YouTubers and boxing, ‘this is a new world’
With YouTubers, anything anyone does with gloves on is paying homage to boxing, says Mike Tyson
06 June 2021 - 07:00
Los Angeles — With a fight between boxing legend Floyd Mayweather and YouTube star Logan Paul looming, some fans are asking whether the increasing number of celebrity exhibition bouts is reducing the sport to a carnival-style sideshow.
Sunday's bout in Miami is expected to be a one-sided battle in favour of Mayweather (50-0) despite Paul (0-1) being about 50 pounds (23kg) heavier, six inches (15cm) taller and 18 years younger than 44-year-old Mayweather, a new grandfather...
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