Floyd Mayweather will not take his show fight against YouTuber Logal Paul lightly, according to his spice partner Denis Douglin – saying the welterweight will inadvertently ‘train his ** off’
‘Money’ surprised him by announcing that he would lock horns with Paul, a 25-year-old social media star who has just done two fights against another KSI YouTuber.
Mayweather, who is seen as one of the biggest fighters ever after winning a 50-0 win, is expected to win against Paul, but Douglin insists that will not change. his preparation for the fight – and saying a terrible loss is expected keep the 43-year-old on toes.
Floyd Mayweather trains hard to fight against Logan Paul, his sparring partner says
The YouTuber has only fought twice but Mayweather is wary it could change the world of boxing
‘I think he could walk in as he is and still be fine but Floyd be Floyd, he’s going to train and he’s going to train his ass,’ he said. to the Sun.
‘That’s just the level of perfection. The baby is much bigger and anything can happen. He lies a punch freak and knocks Floyd out, changing the world of boxing.
‘Floyd is not going to let that happen. Floyd, I think, trains for this.
‘It may not be as intense as it would be for Pacquiao or someone like that, but he’s not going to get off the street and fight him. ‘
Denis Douglin, Mayweather’s spice companion (right) named him ‘main entertainment’
The 50-0 welterweight will train the ** off for the show shop on Feb. 20
Mayweather’s last fight came in a show in 2018 against Japanese kickboxing star Tenshin Nasukawa, whom he eliminated in the first round, making £ 6million from the tournament in Tokyo.
At this point, however, he is expected to be patient in his approach and not go for the kill immediately. Douglin described Mayweather as his ‘main entertainment’ and said he would look at giving fans value for money.
‘The way boxing is going to be entertaining, and Floyd is a major entertainer,’ he said.
‘He could have done the same with Conor [McGregor], but he wanted to entertain the crowd and I thought fighting was really good.
He did light work of the Japanese weaver Tenshin Nasukawa in his last show in 2018
‘Conor caught him with good pictures. I think Floyd will make it entertaining, without blowing Logan Paul out.
‘But when it is done, it will really pay attention and show the world that there are standards in this regard.
‘No statement to make, if Floyd comes out and knocks YouTuber in 30 seconds no one has been hosted, we already knew he could do that.’
Despite being out of the ring for two years, Douglin admitted he was surprised by Mayweather’s ‘power’ after he went on sparring and called him a ‘freak of nature’ .
‘I feel it has grown stronger and faster than the last time we exploded before the Tenshin fight.
‘It’s still getting better. It is a freak of nature. ‘
Douglin described Mayweather as stronger than he had been two years ago and a ‘freak of nature’
This fight has drawn a lot of criticism from the world of boxing due to the huge difference in experience between the two fighters, but it is poised to perform well with a pay-per-purchase purchase. view due to the size of the two of them. Mayweather has a bunch of fans from his post, and Paul has 22.6m followers on YouTube.
Paul himself admitted that he was surprised to hear that he had advanced the winning contract to take over Mayweather, saying the bout ‘makes f *** ing sense’ .
‘None of this is credible,’ he said Food Truck Diary. ‘This doesn’t make sense f *** ing. My manager, [this] months ago, coming to me, it says “Logan would you fight Floyd Mayweather?” I’m going to say, “I mean I would, but why are you asking me that question? Like doing something else, this doesn’t make any sense, how is that to ever be a thing? “
Paul himself has admitted that he was surprised that he came to a winning deal to fight against Mayweather
‘I think a month later, he came to me with a contract. He said “if you sign up here, you’re going to be fighting Floyd Mayweather”. I said “sure Jeff, I’ll sign your fantasy deal. Like you f ***, why would this ever happen?”
‘I signed up, and then after just months and months of going back and forth and finding out dates, we had three different dates, and how ‘I would name it, and just like the strategy behind it.
‘It has finally come to fruition, and this event which replaces everything I have ever done in my life, is finally confirmed.’