Boxing

Floyd Mayweather Vs Logan Paul Ends Without A Knockout After 8 Rounds

Floyd Mayweather Vs Logan Paul Ends Without A Knockout After 8 Rounds
Boxing

Floyd Mayweather Vs Logan Paul Ends Without A Knockout After 8 Rounds

Floyd Mayweather Vs Logan Paul Ends Without A Knockout After 8 Rounds

Logan Paul went the distance with boxing legend, Floyd Mayweather in an 8-round-battle between the two.The fight took place at Miami's Hard Rock Stadium. Floyd Mayweather dominated the fight, but he was unable to knock out Mr Paul.hAfter the fight, Floyd expressed that he was surprised at the ability of Logan.

He said: A great young fighter. Strong, tough. He's better than I thought he was" "You got to realise I'm not 21 anymore but it's good to move around with these young guys, test my skills just to have some fun," Mayweather added.Prior to the fight, Floyd Mayweather made it clear that he expected to make a lot of money from the matchup.He went as far as referring to the fight as "legalised bank robbery" and expected to make at least $50M from the fight alone.

Let's be straight however, both fighters made substantial amounts after this fight. Logan Paul was delighted at his achievement. He was certainly the underdog here, and many predicted that he may get knocked out by Mayweather.

"It's one of the greatest moments in my life."

However, he did wonder if Floyd went easy on him - "I'm going to go home thinking if he let me survive."

Logan is, without doubt, the heaviest fighter that Floyd has ever faced, coming in at 189lbs. Despite this, Mayweather was able to stay composed and showed his ability as well as experience throughout the fight.

Paul started the fight by trying to use his weight to his advantage and started with a range of punches that were unable to get past Mayweather's guard.

As the fight went on, Logan Paul continued with his attacking approach, but Floyd seemed to have been prepared for this a dodged many of these punches. Logan started to show signs of tiring out at this point.

Mayweather never actually attacked until the fourth round, which shows just how calm and composed he was throughout the fight. By the end of the night, Logan landed 28 out of 217 punches, whilst Mayweather connected 43 of 107 punches.

There was no official decision to be made, but it's quite evident that Mayweather would have won on points if there was.

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