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

[gilgamesh]

If Mayweather got sparked by a fanny from Youtube, it might be the funniest moment in boxing.

Better chance of you getting struck by Lightning 10 times in 2 minutes.

[Fray Bentos]

If Mayweather got sparked by a fanny from Youtube, it might be the funniest moment in boxing.

It would be amazing if that happened and it would change boxing for sure! It would be the kick up the arse the sport desperately needs.

[Nightmare Roy]

44 and hasnt fought for 4 years, which of those champs you think he beats easy werk?

I’d fancy him over Ugas and Castano 100% and I’d personally still fancy him to outbox Charlo straightforwardly. Crawford and Spence jr. are no easy fight for a 44 year old who hasn’t fought in 4 years but Floyd is that rare of a fighter that I’d still back him.

He would get smashed by any top welter (plus plenty of 140s and a few 135s). Old and inactive, his reflexes and timing will be trash now, and without that his style just wont work.
Backing floyd vs spence and crawford is enough to rank you as strait disillusion...

Hence why he's fights nobs of the internet

[Dioufy]

He gets 70 mil fighting knobs off the internet. I wonder how much Manny is getting fighting Spence jr?
I’m not saying that Floyd still retains all his skills of 7 years ago but he’s a freak, who keeps himself in shape, and it’s not unheard of for fighters in their 40s to still be world class.
I personally think he could hold his own against world class light welters/welters still but that’s just me.
But I understand why people would think the opposite.
I don’t think any view is straight up delusional.

[ironbeard]

He gets 70 mil fighting knobs off the internet. I wonder how much Manny is getting fighting Spence jr?
I’m not saying that Floyd still retains all his skills of 7 years ago but he’s a freak, who keeps himself in shape, and it’s not unheard of for fighters in their 40s to still be world class.
I personally think he could hold his own against world class light welters/welters still but that’s just me.
But I understand why people would think the opposite.
I don’t think any view is straight up delusional.

...just stop.

FMJ barely survived Marcos Maidana 7 years ago. Your view “is straight up delusional.”

[Dioufy]

He gets 70 mil fighting knobs off the internet. I wonder how much Manny is getting fighting Spence jr?
I’m not saying that Floyd still retains all his skills of 7 years ago but he’s a freak, who keeps himself in shape, and it’s not unheard of for fighters in their 40s to still be world class.
I personally think he could hold his own against world class light welters/welters still but that’s just me.
But I understand why people would think the opposite.
I don’t think any view is straight up delusional.

...just stop.

FMJ barely survived Marcos Maidana 7 years ago. Your view “is straight up delusional.”

What a decline by Mayweather from May that year when he beat Canelo to September where all his skills went to shit, right?

[tonyevs]

He gets 70 mil fighting knobs off the internet. I wonder how much Manny is getting fighting Spence jr?
I’m not saying that Floyd still retains all his skills of 7 years ago but he’s a freak, who keeps himself in shape, and it’s not unheard of for fighters in their 40s to still be world class.
I personally think he could hold his own against world class light welters/welters still but that’s just me.
But I understand why people would think the opposite.
I don’t think any view is straight up delusional.

.. just holds his own against them now then

The Mayweather who beat Maidena, Berto and Pacman wouldn't start too much favoured over the top guys today .. add he is 44 and had 7 years out.
Even Pacman would bounce him from pillar to post now.

[ironbeard]

He gets 70 mil fighting knobs off the internet. I wonder how much Manny is getting fighting Spence jr?
I’m not saying that Floyd still retains all his skills of 7 years ago but he’s a freak, who keeps himself in shape, and it’s not unheard of for fighters in their 40s to still be world class.
I personally think he could hold his own against world class light welters/welters still but that’s just me.
But I understand why people would think the opposite.
I don’t think any view is straight up delusional.

...just stop.

FMJ barely survived Marcos Maidana 7 years ago. Your view “is straight up delusional.”

What a decline by Mayweather from May that year when he beat Canelo to September where all his skills went to shit, right?

Get your facts straight, Dioufus, and get back to me.

[Dioufy]

Cannot wait for Mayweather to obliterate Paul tonight and prove at 44 he’s still the best and beats every 126 to 175 on the planet.

[Dioufy]

...just stop.

FMJ barely survived Marcos Maidana 7 years ago. Your view “is straight up delusional.”

