After Floyd Mayweather entered the ring against Logan Paul, the former landed 40.2% of his punches against Paul’s 12.9%. Later, Floyd Mayweather told the media that since the match at the Hard Rock Stadium was an exhibition, he had treated the contest differently. According to Mayweather, since he prioritized having fun, he did not train too seriously for the match. Additionally, ‘TBE’ claimed it would have been a “blowout in the first round,” if it was “a real fight.”
In the wake of turning down a rematch against Floyd Mayweather on six weeks’ notice, Logan Paul has accused Mayweather of changing the “narrative“. In addition, ‘The Maverick’ revealed the condition under which he would have knocked out Mayweather on June 6, 2021.
Logan Paul would have knocked out Floyd Mayweather if they had fought for 10 rounds
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In his latest interview with Graham Bensinger, Logan Paul revealed why he had agreed to face Floyd Mayweather in the ring. Since ‘The Maverick’ felt he would gain respect by going the distance against ‘TBE,’ the YouTuber-turned-boxer-turned-wrestler had said yes to the fight. In this context, when Bensinger told Paul that Mayweather claimed he “would have knocked you out in the first round.” To this, Logan Paul replied, “Floyd talks a lot.”
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And contesting Mayweather’s claim that he had only “worked out from time to time” for the Paul fight, ‘The Maverick’ added, “He worked harder than any of his championship fights for our fight.” “And in every press conference, he told everyone, ‘I guarantee a knockout [on] June 6th‘,” Paul said.
“The narrative changes after he can’t get the knockout, right? I would have done this, I would have done that. Well, guess what Floyd? If I had another two rounds, I would have knocked his b**ch a** out,” ‘The Maverick’ said during his interview with Bensinger.
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In this connection, it is worth mentioning that Paul recently received an offer to rematch Mayweather in Dubai. Well, Mayweather was supposed to box an unrevealed opponent on top of the Burj Al Arab. However, on six weeks’ notice, Paul was asked to step in. To which, Paul said, “He’s not a person you take a fight on six weeks’ notice with. Not with the goal that I have.” Do you think Paul could have knocked out Mayweather had they fought for 10 rounds? Let us know in the comments below.