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Floyd Mayweather, right, throws a punch at
Logan Paul, left, during an exhibition boxing match at Hard Rock Stadium Sunday
in Miami Gardens, Fla. (Lynne Sladky / Associated Press) |
YouTube star Logan Paul and aging boxing
star Floyd Mayweather Jr. faced off in an exhibition fight airing on Showtime
pay-per-view Sunday night. Mayweather landed far more punches, but Paul avoided
a knockout. The bout was not judged and no winner was declared.
Floyd Mayweather predictably dominated
YouTube star Logan Paul on Sunday night in an eight round exhibition fight at
Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Florida.
Mayweather, who weighed in at 155 lbs with
his opponent tipping the scales at 189.5 lbs, produced a typically slick
performance much to the delight of a substantial crowd at the home of the Miami
Dolphins.
Intermittent rain throughout the evening
failed to put a damper on Mayweather’s first performance since beating Japanese
kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa in December 2018.
With the likes of former heavyweight
champion Evander Holyfield watching on from ringside, internet sensation Paul,
26, produced a few moments of menace yet no way near enough to trouble
Mayweather, who brought an end to his boxing career in 2017 with a record of
50-0 after beating UFC star Conor McGregor in Las Vegas.
This was declared an exhibition rather than
a licensed, professional bout which meant there were no judges and the only way
to triumph was to stop or knock-out the opponent within the eight scheduled
three minute rounds.
Paul, who was taking part in his third
fight after two encounters against fellow YouTuber KSI, was predictably
outclassed by the 44 year-old Mayweather who barely broke sweat and delivered a
number of punishing blows to stop his American opponent from making any
headway.