"I'm fighting a YouTuber who thinks he's a real
fighter and I'm getting crazy money for it," Mayweather told
reporters at Versace Mansion in Miami Beach, adding he had
already made $30 million in the leadup to the fight.
"This is not a real fight for me. It's a real fight for him."
Mayweather, who was world champion in five weight divisions,
last came out of retirement in 2017, when he defeated mixed
martial arts competitor Conor McGregor.
"I retired from boxing but I didn't retire from entertainment
and I didn't retire from making money," said Mayweather.
The eight-round fight at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, where
tickets were being offered for well into the five figures on the
online resale market StubHub, will have no judges and no
official winner but a knockout is allowed.
A defiant Paul, 26, told reporters that he could hold his own
against 44-year-old Mayweather, who boasts a pristine 50-0
record in his 25 years of professional boxing.
He is the brother of fellow YouTube figure and boxer Jake Paul.
"There's a moment that goes through every fighter's mind,
everyone we spar, everyone Jake's beaten, when we hit them and
they realize 'Oh, he might not just do YouTube,'" said Logan
Paul. "I think we're going to see Floyd's eyes light up the
first time I hit him."
Paul's record stands at 0-1 after losing an exhibition fight to
a fellow YouTube personality.
"For Floyd's sake let's hope it doesn't get physical," said
Paul, who at 6 feet, 2 inches (1.88 m), has repeatedly touted
his size advantage over the 5-foot, 8-inch (1.73 m) Mayweather.
(Reporting by Amy Tennery in New York; Editing by Matthew Lewis)
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