The highly-anticipated exhibition fight between the five-time world champion and the YouTube star takes place on Sunday night in Miami.
against fellow YouTube sensation KSI in November 2019.
"Floyd came out of retirement, just to get re-retired. I'm about to beat the greatest fighter of all time," he said earlier this week. "It's one thing to sell a fight, and people can say what they want, but one thing no one is going to do is disrespect me," he said.Floyd Mayweather and Logan Paul face-off during a press conference at Hard Rock Stadium, in Miami Gardens, Florida, on May 6. The two will collide in an exhibition bout at Miami's Hard Rock Stadium on June 6.The bout has been scheduled for Sunday, June 6. The pay-per-view broadcast is set to begin at 8 p.m.
The short answer is"a lot of money". The exact purse for the fight have not been disclosed, but Mayweather and Paul have been bullish about their prospects. Speaking to the Disruptive Entrepreneur Podcast back in March, Mayweather suggested he could make"$100 million or more" by fighting Paul, as opposed to making approximately $35 million by fighting a traditional boxer.
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