Boxing-'This is not a real fight for me': Mayweather sees little threat in Paul


  • Boxing
  • Friday, 04 Jun 2021

FILE PHOTO: Boxing - Heavyweight World Title Fight - Anthony Joshua v Kubrat Pulev - The SSE Arena, London, Britain - December 12, 2020 Floyd Mayweather in the arena before the fight Pool via REUTERS/Andrew Couldridge

(Reuters) - Floyd Mayweather's exhibition match against YouTube star-turned-amateur boxer Logan Paul on Sunday could amount to little more than an easy paycheck for the undefeated former world champion, who leveled a withering assessment of his opponent's odds on Thursday.

"I'm fighting a YouTuber who thinks he's a real fighter and I'm getting crazy money for it," Mayweather told reporters at Versace Mansion in Miami Beach, adding he had already made $30 million in the leadup to the fight.

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