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Logan Paul goes boxing with Floyd Mayweather.
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Did you think 2020 was crazy? Just wait until 2021. Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. and YouTuber Logan Paul announced Sunday that they will meet in an exhibition match scheduled for February 20, 2021. The event will be broadcast live on pay-per-view.
Mayweather Jr. is 43 years old and has a 50-0 record in the sport. He has won 15 major boxing world titles, plus a bronze medal at the 1996 Olympics and three US Golden Gloves championships. Paul, who is 25, has … much less experience in boxing. boxing, though he has fought two amateur bouts against British internet personality KSI, ending with a draw and a split decision loss.
The reaction of fans to the uneven showdown was as would be expected, some calling it a “joke” and others speculating on the money involved.
“The right boxers work hard all their careers and this jerk gets a payday and a fake fight,” said one Twitter user. “Making boxing an even bigger joke.”
Absolute damn disgrace. The right boxers work hard all their careers and this jerk gets a payday and a fake fight. Make boxing an even bigger joke.
– Steven Bowen-Wilkie (@BowenWilkie) December 6, 2020
The Mayweather-Paul PPV match is currently priced at $ 24.99. (£ 18 GBP, AU $ 33), but the price will increase as the date approaches.
When the news broke Sunday, musician Snoop Dogg reportedly said he would like to offer comment on the match. Snoop Dogg was a social media hit that did just that when Logan Paul’s brother, Jake Paul, took on Nate Robinson in November.
Logan Paul has made numerous bizarre headlines during his short public life. In 2019, Paul bought a ranch in California which once belonged to LSD advocate and 1960s icon Timothy Leary. And in 2018, he posted pictures of the body of a person who apparently died by suicide in Japan, and later apologized for doing so.
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