It's a bit like the story of two "Freaks" in Miami: the ex-ring star Floyd Mayweather logically dominated Youtubeur Jake Paul but did not knock him out as everyone expected, Sunday in Florida, in what was a poor exhibition fight. Unbeaten in 50 official fights, Mayweather was not named the winner, under a gruesque rule also authorizing KO. Penalty he could not inflict on his young opponent of 26 years, quite happy to have held on both legs until the end of the eight rounds. You had to see him wear his smirk behind the dentures, and dare to do the famous crank arm dear to Mohamed Ali, when he was doing the show. Better than them, for sure.
After two rounds without bothering to throw more than three punches at Paul, who on the contrary threw himself on him, especially during the last ten seconds of the first round by striking right lefts blocked by his gloves, Mayweather finally started the fight.
His left hooks and right jab stings hit his young opponent quite easily, much taller and heavier, and making him 18 years old.
In the end, 40% of the hits sent hit their target, against 13% for Paul.
“He was much better than I thought he would be. It was a fun evening ”
Floyd Mayweather
In this fight, in which the two often clashed, Mayweather looked a bit like a cat playing with a ball. And logically, the idea is not to end it but to make the pleasure last. It was certainly more for them than for the spectators of a Hard Rock Stadium which was otherwise well empty. “It was one of the greatest moments of my life. I am happy. It was an honor to step into the ring with him, ”reacted hotly Paul, who was still on the verge of collapsing with fatigue at the end of the 5th round. Could he not or wanted to finish him off? Still, Mayweather assured him after the fact: “He was much better than I thought. It was a fun evening ”.
IT'S OVER !
To everyone's surprise, there will be no winner between Logan Paul and Mayweather ... Great performance from the youtubeur who held out until the end of the 8 rounds against the boxing legend!
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Paul, who has more than 23 million subscribers on his YouTube channel, had rightly announced in the week that he would emerge a winner in this clash, no matter what.
“If I win it will be the biggest surprise in the history of combat sports.
If Mayweather wins, nobody cares.
Well done, my brother, you will have beaten a YouTuber, ”he summed up.
In the case, except on the financial aspect - the two men should receive a tidy sum resulting from the broadcast in pay-per-view at the price of 49.99 dollars (41.3 euros) -, Mayweather does not appear nor winner nor grown up.
As for boxing, she will recover from this evening, because it was far from having been unforgettable.
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