Floyd Mayweather Jr. is boxing another internet celebrity

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Floyd Mayweather Jr. competed and won in a boxing exhibition match against Japan’s Mikuru Asakura. An exhibition match does not affect the professional record of a boxer. Floyd is considered to be one of the greatest boxers to ever do it, based off his professional record (50-0). Floyd’s last professional win was in 2017 against the former mixed martial arts champion, Conor Mcgregor. The fight with Conor Mcgregor is one of the most viewed boxing matches in recent history. The last fight of Floyd’s professional career created a new space in the realm of boxing for Floyd to conquer. Exhibition matches. Floyd is 45 years old and he is still competing in exhibition matches for a handsome fee. In true Mayweather fashion, he accepts the bigger risks for the bigger payday. After all, his nickname is “Money.”

One of Mayweather’s recent exhibition matches in 2021 that shocked the world was against a popular internet celebrity named Logan Paul. Paul outweighs the undefeated boxer by over 30 pounds, is taller than him by 6 inches and is 18 years younger but somehow the match still got sanctioned. Floyd evaded any real danger that Paul posed and comfortably secured his giant payday. His love for competition seems like one of the motivations behind his obsession with exhibition boxing. Certain boxing purists are not a fan of exhibition boxing because it does not feel the same as a professional bout. Floyd has cemented his legacy in the professional world of boxing by “retiring” as an undefeated boxer who faced the toughest opposition in his time. Floyd’s next opponent is another internet celebrity who is known for making youtube videos. He is fighting Deji Olatunji, who recently won his first boxing match in August. The details about the upcoming exhibition match are still coming to light but the date of the event has been confirmed. November 13th, Mayweather returns to the ring to compete in an exhibition match against an opponent that nobody expected!

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