{"id":909161,"date":"2026-09-29T00:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T00:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/909161\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T00:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T00:22:09","slug":"ex-champ-heather-hardy-files-10-million-lawsuit-against-jake-paul-most-valuable-promotions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/909161\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-champ Heather Hardy files $10 million lawsuit against Jake Paul, Most Valuable Promotions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Former boxing champion Heather Hardy has filed a lawsuit seeking more than $10 million against Jake Paul and his Most Valuable Promotions following her lone appearance for the organization in what was her final fight in 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The lawsuit, officially filed on Sept. 23 in Texas, alleges negligence and violations of the Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">In the lawsuit, Hardy claims Paul\u2019s promotion placed her \u201cinto a dangerous and unnecessary rematch against MVP-represented Amanda Serrano (\u201cSerrano\u201d). Defendants knew, or should have known, that the bout presented an extraordinary and foreseeable risk of serious neurological harm to Hardy. They moved forward anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Hardy ultimately lost the fight by unanimous decision and she promptly retired afterwards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">More recently, Hardy launched a Go Fund Me to help her cover cost of living expenses as she deals with the fallout from a career spent in combat sports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cAfter years of taking punches for the sport I loved, I suffered a traumatic brain injury,\u201d Hardy said. \u201cThe damage has affected my health, my vision, and my ability to work consistently enough to cover basic living expenses and necessities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Following the news that Hardy was filing a lawsuit against Paul and his Most Valuable Promotions, the organization issued a statement to ESPN in response.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cMVP has great respect for Heather Hardy,\u201d MVP said in a statement to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/boxing\/story\/_\/id\/50045322\/heather-hardy-sues-jake-paul-most-valuable-promotions\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> ESPN<\/a>. \u201cWe recognize the difficulty of her circumstances and extend our sincere sympathy and hope that she receives the care and support she deserves.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cHeather\u2019s participation on our August 5, 2023 card was arranged through her promoter, Lou DiBella, who contracted for the fight, and Heather publicly expressed her gratitude for the opportunity both before and after the fight. MVP followed applicable protocols for the fight, Heather was medically cleared to compete by the athletic commission overseeing the event, and the bout proceeded under the commission\u2019s authority and supervision in accordance with their standard medical and safety requirements. MVP remains committed to fighter safety and supporting the athletes who compete in our events in full compliance with commission standards.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former boxing champion Heather Hardy has filed a lawsuit seeking more than $10 million against Jake Paul and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":909162,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,1920,1347,85],"class_list":["post-909161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-news","tag-latest-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/909161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=909161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/909161\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/909162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=909161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=909161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=909161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}