The ex-star of the rings Floyd Mayweather logically dominated the youtubeur Logan Paul but did not knock him out as everyone expected, this Sunday in Miami (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 that he could not inflict on his young opponent of 26 years, quite happy to have held on his two 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.
"It is one of the greatest moments of my life"
After two rounds without bothering to throw more than three blows 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.
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, well empty elsewhere.
“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.
"It was a fun evening"
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 ”.
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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