Floyd Mayweather vs. Logan Paul | Exhibition - June 6, 2021

[brilo33]

I'm in Dallas, Spence, but the lack of local promotions was a key factor in the decline.

i guess as much as spence is a top boxer, he doesnt have the charm to bring the non boxing fans in aswell , who was your last fighter that the whole country follwed or have they ever you think . because iam from london born to irish scotish parents , and you back ur own i mean gerry cooney, i mean micky ward scrapping the barrel. we have joe smith jr now but and iam sure the itainlains have there boxers germans the puerto ricans and so on

Obviously Floyd was mainstream, but the whole country? I'd say Tyson. I'm 51, started obsessively watching and studying when I was 7. Back then, it was huge, we talked about it in grade school.

It was bigger than college football. Casino money and premium cable upped purses without promoters having to promote and the decline started. Ever? Jack Dempsey drew a million dollar purse during the depression and had gate records into Ali's time.

yea i thought mike tyson iam in my 30s but everyone watched mike , i think in a funny way he was like a horror film for adults who never watched boxing he just scared people , his persona sold its self

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"Floyd had no reaction to his size or weight. He had no concern or worry about Logan's size in this fight," Engel said to The Daily Star.

"Logan was the first real opponent that we said let's explore. We have a lot of talk about different things for the future, but initially this one was what was proposed."

Engel is confident the event will break ppv records.

He claims early sales have been strong.

"We do see it breaking the record. We have projections which I don't want to comment on but we do see it breaking the record," Engel continued.

"I can tell you we are very bullish on beating that number and possibly by a long shot. We have already sold a great deal of PPVs, which is kind of unheard of early on. We are already seeing success in that area and between who the two fighters, between how we handle distribution we do see it breaking the record."

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Mayweather-Paul exhibition postponed

Fanmio CEO Fanmio Solomon Engel has finally confirmed that the Floyd Mayweather vs. Logan Paul PPV exhibition boxing match will not be happening on February 20. “After an absolutely tremendous response to the fight announcement, we’re hoping to announce a new date very soon along with some new exciting details,” Engel said in the statement to various outlets.

As of this writing, the Fanmio is still selling subscriptions for the original date. Pricing for the webcast goes on sliding scale with the price increasing to $79.99 for the last ten days prior to the fight. By contrast, the recent Tyson-Jones exhibition was $49.99.

[polecateddy]

Presumably not drug tested. Mayweather must be on a healthy amount of TRT at his age, and Logan Paul is clearly sauced to the gills.

[gilgamesh]

Just like the Tyson-Jones thing. They lose me at "Exhibition"

[Thomastearns]

Presumably not drug tested. Mayweather must be on a healthy amount of TRT at his age, and Logan Paul is clearly sauced to the gills.

Mayweather has been a long term parasitic cancer (he's not the only one) that this sport desperately needs to get rid off.

If he was bigger and had hair he'd be another Don King.

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[gregregegg]

Triller pay 6 million for an average fight then get floyded... that’s fucked. Would of thought Logan would try and keep triller happy in case he ever wants to fight his brother....

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Triller pay 6 million for an average fight then get floyded... that’s fucked. Would of thought Logan would try and keep triller happy in case he ever wants to fight his brother....

You think Logan has a choice in the matter?

This is typical Showtime/PBC though,

[margaret thatcher]

floyd cherrypicking logan paul instead of his superior brother

[Enlightened-One]

floyd cherrypicking logan paul instead of his superior brother

Floyd can only earn one big payday at-a-time.

He'll pick that low-hanging fruit every time he feels like "dining".

[gregregegg]

Triller pay 6 million for an average fight then get floyded... that’s fucked. Would of thought Logan would try and keep triller happy in case he ever wants to fight his brother....

You think Logan has a choice in the matter?

This is typical Showtime/PBC though,

absolutely. Logan could of refused that date. logan makes millions and millions doing fornicate all on youtube. they want him in the fight because of that, if he wanted it a week later im sure they would accomadate him. Yes floyd has more say than logan, but if logan flat said nah fornicate that i dont want the clash, im sure they would of shifted it.

But logan has nothing to do with triller,, so mabey he dosent give a fornicate. truth is if logan fights jake, they probably just cut triller out and do it themselves..

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[JamesPhilips]

floyd cherrypicking logan paul instead of his superior brother

Yeah true words.

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Ellerbe: Stay Tuned, This Show Is Going To Be Like Nothing Floyd Has Ever Done Before

For an event that so many people previously claimed to not care about, there is suddenly a lot of interest in Floyd Mayweather’s next move.

“Stay tuned,” Leonard Ellerbe, CEO of Mayweather Promotions told BS.com of Mayweather’s pending exhibition match with YouTube celebrity and boxing novice Logan Paul (0-1).

Mayweather (50-0, 27KOs) is due to soon announce plans for his aforementioned clash with Paul. The exhibition was originally due to headline a Feb. 20 Fanmio Pay-Per-View event, only to drop off of the scheduled without any explanation for the postponement.

Rumors have since swirled of the Hall of Fame former five-division champion and the sport’s all-time box-office king enjoying a triumphant return in the coming months. Mayweather has previously fought one other exhibition bout. The event came in Dec. 2018, when he traveled to Japan to face local hero and celebrated kickboxing champion Tenshin Nakasuwa in a non-sanctioned bout fought strictly under boxing rules.

Nakasuwa—whose fighting weight classifies as featherweight in boxing—was miserably overmatched, as Mayweather scored three knockdowns en route to a stoppage after just 2:19 of action.

