Logan Paul will box Floyd Mayweather.
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Thought 2020 was a crazy year? Just wait until 2021. Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. and the internet personality and YouTuber Logan Paul announced on Sunday that the two men will fight in an exhibition game for February 20, 2021. The event will be broadcast live via pay-per-view.
Mayweather Jr. is 43 and has a 50-0 record in the sport. He has won 15 major boxing world titles as well as a bronze medal at the 1996 Olympic Games and three US Golden Gloves championships. 25 year old Paul has much less boxing experience despite having played two amateur games against British internet personality KSI in a tie and split defeat.
The fans’ reaction to the one-sided match went as expected. Some called it a “joke”, others speculated about the money.
“Real boxers work hard all their careers and this wanker gets a payday and a wrong fight,” said one Twitter user. “Turn boxing into an even bigger joke.”
Absolute damn shame. Real boxers work hard all their careers, and that wanker gets a payday and a wrong fight. Make an even bigger joke out of boxes.
– 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 go up as the date gets closer.
When the news broke on Sunday, musician Snoop Dogg allegedly said he would like to offer game commentary. Snoop Dogg was a social media hit when Logan Paul’s brother Jake Paul battled Nate Robinson in November.
Logan Paul has made numerous strange headlines in his brief public life. In 2019 Paul bought a California ranch that once belonged to LSD attorney and 1960s icon Timothy Leary. And in 2018 he released recordings of the body of a person who apparently died of suicide in Japan, and later apologized for it.
