After months of hypothesis and bouts of trash speaking on-line, undefeated boxing legend Floyd Mayweather shall be formally taking on YouTube star Logan Paul in a high-stakes exhibition bout at Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium on June 6.
“Logan Paul and I are going to fight at Hard Rock Stadium” the boxing legend’s official promotion deal with wrote on Twitter. The tweet additional talked about that “Mayweather Promotions,” alongside with “Fanmio and Showtime will team up” for the“epic event.”
The fight is being held a day later to avoid a clash with the lightweight title fight between Teofimo Lopez and Australia’s George Kambosos Jr, scheduled for June 5.
Meanwhile, YouTube personality Paul, who boasts of more than 20 million subscribers on the video sharing platform for his comedy sketches and video blogs, in a tweet shared that he’ll be up against the 44-year-old Mayweather. Along with a 22-second video he wrote that “it’s finally official”
While the upcoming bout will likely be one of the most lucrative in combat sports history, however fans could not believe their eyes when they logged onto Twitter recently. Although, the news may have excited followers of both the stars but it receive mixed reactions for both camps. Many termed it as “one-sided” while some were optimistic that Logan may emerge triumphant.
One user called Logan “crazy” as he is “fighting Mayweather Jr.”
Yeah, loopy that he’s combating Mayweather Jr.— Faren Smith (@FarenSmith4) April 27, 2021
Another used a GIF of Hollywood star Mark Wahlberg’s “Stop It” to ridicule the bout.
A third used the popular “Hell Naw” meme to express his reaction.
One supporter used Logan’s infamous fight against fellow YouTuber KSI and wrote that he should “Do this to Floyd”
Another termed the match as “GOATS vs 0-1-1 YouTube dude”
One Twitterati wrote that Mayweather is coming out of retirement to fight the YouTuber. He should instead take on “Charlo Spence” or “Crawford” a opportunity.
You really coming out of retirement to fight someone who’s been a YouTuber most of his career…You could’ve gave one of the Charlo’s Spence, or Crawford a opportunity ♂️ pic.twitter.com/3IiwJOQDSG— BoogieManBeatz (@BoogieManBeatz) April 27, 2021
The announcement gave no further information about specifics of the fight such as number of rounds or the size gloves would be used.
43-year-old Mayweather retired two years ago after an unbeaten career spanning three decades. The GOAT has an impressive 50-0 career record and has “retired” and returned several times since his 2015 bout against Andre Berto. Whereas the 26-year-old YouTuber’s boxing experience consists of just two matches –one exhibition and one professional against British YouTuber KSI in 2018.
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