What a decline by Mayweather from May that year when he beat Canelo to September where all his skills went to shit, right?

Get your facts straight, Dioufus, and get back to me.

I may have got the dates reversed but the point remains that they were only 6 months between beating Canelo and his skills evaporating and scrapping past Maidana according to the above poster.
Which is bollocks.
And I’m sure there was a 2nd fight.

[ironbeard]

What a decline by Mayweather from May that year when he beat Canelo to September where all his skills went to shit, right?

Get your facts straight, Dioufus, and get back to me.

I may have got the dates reversed but the point remains that they were only 6 months between beating Canelo and his skills evaporating and scrapping past Maidana according to the above poster.
Which is bollocks.

Are you talking to me, or the great poster in the sky?

FMJ fought Marcos Maidana twice in 2014 (May and September). He struggled mightily in both. In the opinions of a significant chunk of people, he lost the first fight, which gave him the excuse to waste another date dancing with Marcos rather than giving other young lions their shot.

Whether his gifts and skill set declined between September of 2013 and May of 2014 has nothing to do with this. Whether he has declined in the 7 years since a limited (though dangerous) Maidana fought him even is the question (which is obviously rhetorical)?

FMJ is fighting an 0-1 YouTube influencer rather than Spence or Crawford or Charlo or Josh Taylor because the YouTube influencer will not tear him to shreds the way the current rulers of 140-154 would.

End of....

[Dioufy]

End of... there you have it

[handsofstone]

Id wager that this card is a better watch than that guff Warren served us up last night

[Fray Bentos]

End of... there you have it

I remember you on webl man and you always made me laugh when you would take the piss out of David Payne's argument that Michael Sprott stood a chance against David Tua and you would call him Julius Splotty

Hope you're well man, been a long time!

[smiling assassin]

Get your facts straight, Dioufus, and get back to me.

I may have got the dates reversed but the point remains that they were only 6 months between beating Canelo and his skills evaporating and scrapping past Maidana according to the above poster.
Which is bollocks.

Are you talking to me, or the great poster in the sky?

FMJ fought Marcos Maidana twice in 2014 (May and September). He struggled mightily in both. In the opinions of a significant chunk of people, he lost the first fight, which gave him the excuse to waste another date dancing with Marcos rather than giving other young lions their shot.

Whether his gifts and skill set declined between September of 2013 and May of 2014 has nothing to do with this. Whether he has declined in the 7 years since a limited (though dangerous) Maidana fought him even is the question (which is obviously rhetorical)?

FMJ is fighting an 0-1 YouTube influencer rather than Spence or Crawford or Charlo or Josh Taylor because the YouTube influencer will not tear him to shreds the way the current rulers of 140-154 would.

End of....

Neither of the Maidana fights were close. People hate Mayweather and we’re clutching that he lost a few rounds. There was no way either fight were close

[Dioufy]

End of... there you have it

I remember you on webl man and you always made me laugh when you would take the piss out of David Payne's argument that Michael Sprott stood a chance against David Tua and you would call him Julius Splotty

Hope you're well man, been a long time!

Yes indeed. I’m cool, man. You good?
What the hell did happen to Sprott?

[Fray Bentos]

End of... there you have it

I remember you on webl man and you always made me laugh when you would take the piss out of David Payne's argument that Michael Sprott stood a chance against David Tua and you would call him Julius Splotty

Hope you're well man, been a long time!

Yes indeed. I’m cool, man. You good?
What the hell did happen to Sprott?

Yeah, things are good! Been a long time!

Splotty got jobbed a fair few times away - he fought Virchis in Austria and got jobbed and he gave Helenius a boxing lesson in Helsinki and got jobbed there too! Just as well he didn't share a ring with Tua because he wouldn't have been the first St Kitts and Nevis (via Reading) person in outer space!

[DrDuke]

A quite intriguing matchup. Our local TV will show it live, but I'm so excited, that I'll buy the PPV, even two of them! I think, the spectacular KO artist Mayweather will try to rough it up since the start and he'll jump on Paul with his heavy hands from the opening bell. However, Paul is known to be a sweet science master, who has lost only to KSI, so he'll be ready for the ferocious onslaught of Floyd "Manos de Piedra" Mayweather. Of course, Paul will give a lesson to Floyd, but with the pro-Mayweather conspiracy there will be no judges to confirm it officially. Anyway, truly knowledgeable boxing fans will see everything as it will be.

