@Taylor
Taylor J
@Taylor · 2:53

Floyd Mayweather will fight YouTuber, Logan Paul, in February 2021

article image placeholderFloyd Mayweather announces February fight with YouTube star Logan Paul
Alright. Swell. I need to rant about a little bit of sports news from today, something that I just think is ridiculous. And here let me start. Let me start at the very, very beginning. Floyd Mayweather, you know, one of the greatest boxers alive, has announced that he will be fighting 25 year old Logan Paul, who is a YouTuber and you might recognize the name because his brother Jake Paul, just fought and beat Nate Robinson last week during the Tyson fight

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@Mtwadamela
Mtwadamela Ijogo
@Mtwadamela · 3:57
Go try to fight one of the youngsters and get the brakes beat off of him or win, which he probably would just based on what I've seen. If Aero Spence Floyd could probably beat him right now, but I think he might take a little more punishment than he needs to take if he did. So I think this is a Mark move. Get the most money for the least amount of work. It's the American way. Cow Hi
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@Phil
phil spade
@Phil · 3:40

Not for me, but I'm sure people will line up

If all the guys that he fought really haven't been able to hit him all that, well, I just don't see an amateur coming in and being able to hit him. I don't think he's risking much, and I think there's a lot to be gained. I can't blame for taking it. I do worry about what it does to actual boxing, but boxing can't get out of its own way anyway
@Taylor
Taylor J
@Taylor · 1:46
I think it's silly. I mean, I really think that fully encapsulates the whole thing. If these guys want to do this as a means to forward their brand, then more power to them. I personally despise the both of them. Despise might be a little harsh for Floyd Mayweather. I just don't think he's a great guy. I don't know. I think Antoine, you're probably right. I sound like a curmudgeon
@Mtwadamela
Mtwadamela Ijogo
@Mtwadamela · 1:30
Where do you think most people are going to be looking at the fight? I think that's just human nature. You know what I mean? Violence, I think is part of human nature. But this is a spectacle, pure and simple, and it's just there for entertainment purposes
@Mtwadamela
Mtwadamela Ijogo
@Mtwadamela · 4:09
They don't have boxing training, so you don't know what they're going to do. You don't know what angle the punch is going to come from. He might throw it from an angle that you're not used to. Seeing anything can happen. That's all I'm saying. I don't expect it to. But one day, I believe it is. Floyd created a character that he was able to market and just make people hate him
@Mtwadamela
Mtwadamela Ijogo
@Mtwadamela · 1:44
But sweetie is on another planet. He's on another planet. But, yeah, that's my take on Floyd. Come on, you guys lighten up. Lighten up. It's a fight. It's just a fight. It's an exhibition. It's a fight. I understand, though. You guys don't want to watch just somebody get their a** like that. But after what his brother did to Nate, kind of do want to see him get it
@Phil
phil spade
@Phil · 1:19
Yeah, MTO I'm not against it. You know, I just I'm probably not going to watch it, but, hey, if you can market yourself and you can get people to line up to buy a product or service that you're selling, by all means, go ahead. It just for me. I'm probably not going to view it. I'm probably not going to buy it personally not going to buy it
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@Markrfitness
Mark R Fitness
@Markrfitness · 1:01

I don’t care for it

They can keep it, man. I'm not gonna watch it. I'm not gonna I wouldn't even if they paid me. Even if they paid me. I wouldn't watch it. What's the point? There's no point. It's not a real fight. And I don't care to see Floyd Maeve back in the ring like I did with Mike Tyson for an exhibition, because that was different, because it had been so long
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@Mtwadamela
Mtwadamela Ijogo
@Mtwadamela · 4:12
It doesn't matter, even if it's supposed to be a total mismatch, because in fighting, you never know. I don't know, man. Let's just say that for the sake of art, you or Phil, neither one of you have any boxing experience fighting experience. But if somebody offered you, let's say a few million dollars. Okay, just to step into an exhibition ring with Floyd Mayweather, would you do it? Would you do it?
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@Markrfitness
Mark R Fitness
@Markrfitness · 4:57

