Hearn was refreshingly blunt. According to him, the moment the official offer for Paul arrived, everything moved quickly. ‘We got made an offer,’ Hearn said. ‘How can we say no?’ He later doubled down on the logic, saying turning down that kind of payday simply wasn’t realistic at this stage of Joshua’s career.

Briton Anthony Joshua says he will "stomp all over" Jake Paul and "break" the American as the pair come face-to-face to promote their heavyweight fight.