UFC president Dana White brutally slammed Logan Paul vs Floyd Mayweather exhibition boxing match after claiming it “wasn’t a f*****g boxing match.”
Undefeated champion boxer Floyd Mayweather came out of retirement to fight YouTuber turned professional boxer Logan Paul in the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Florida on 6th June.
But with the bout ruled as an exhibition, no winners were announced. However, even with knockouts enabled to end the match, none of the fighters were able to land a clean knockout. The match went to its full length of eight rounds, meanwhile many internet users called it a fixed match.
UFC President Dana White in an interview for UFC Arabia implied that the fight between the two extremes of the boxing industry was nothing more than a joke.
“Like I said before, there’s always going to be a market for that kind of stuff,” he said. “There’s always going to be people that are willing to put down $50 to watch that kind of stuff. … Imagine if Kim Kardashian wanted to fight Amanda Nunes. How big do you think that fight would be?”
As White said, there will always be an audience to get invested in a sporting event that is primarily in commercial interests. He also gave the example of the fight between Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather.
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