@Mtwadamela good question

Mtoire. How's it going, man? Hope you're okay. Sorry to hear about your mum. I hope she's okay. And I hope you have a good time together, man. Now would I fight Floyd Mayweather? Very clever. Tricky question. Wow, man. Very clever question. After I said it was a caucus year. Well, you got me thinking because, as you know, I'm a professional boxing coach, right? So boxing is a passion of mine
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@Markrfitness
Mark R Fitness
@Markrfitness · 4:49

@Mtwadamela I won’t be watching it 😂🥊

And this happens so many times. It happens all the time. And there's two guys giving their all in the ring, man, one's car hanging off with dear life and people that are just laughing and chatting feet away, not even paying any mind because you just get used to it. So that always makes me laugh. So not all fights. Not all fights, actually, you just get used to the whole thing. Not all fights grab your attention. I get what you mean
@Phil
phil spade
@Phil · 2:02

80 million for Tyson/Jones. And no, I wouldn't face Mayweather Hed put me ?

So I just read where the Tyson Jones fight brought in. 80 million, $80 million. It brought in. And that's with a very limited crowd. If there was any crowd at all, that's all pay per view money, 80 million. And that is staggering to me that an exhibition match can bring in $80 million. And that tells me right there that Floyd is on the right path
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@Mtwadamela
Mtwadamela Ijogo
@Mtwadamela · 1:51
You don't think everybody in the world would have watched that to see the greatest hitter of all time, George Foreman against any other hitter? I mean, I would have paid $1,000 to see that. And I think you guys are all with me on that. But even right now, would you pay to see Holyfield and Tyson in an exhibition like we just saw Roy? If Holy Field comes in there, excuse me. Motivated and active. Like Mike came in there. Motivated, active
@Mtwadamela
Mtwadamela Ijogo
@Mtwadamela · 4:10
Phil Mark, listen, Floyd has been boxing pretty much his whole life, right? Dad was a boxer. Uncle was a boxer. His dad got knocked out by Sugar Ray Leonard. Okay, you don't think that Floyd has earned? I mean, I do. I think he's earned the right to I mean, he's accomplished everything a modern day boxer could accomplish without getting hurt, keeping all his faculties, which a lot of people can't say they have done and kept his money
@Phil
phil spade
@Phil · 1:56
Hey, Antoine. No, that's that's not what I'm saying. So what I'm saying is I would step in for $80 million. I would not step in for, say, $8,000. Now, there's probably a value somewhere between 8080 million that I'd step in. But for the most part, by and large, what I'm saying is I have sparred and I wouldn't step into the ring with a guy like Floyd. Mamweather, I would get hurt
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@MarkR
Mark Francis Rahaman
@MarkR · 4:58

@Mtwadamela

And yeah, I would pay to see Mike fight a Holy field. I love them both. I'm a big fan of Holy Field. In the days when they fought, I was all Holyfield. I wanted Holy Field to win every time. And now that I've got more luck on Mike Tyson than ever, and they kind of seem to have a good relationship
@MarkR
Mark Francis Rahaman
@MarkR · 2:50
So if that guy is in my presence and we're watching a fight, it's interesting to hear what he says. Anybody in the room, you want to hear what people want to say in the room. If you're in the pub and someone's having a chat, you're in that pub, too. Everyone's got the right to say something about the fight. And it's all interesting. You want to listen
@awildbeat
A WILDBEAT
@awildbeat · 0:04

This is real?!

