has been open on his plans to fight the UFC legend, with the YouTuber-turned-boxer looking to set up a big money encounter. Over the last few years, McGregor has established himself as one of the biggest draws in combat sports.
McGregor could prove to be an option for Paul, who is advised by Nakisa Bidarian - the former UFC CFO who has worked with McGregor’s manager Audi Attar. But Hearn has warned Paul over choosing his words against the unpredictable Irishman.
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Hearn told Ariel Helwani on the MMA Hour: "He is now in a world where it's strike on sight. If you say something to someone that is offensive to someone or disrespectful, it is strike on sight. Jake said stuff about Conor McGregor, when I have heard it it, I was like... this is a different world.
"It is a different world; this isn't YouTube or Disney where you can get away with saying whatever you want, it is a strike on sight world. There will be no mediations or conversations with the wrong person. But that is the game he is playing and he is pushing that game with a lot of people and it is working for him."
The two back and forth once again this weekend after Katie Taylor defeated Paul's boxer Amanda Serrano in the first women's fight to ever headline a boxing event at Madison Square Garden, in what was an epic showdown.
Weight would be an issue for the two to fight, however, with Paul fighting at 190lbs and McGregor previously winning titles at 145lb and 155lb. But he has also won twice at 170lb against Nate Diaz and Donald 'Cowboy' Cerrone - and has also teased the idea of going up to middleweight.
McGregor, who has been forced out of action for almost a year with a broken leg suffered against Dustin Poirier last summer, is now seemingly around the same weight as Paul, and has been seen boxing training throughout the past few weeks. And Paul is not happy with White for not giving him the opportunity to face McGregor - currently in contract with the UFC.
