Eddie Hearn pours cold water on Katie Taylor rematch at Croke Park as 3Arena set to host proposed Amanda Serrano fight

Katie Taylor's promoter Eddie Hearn has effectively ruled out the possibility of a homecoming fight at Croke Park, signalling that a proposed 20 May bout against Amanda Serrano would instead happen at the 3Arena in Dublin.

Last December, Taylor confirmed that her team were pushing to have a rematch of the April 2022 fight against Serrano booked for Croke Park, with the stadium's director Peter McKenna stating that dates in the first half of this year had been ringfenced for the potentially historic occasion.

However, speaking on The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani, Hearn said the proposed rematch would instead "quite possibly" take place at the 3Arena on 20 May, citing the costs and time constraints of staging the event at Croke Park.

"The cost of hire, the cost of everything involved with the event is three times nearly more than staging it at Wembley Stadium. It's unbelievable. It's so frustrating," he said.

"It's a business. Ultimately, Katie Taylor has her financial demands for this fight. So does Amanda Serrano and we want to make sure we deliver on that.

"But we're so far out on the possibility with the cost of running that show and we're out of time in terms of delivering that date to the broadcaster so we've got to move."

Serrano's next fight will be against Erika Cruz this Saturday at New York's Madison Square Garden, after which the situation in regards to a Taylor rematch would be clearer, Hearn added.

"So now we'll be in a big arena in Dublin, subject to Serrano winning (against Cruz) and subject to tying up a deal and then hopefully in September we revisit Croke Park. It's frustrating," he said.

"But at the same time, I promised Katie Taylor would be in Ireland for her next fight. It will be the most sensational