Floyd Mayweather Jr.: record, next fight and profile →
Former five division world champion Floyd Mayweather put on the fireworks at his kick-off press conference to officially announce the exhibition fight with Youtube star Logan Paul. Their Showtime pay-per-view fight will go down on June 6 in Miami, Florida.
The exhibition between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Logan Paul escalated Thursday during a kickoff press conference when Jake Paul inserted himself into the picture and snatched the fighter of the decade’s hat off his head.
Mayweather, Paul Press Conference Photos Gallery - All-time boxing great and 2020 International Boxing Hall of Fame inductee Floyd “Money” Mayweather and social media sensation Logan “The Maverick” Paul met face-to-face Thursday at a media event to preview their special exhibition match that headlines a SHOWTIME PPV event on Sunday, June 6. (photos by Amanda Westcott)
Floyd Mayweather arrived in Miami to announce an exhibition with one member of the Paul family and wound up getting into an altercation with another. A relatively tame press conference ended in chaos, as Mayweather had to be physically restrained following a heated incident with Jake Paul. The scuffle came after Mayweather merely exchanged words onstage with Jake’s older brother, Logan Paul who faces the Hall of Fame-elected former pound-for-pound king June 6 on Pay-Per-View from Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.
All-time boxing great and 2020 International Boxing Hall of Fame inductee Floyd “Money” Mayweather will make his return to the ring as the undefeated, 12-time, five-division world champion squares off in an exhibition bout against social media sensation and pro boxer Logan “The Maverick” Paul, headlining a blockbuster SHOWTIME PPV event on Sunday, June 6.
Canelo Alvarez realizes Floyd Mayweather merely is continuing to cash in on his boxing legacy and mainstream fame. While Mayweather is well within his right to do that, Alvarez obviously isn’t a fan of elite-level boxers fighting novices, even in exhibitions. Mayweather, 44, and the taller, heavier Paul, 26, are scheduled to meet in a Showtime Pay-Per-View main event June 6 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.
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.
Floyd Mayweather ended all the speculation Tuesday about when he’ll fight Logan Paul. The retired superstar announced on Instagram that he’ll box Paul in an exhibition June 6 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. Their pay-per-view event will take place on a Sunday night, the evening after another pay-per-view show headlined by unified, undefeated lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez and George Kambosos Jr. at LoanDepot Park in Miami, the home stadium of Major League Baseball’s Miami Marlins.
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 BoxingScene.com of Mayweather’s pending exhibition match with YouTube celebrity and boxing novice Logan Paul (0-1).
Stephen Espinoza has no doubt that the Floyd Mayweather-Logan Paul fight will happen. The date and the site of their pay-per-view exhibition have not been determined, however, according to Showtime’s president of sports and event programming. Espinoza told Chris Mannix on his Sports Illustrated boxing podcast Friday that those details related to the Mayweather-Paul event should be finalized soon.