Katie Taylor was afraid that her undisputed lightweight world title fight would end up on Jake Paul's undercard when the YouTube star got involved with promotion.
Taylor, the defending champion, takes on fellow pound-for-pound great Serrano at Madison Square Garden in New York on Saturday night. The event is being co-promoted by two of boxing's most divisive figures in Paul and Matchroom Boxing boss Eddie Hearn, with the pair each set to make millions in an historic bout.
But when Paul first began to make himself known as part of the promotion, Taylor was concerned that she would find herself fighting one of the biggest bouts in history as chief support to a YouTube star. Instead, Paul and Hearn have worked tirelessly to push the event to the masses, with the YouTuber even moving his own boxing return so as to share the spotlight with Serrano.