A similar mismatch is expected versus Paul, who lost his only pro bout—a six-round split decision defeat to recording artist and fellow YouTube personality Olajide ‘KSi’ Olatunji in their Nov. 2019. The 6’2” Paul weighed 199 ¼ pounds for the DAZN-streamed event.

Enjoying advantages of at least six inches in height and 50 pounds in natural body weight, Paul is met with restrictions for the showdown with Mayweather. The online influencer cannot weigh more than 190 pounds for the bout, while the 5’8” Mayweather cannot weigh more than 160 pounds. That mark far exceeds Mayweather’s heaviest as a pro, when he weighed 151 pounds in a May 2012 unanimous decision win over Cotto for his second junior middleweight title win.

Mayweather weighed just 149 ½ pounds for the final official fight of his career, a 10th round knockout of Conor McGregor, a mixed martial arts superstar with the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) who made his pro debut as a boxer. The Aug. 2017 Showtime Pay-Per-View event generated 4.3 million buys, second only to Mayweather’s 12-round unanimous decision win over Manny Pacquiao which eclipsed 4.6 million buys.

“Everything we’ve done with Floyd has always set the standard, always leading by example,” notes Ellerbe of his longtime close friend and business partner. “Even with Conor McGregor, that fight generated the second highest revenue total in the history of the sport. That was four years ago, people are still talking about that night. People are still trying to find a way to bring Conor McGregor back to the sport.”

Plans for the event come on the heels of fellow ring legends Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr. engaging in a high-profile exhibition match last November, along with retired greats Evander Holyfield, Miguel Cotto, Juan Manuel Marquez, Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. and Marco Antonio Barrera all set for separate events (save for Cotto and Marquez who face each other) in June. Paul’s younger brother, Jake Paul (3-0, 3KOs) has emerged as box-office gold in the ring.

“Look, I commend all those who go out there and try to leave their mark,” Ellerbe acknowledges in general, not specifying any particular platform. “If it brings more eyeballs to the sport, I’m all for it. At the end of the day, it’s all about entertainment. This is why I can never be mad at anyone who thinks outside the box. Once you start living in that bubble and only do things inside that bubble, you don’t ever have a chance to separate yourself.

“Who’s looking to be ordinary? Nothing about us has ever been ordinary. We’re always trying to think outside the box. Floyd is always looking to do something different. This show is going to be nothing like Floyd has ever done before.”

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Confirmed for June 6 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami. Sunday event.

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Jean Pascal-Badou Jack Rematch, Jarrett Hurd-Luis Arias On Mayweather-Paul Undercard

A light heavyweight championship rematch and the return of a former junior middleweight champion will be part of the Floyd Mayweather-Logan Paul undercard June 6.

Boxing Scene has confirmed that a second bout between Jean Pascal and Badou Jack and another fight that’ll pit Jarrett Hurd against Luis Arias will be among the three fights Showtime Pay-Per-View will televise before Mayweather and Paul meet in an exhibition. Sports Illustrated’s Chris Mannix first reported the Pascal-Jack and Hurd-Arias fights Tuesday night on Twitter.

Mayweather and Paul officially announced on Instagram on Tuesday night that their exhibition is set for June 6 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.

Representatives for Pascal, 38, and Jack, 37, have been discussing their rematch since last spring.

Quebec’s Pascal (35-6-1, 20 KOs, 1 NC) edged Jack by split decision in their 12-round fight in December 2019 at State Farm Arena in Atlanta. Pascal dropped Jack in the fourth round and withstood a 12th-round knockdown to defeat Sweden’s Jack on two of three scorecards (114-112, 114-112, 112-114).

Pascal won the WBA world 175-pound championship from Jack that night. Jack (23-3-3, 13 KOs), a former super middleweight and light heavyweight champion, is promoted by Mayweather’s company.

Pascal hasn’t boxed since he beat Jack nearly 16 months ago. Jack out-boxed overmatched Blake McKernan (13-1, 6 KOs) by unanimous decision in an eight-rounder November 28 at Staples Center in Los Angeles.

[blanca]

Takes the pisss out of real boxers putting their lives on the line for 500 quid a pop. Anyone who pays for this can fck off, you're no boxing fan.

[bigjack]

Takes the pisss out of real boxers putting their lives on the line for 500 quid a pop. Anyone who pays for this can fck off, you're no boxing fan.

And it will be mostly non serious boxing fans who will pay for this,Mayweather knows it and the promotors know it.

[blanca]

Takes the pisss out of real boxers putting their lives on the line for 500 quid a pop. Anyone who pays for this can fck off, you're no boxing fan.

And it will be mostly non serious boxing fans who will pay for this,Mayweather knows it and the promotors know it.

100%. It makes a mockery of the fight trade, belittles the stark reality, of the dangers 99.9% of boxers face and get paid peanuts for it. But hey these two millionnaire leeches can fill their pockets more by pretending to fight. Scum.

[NateJR]

People care too much about what other people are doing in their lives. There isn't a person in here that wouldn't have a exhibition bout that would make them millions. It's not a mockery to the sport in my eyes because Floyd is retired as a pro and Logan isn't a boxer, so who cares.

Like the old saying goes, "If it makes money, it makes sense".

If you think it's disrespectful to actual pro boxers, you should hold the fighters and promoters responsible for them not making more money.

[ILikeBeer]

Just seen about this.

[ILikeBeer]

People care too much about what other people are doing in their lives. There isn't a person in here that wouldn't have a exhibition bout that would make them millions. It's not a mockery to the sport in my eyes because Floyd is retired as a pro and Logan isn't a boxer, so who cares.

Like the old saying goes, "If it makes money, it makes sense".

If you think it's disrespectful to actual pro boxers, you should hold the fighters and promoters responsible for them not making more money.

Better that it's an exhibition than a proper fright, I suppose.