EDDIE HEARN has slammed Mairis Briedis for 'embarrassing her' after she got a Jake Paul tattoo.
Matchroom's promoter, who was puzzled by the ink, told the cruiserweight to "get real" and fight Lawrence Okolie.
Eddie Hearn was critical of Mairis Briedis' call out to Jake Paul for getting a tattoo
, the Latvian was inked.
Briedis, 36 is a three-time champion in the world and holds the IBF title at 200lbs.
He's 28-1 in his professional career. Now he wants to fight YouTuber Paul for a money-spinning fight.
He was willing to even ink his body to do it.
Paul has a new tattoo that the experienced fighter showed off.
It says "Jake's Bad Karma" and runs down his left leg.
Hearn wasn't impressed.
Get a PS10 Bonus with 100s of Games to Play and No Deposit RequiredPromoter: "Briedis is walking about like an, I mean what is Briedis doing?"
"Briedis is embarrassing.
"He is getting tattoos of Jake Paul and calling him out for fights. What's he doing?
"He has a unification against Lawrence Okolie. He's got a mandatory, I know that.
"It's embarrassing. Fantastic fighter, by and large, brilliant fighter.
"But a world champion, cruiserweight calling Jake Paul and getting tattoos saying something like Karma Jake
"It doesn't matter if the tattoo is fake or real.
"And Mairis Briedis is my favorite.
"He's a great fighter, but mate. Get real. Go fight Lawrence Okolie."
Briedis isn't the only one to call out the Problem Child.
Paul was offered a chance by Kaller Sauerland, his agent, back in May.
On Twitter, he wrote: "Hey Jake Paul! Happy to arrange for you taking a shot against Mairis Briedis’ belts. Only condition is that you lose... Deal?"
After being forced to withdraw from their scheduled fight last month due to injury, Tommy Fury is determined to become Paul's next opponent.
Paul teased a move into MMA by posting a clip in which he does leg kicks while tagging Bellator, PFL and others.
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