[ironbeard]

I may have got the dates reversed but the point remains that they were only 6 months between beating Canelo and his skills evaporating and scrapping past Maidana according to the above poster.
Which is bollocks.

Are you talking to me, or the great poster in the sky?

FMJ fought Marcos Maidana twice in 2014 (May and September). He struggled mightily in both. In the opinions of a significant chunk of people, he lost the first fight, which gave him the excuse to waste another date dancing with Marcos rather than giving other young lions their shot.

Whether his gifts and skill set declined between September of 2013 and May of 2014 has nothing to do with this. Whether he has declined in the 7 years since a limited (though dangerous) Maidana fought him even is the question (which is obviously rhetorical)?

FMJ is fighting an 0-1 YouTube influencer rather than Spence or Crawford or Charlo or Josh Taylor because the YouTube influencer will not tear him to shreds the way the current rulers of 140-154 would.

End of....

Neither of the Maidana fights were close. People hate Mayweather and we’re clutching that he lost a few rounds. There was no way either fight were close

Go tell FMJ, who used the excuse that the first fight was close in the eyes of many to schedule another dance with Maidana, or anyone who actually watched either fight live.

I did not watch the Maidana (I or II), Pac, and Berto fights live, and I have never watched any of them beginning to end.

[JamesPhilips]

Mayweather definitely lost to Castillo and in my opinion Oscar too. He's boring. The refs back him. There is little drama in his fights. I'm sick of the BS TBE undefeated claims. He's also not likeable. I cant remember s single Mayweather fight I've seen that I enjoyed once he moved up the weights. I switched off Canelo and Pac through sheer boredom and went back to bed. Not gonna happen but I would be glowing for days if a freak result saw Mayweather beaten. It might be his hair, but he looks a bit old suddenly.

[mickey1975]

Mayweather definitely lost to Castillo and in my opinion Oscar too. He's boring. The refs back him. There is little drama in his fights. I'm sick of the BS TBE undefeated claims. He's also not likeable. I cant remember s single Mayweather fight I've seen that I enjoyed once he moved up the weights. I switched off Canelo and Pac through sheer boredom and went back to bed. Not gonna happen but I would be glowing for days if a freak result saw Mayweather beaten. It might be his hair, but he looks a bit old suddenly.

Corrales was a sheer class display, PBF was brilliant.

[JamesPhilips]

Mayweather definitely lost to Castillo and in my opinion Oscar too. He's boring. The refs back him. There is little drama in his fights. I'm sick of the BS TBE undefeated claims. He's also not likeable. I cant remember s single Mayweather fight I've seen that I enjoyed once he moved up the weights. I switched off Canelo and Pac through sheer boredom and went back to bed. Not gonna happen but I would be glowing for days if a freak result saw Mayweather beaten. It might be his hair, but he looks a bit old suddenly.

Corrales was a sheer class display, PBF was brilliant.

I agree but how long ago was that?

[DrDuke]

Mayweather definitely lost to Castillo and in my opinion Oscar too. He's boring. The refs back him. There is little drama in his fights. I'm sick of the BS TBE undefeated claims. He's also not likeable. I cant remember s single Mayweather fight I've seen that I enjoyed once he moved up the weights. I switched off Canelo and Pac through sheer boredom and went back to bed. Not gonna happen but I would be glowing for days if a freak result saw Mayweather beaten. It might be his hair, but he looks a bit old suddenly.

I have always had Castillo until the last rewatching. However, I've never had Oscar winning. Mayweather had a one truly exciting affair later on, against Maidana I. The McGregor freakshow was a bit entertaining cat-and-mouse game. Overall, you're quite right. Mayweather is great, but overblown, majorly by himself. He was wisely tracked.

[Boxerbeetle]

I thought Mayweather won both Maidana fights clearly, although obviously the first one was fairly close, didn’t seem like Floyd took him seriously and underestimated him considerably, which he corrected in the rematch.

[ironbeard]

I thought Mayweather won both Maidana fights clearly, although obviously the first one was fairly close, didn’t seem like Floyd took him seriously and underestimated him considerably, which he corrected in the rematch.

That is the point. FMJ used the perception of the first fight to get one more win closer to 50 fighting Maidana, a relatively low risk, avoiding the authentic threats to his 0.

Par for his course.