Floyd Mayweather vs Logan Paul: ‘Money’ earns almost half a million per punch during uneventful eight-round exhibition bout
- Pair scrap out a dour bout in Miami, Florida
- Mayweather throws a total of 107 punches in the exhibition fight
Floyd Mayweather Jnr did little to enhance his boxing legacy, but plenty to swell his bank balance, when he fought out an ultimately uneventful exhibition bout against YouTube personality Logan Paul in Miami, Florida on Sunday night.
The fight went the distance and rarely looked like ending by knockout, the only way a result could occur with no judges at ringside.
Mayweather, arguably the greatest defensive boxer the sport ever produced, landed 50 per cent of the 14 jabs he threw during the eight-round bout. He threw a total of 107 punches in the entire fight, reportedly earning just over US$467,250 per punch.
Paul (0-1 as a professional) was the busier of the two, throwing a total of 217 punches in the fight, but with far less success, landing just 28 – or 13 per cent – of his shots against a typically elusive Mayweather.
“I had fun,” Mayweather (50-0 as a professional) said. “I’m not 21 any more. It’s good to move around with these young guys, test my skills, to have some fun. He’s better than I thought he was,” added the former five-weight undisputed world champion.