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After his retirement from professional boxing, Floyd Mayweather has still been around the sport. He has competed in exhibition bouts against Logan Paul and Don Moore after his last professional fight against Conor McGregor back in 2017.

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Moreover, he was even supposed to take on Youtuber Rashed Belhasa, better known as Money Kicks, in a bizarre exhibition bout back in February. The fight was all set to take place at the top of the Burj Al Arab in Dubai. The stunning spectacle was enough to convince the former champ to agree to this bout. However, the fight never came to fruition, as it was called off 12 days before the scheduled date.

Money Kicks goes silent about the Floyd Mayweather bout

There was no definite reason as to why the bout was called off. This led many fans to wonder why the match was canceled. The issue was addressed by a reporter who talked with the Youtuber recently and asked him about the event getting canceled.

However, Belhasa refused to disclose the details of this as he dismissed the question.” If I wrote a book cause it’s going to be on that. It’s behind the scenes stuff,” he said, trying to dodge the question.

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The reporter also did not press him too much on the issue and thus, this still remains a mystery.

Who is money kicks and why is he famous?

The 20-year-old social media sensation is the son of billionaire Saif Belhasa and is widely known to be the richest kid in the world. He is notorious for flaunting his lavish lifestyle on social media and is said to have an estimated net worth of $4 million.

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He is also known for having one of the best sneaker collections in the world. Moreover, his mansion consists of a petting zoo that comprises 500 exotic animals. He has also been pictured with celebrities like Cristiano Ronaldo and Rihanna. The Youtuber wanted to try his hand at boxing because of the recent hype in ‘celebrity boxing’ and wanted to go against Mayweather. However, unfortunately for him, the fight never took place. It’s reported that he will fight later this year under Tam Khan’s Social Knockout promotion.

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Why do you think the match got canceled? Let us know in the comments.