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Mayweather sees little threat in YouTuber Logan Paul — ‘Not a real fight for me’

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Amy Tennery, Reuters

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/reuters/06/04/20210603-mayweather-vs-paul-media-day.jpg"/><figcaption>Professional boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. and YouTube star Logan Paul face off at Villa Casa Casuarina in Miami Beach, Fla., on June 3. <em>Jasen Vinlove, USA Today Sports, Reuters</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>Floyd Mayweather&#x27;s exhibition match against YouTube star-turned-amateur boxer Logan Paul on Sunday could amount to little more than an easy paycheck for the undefeated former world champion, who leveled a withering assessment of his opponent&#x27;s odds on Thursday.</p><p>&quot;I&#x27;m fighting a YouTuber who thinks he&#x27;s a real fighter and I&#x27;m getting crazy money for it,&quot; Mayweather told reporters at Versace Mansion in Miami Beach, adding he had already made $30 million in the leadup to the fight.</p><p>&quot;This is not a real fight for me. It&#x27;s a real fight for him.&quot;</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/05/07/21/watch-jake-paul-grabs-mayweathers-hat-as-floyd-logan-paul-promo-heats-up">WATCH: Jake Paul grabs Mayweather’s hat, as Floyd-Logan Paul promo heats up</a></li></ul><p>Mayweather, who was world champion in five weight divisions, last came out of retirement in 2017, when he defeated mixed martial arts competitor Conor McGregor.</p><p>&quot;I retired from boxing but I didn&#x27;t retire from entertainment and I didn&#x27;t retire from making money,&quot; said Mayweather.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/05/05/21/mayweather-says-pacquiao-is-the-best-fighter-ive-ever-fought">Mayweather says Pacquiao is &#x27;the best fighter I&#x27;ve ever fought&#x27;</a></li></ul><p>The eight-round fight at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, where tickets were being offered for well into the five figures on the online resale market StubHub, will have no judges and no official winner but a knockout is allowed.</p><p>A defiant Paul, 26, told reporters that he could hold his own against 44-year-old Mayweather, who boasts a pristine 50-0 record in his 25 years of professional boxing.</p><p>He is the brother of fellow YouTube figure and boxer Jake Paul.</p><p>&quot;There&#x27;s a moment that goes through every fighter&#x27;s mind, everyone we spar, everyone Jake&#x27;s beaten, when we hit them and they realize &#x27;Oh, he might not just do YouTube,&#x27;&quot; said Logan Paul. &quot;I think we&#x27;re going to see Floyd&#x27;s eyes light up the first time I hit him.&quot;</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/05/04/21/pacquiao-worlds-3rd-richest-boxer-behind-mayweather-jr-foreman">Pacquiao world’s 3rd-richest boxer behind Mayweather Jr., Foreman</a></li></ul><p>Paul&#x27;s record stands at 0-1 after losing an exhibition fight to a fellow YouTube personality.</p><p>&quot;For Floyd&#x27;s sake let&#x27;s hope it doesn&#x27;t get physical,&quot; said Paul, who at 6 feet, 2 inches (1.88 m), has repeatedly touted his size advantage over the 5-foot, 8-inch (1.73 m) Mayweather. (Reporting by Amy Tennery in New York Editing by Matthew Lewis)</p><div><strong>FROM THE ARCHIVES</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1656045" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>Mayweather's exhibition match against Logan Paul on Sunday could amount to little more than an easy paycheck for the undefeated former world champion.</p>

Mayweather's exhibition match against Logan Paul on Sunday could amount to little more than an easy paycheck for the undefeated former world champion.

Mayweather sees little threat in YouTuber Logan Paul — ‘Not a real fight for me’

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Mayweather sees little threat in YouTuber Logan Paul — ‘Not a real fight for me’

Amy Tennery,

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Published Jun 04, 2021 06:21 AM PHT

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