This is honestly f****** crazy. I thought this was a joke
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@Taylor
Taylor J
@Taylor · 2:28

@awildbeat @MarkR

Either of these guys are going to be perfectly happy with whatever the result is. And if you tell me, well, Floyd doesn't want to get knocked out by this guy. Well, maybe, but he's going to make a h*** of a lot of money. And if he does it's
@Mtwadamela
Mtwadamela Ijogo
@Mtwadamela · 4:09
And they're just good at fighting. So I mean, it's sad, but that's just the way things go. And it's definitely a money grab. But it's also entertainment. It's first and foremost entertainment. Now, let me show you from this aspect of another aspect that I believe, Floyd, that is on Floyd's mind. Okay, hang. Got. I'll finish this in the next. Will
@Mtwadamela
Mtwadamela Ijogo
@Mtwadamela · 4:50
So Floyd just watched Mike Tyson a fighter, and Roy Jones, a fighter who in his mind, he thinks he's way better than and he just saw these m************ pull down $80 million for a heavyweight that he claims is not even ranked in his top ten, right? And who hasn't fought in 15 or 16 years. So he sees this. And you can best believe his ego is, like, hurt
@Taylor
Taylor J
@Taylor · 2:21

By these guys I mean "The Paul Bros"

You know that, right? My dad was an Olympic boxer in Iran, one of the most famous boxers in all of Iranian history. He became a boxer not even because he loved boxing, but because it was the only way for him to protect himself in a country where he was a religious minority. You hit this on the head, right? People that struggle end up in contact sports like this, right? These guys have not struggled. They've done the opposite of that
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@Mtwadamela
Mtwadamela Ijogo
@Mtwadamela · 4:57
But you're going to see real quick that if you Mike and any of them dudes in their primes and fighting in the same weekend, ain't nobody coming to watch you, Floyd. They're going to go watch Mike Tyson, or they're going to go watch Roy Jones. There's no pound for pound. Great a Sugar Ray Leonard. Nobody's going to watch him over any of those dudes in their primes. Nobody. And he has to realize that
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@Taylor
Taylor J
@Taylor · 2:04

https://s.swell.life/SSIguUVTC2EQbFv

Stuff like this has sort of existed for a while, but the vehicle for which we can get this out to the public, it's changed. Social media has changed. The internet has changed. Everything is much more accessible if there's money to be made and people are always going to be making money
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Swell Team
@Swell · 0:15

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@MarkR
Mark Francis Rahaman
@MarkR · 0:49

@Mtwadamela

I would pay to see Floyd May with a hit heavy bag if he was showing us techniques, his techniques, things he worked on throughout his years. Only he would know if he did that for half an hour or an hour hitting heavy bag. I'd pay for that at but I would never pay for this to get it
@Mtwadamela
Mtwadamela Ijogo
@Mtwadamela · 3:17
Knock the f*** out. I want to see them get knocked out, period. Point blank. So we'll start with the one brother in February, we'll catch up to the other one. We'll catch up to the other one a little later next year because I'm sure he's going to get back in there. He might even get on the undercard. He might want to just get on the undercard with his brother so they can both get slept on the same night
@MarkR
Mark Francis Rahaman
@MarkR · 0:36

A waste of money he says

So, guys, we're just wrapping up a boxing session. This is my 13 year old student of the game, and I just wanted to ask myself, let me put it to you. You're 13. What would you watch? Floyd Mayweather and Logan. Pause. No, he's not even a professional boxer. He's doing it for his YouTube channel, probably knowing him. So you wouldn't YouTube anyway. Like all. Look after Mayweather. We do Patriots
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@Taylor
Taylor J
@Taylor · 0:21
Mark, thank you for that. That just gave me a good laugh. I love that kid's conviction. So he knows what I'm talking about. These guys are horrible. And he spotted that immediately. Like mSWAT. Says, even more reason, I guess, to let Floyd Mayweather dance on his face
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@Mtwadamela
Mtwadamela Ijogo
@Mtwadamela · 1:07
Yeah, you guys have. And I'm sorry if I sound funny. I got headphones on you guys. Y'all y'all just need to lighten up and let this dude take his a**. Whooping, man, y'all say he's a bad dude. He's a spoiled piece of s*** and whatever. Okay, let him take this a** with his head. He probably needed it's
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