Washington DC. By The Athletic Staff. After a series of promotional spectacles, Floyd Mayweather's exhibition boxing match against YouTube star Logan Paul is nearly here. The sides have traded shots since the bout was unveiled in April. During an event at the stadium in May, Paul's brother, Jake Paul, started an altercation by taking Mayweather's hat in the middle of a crowd. On Thursday, Mayweather bashed the Paul brothers for " fooling the public about being some real fighters," and he and Logan Paul had an intense staredown.
I can use my Z game," Mayweather said at a media event. Logan and Jake Paul have embraced their role in boxing today, a type of character in combat sports that was paved years ago by Andy Kaufman. Jake and Logan Paul believe they are the future of boxing. Those within the sport respectfully disagree. Ben Simmons feels 76ers want to force him to play; team responds: Exclusive.
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Here's all you need to know before Sunday's pay-per-view fight. LIVE: bxngstreams boxing pic. Mayweather's last fight was against Japanese kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa.
However, the fight was not a professional one and did not count into any fighter's records. With the former world champion flooring his young opponent three times in the first round before the Japanese fighter's trainer rushed in to stop the fight.
The trash talk before that fight was intense, particularly from McGregor, as the mixed martial arts champion looked to get fans pumped for the hotly anticipated bout.
The Irish champ made his boxing debut against Mayweather and lost by TKO in the 10th round to bring the American's record to 50 wins and zero losses, with 27 knockouts.
Possibly the best boxer of all time, Floyd Mayweather, has become more of a star, an icon of pop culture. The American has never lost a fight in his career, having faced some of the best fighters in the history of the sport. Te recomendamos en English. Mayweather was never an in-ring risk taker. Yes, he fought great fighters. But he beat those men through elite defense and the ability to do better, cleaner work while not putting himself -- or his perfect record -- at risk.
Why would things be any different against a man who dwarfed him in the ring? Floyd Mayweather did what Floyd Mayweather does by minimizing risk and making statements in the safe spaces in between.
Mayweather was always clear about what he was selling, even if it wasn't what the public believed they were buying. Or, rather, boxing is as fine as it has been in the modern era. The influx of "celebrity fights" has been touted by many -- most who exist outside the boxing "bubble" -- as some sort of sign of a flailing desperation for attention across the sport. The reality is, there's no significant crossover between the audience for the Paul brothers or the YouTube vs. TikTok card and those who eagerly anticipated the junior welterweight unification bout between Josh Taylor and Jose Ramirez.
Those two audiences are not going to build a meaningful investment in the other, no matter how much boxing promoters may wish it would. No sport can match the pure thrill of a great boxing match on a start to finish level.
Luka Doncic hitting an insane game-winning 3-point floater is a moment, Patrick Mahomes rolling out and throwing a dime across his body for an improbable first down is one play that takes mere seconds, but Diego Corrales vs. Jose Luis Castillo, Micky Ward vs. Arturo Gatti or Naoya Inoue vs. Nonito Donaire are relentless displays of sustained action.
Those who appreciate this have not lost appreciation for the heart of what boxing is because Jake Paul knocked out Ben Askren or Logan Paul and Floyd Mayweather fought a somewhat lackluster exhibition. Boxing is a sport in need of a bigger audience, yes, but it is not under siege by influencers and part-timers. They're simply visiting because the sport's core appeal of two people punching each other in the face is simple to grasp and a wild idea for a generation grown on the concept of influencers and media stunts.
Even before the infamous "gotcha hat" moment where Jake Paul stole Floyd Mayweather's hat and took an uppercut for his trouble, there was a line of thinking that Mayweather vs. Logan was simply a set-up for Mayweather vs. Jake down the road. It's a silly idea and one that should be left to die. If there's any one man from the "social media influencer" influx that may have the chops to be anything near a legitimate fighter, it's Jake Paul.
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