Fools Gold: Can Logan Paul Be A Real Boxing Star?

By: Hector Franco

“You possibly can idiot all of the folks a number of the time, and a number of the folks on a regular basis, however you can not idiot all of the folks on a regular basis.” – Abraham Lincoln.

The return of Floyd Mayweather Jr. to the squared circle will happen this weekend within the type of an exhibition on the Arduous Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.

The foundations for the eight-round exhibition embody knockouts being authorized, no headgear, no judges, no official winner being learn, and 10 oz. gloves can be utilized by each members.

The opponent he can be dealing with would be the greatest opponent he has confronted standing at 6’2 and can outweigh Mayweather by over 30 kilos. Nonetheless, his opponent isn’t a former skilled boxer popping out of retirement or a blended martial artist, however YouTube sensation Logan Paul.

The 26-year previous Paul is a former Division-I highschool wrestling champion from Ohio, giving him an athletic background.

Paul first entered the world of boxing in 2018 when he took on one other YouTube star in the UK’s Olajide William Olatunji, higher recognized by his alias KSI.

Their first encounter was an novice boxing match that led to a majority draw at Manchester Area in Manchester, England. From a monetary standpoint, it was an enormous success promoting 1.3 million PPV buys.

Over a 12 months later, in November 2019, on the Staples Heart in Los Angeles, a rematch occurred between Paul and KSI, this time on the skilled degree in a six-round match. Paul would lose a break up choice after dropping two factors within the fourth spherical for unlawful punches.

To say that Paul is making a leap in his degree of competitors is an understatement. Going from KSI to even this model of Mayweather could possibly be in comparison with studying the alphabet to then making an attempt to finish a dissertation on your Ph.D. at Harvard.

Nonetheless, a loss to Mayweather for Paul isn’t prone to impression his social media following or cease him from persevering with a boxing profession. The expectation is for him to lose and lose badly. Mayweather is the one who’s in a lose-lose state of affairs as all he positive aspects from this struggle is a gargantuan paycheck.

“I’m not moving into there with the struggle that means the whole world to me,” Paul said throughout his media exercise. “I’ve nothing to lose. This complete factor goes to be enjoyable for me. I’m going to play with Floyd-gonna canine him and hit him exhausting. I’m going to interrupt him down bodily, mentally, all the pieces.”

If there have been a time when Floyd Mayweather was going to lose in a boxing ring, even in an exhibition, it will be on the age of 44, with nearly three years passed by since his final exhibition in 2018.

“What I’m about to say would possibly flip folks loopy,” said longtime coach and ESPN boxing analyst Teddy Atlas to The Athletic. “However in addition to Floyd is aware of easy methods to decide his spots, guess what? Logan Paul is choosing his spot properly too. Individuals would possibly say, ‘How will you say that?’

“Effectively, he’s going towards an excellent fighter who’s 44 years previous, who hasn’t fought for 3 years and is a counter puncher. Floyd just isn’t a go-get-you man. Additionally, Floyd didn’t have a whole lot of time to arrange for this. They shortened it up. You recognize what? Fairly rattling sensible!”

Win or lose, Logan Paul does have a future in boxing. He can select to take part in matches which might be strictly occasions to be taken as extra leisure than sport or try to grow to be an actual skilled ranging from the bottom up.

No matter occurs, there can be a stage accessible and an viewers awaiting Logan Paul. The danger in dealing with skilled boxers which might be of their prime is a threat, however with the amount of cash and a spotlight he generates, he can be a idiot to not attempt.