Jake Paul’s mother Pam Stepnick has launched a furious verbal attack on promoter Eddie Hearn following her son’s devastating knockout loss to Anthony Joshua in Florida last weekend.
Paul was KO’d in the sixth round of the clash, having impressed during the early stages.
Speaking on the Impaulsive podcast, Stepnick expressed her desire to physically confront the Matchroom Boxing chief, insisting that his behaviour crossed a line.
“I want to get in the ring and punch Eddie Hearn for instance, because I don’t like his smug face,” she declared.
The mother of YouTube stars Jake and Logan Paul accused Hearn of appearing self-satisfied whilst her son lay injured in the ring.
“He literally thinks he is better than everybody in the world,” she continued.
“Jake is over there struggling and he’s sitting over there smiling like he’s the cat that swallowed the canary. Guess what, did he f*****g get in the ring.”
Jake Paul’s mother Pam Stepnick has launched a furious verbal attack on promoter Eddie Hearn following her son’s devastating knockout loss to Anthony Joshua in Florida last weekend
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When questioned about whether she believed Hearn took pleasure in her son’s defeat, Stepnick did not hold back.
“Of course, that’s sickening to me, that’s sick. I don’t like it,” she stated.
However, the former heavyweight world champion himself received praise from Stepnick for his conduct after the brutal conclusion to the bout.
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Joshua made the effort to navigate through the crowd to reach Paul’s mother personally following the fight.
“Even Anthony Joshua had some class and apologised to me,” Stepnick acknowledged.
She revealed that the British boxer approached her with words of comfort, telling her: “Mum just know, it’s just boxing. It is just the fight game.”
The gesture clearly left an impression on Stepnick, who drew a sharp distinction between Joshua’s sportsmanship and Hearn’s demeanour.
The knockout blow left Paul with severe facial injuries that will sideline him for an extended period.
Medical reports indicate the influencer-turned-boxer sustained a parasymphysis fracture on the right side of his jaw, along with a separate fracture to the mandible body.
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The damage extends through the roots of his teeth, meaning dental implants will likely be necessary once the initial fractures heal, a process expected to take approximately three months.
Following that, Paul may require crowns to be fitted to the implants, a procedure typically spanning six to seven months.
The combined recovery timeline suggests it could take at least nine months before the American fighter regains roughly 90 per cent of his jaw strength, casting doubt over any immediate return to the ring.
The lucrative Florida showdown reportedly saw Paul and Joshua share a combined purse of £140million.
Jake’s brother Logan Paul acknowledged the harsh reality of the situation, conceding that his sibling may have “bitten off more than he could chew” by stepping into the ring with a former world champion.
This is not the first occasion Stepnick has made headlines with fiery comments surrounding her son’s boxing career.
Prior to Jake’s bout with Mike Tyson last year, she claimed she wanted to “kill” the legendary former heavyweight champion after he slapped her son during the build-up to their contest.
The pattern of protective maternal outbursts appears firmly established in the Paul family’s boxing ventures.
