Floyd Mayweather Accused Of Fixing Fight With Logan Paul After Appearing To Help His Social Media Star Opponent in Ring
June 7 2021, Published 10:19 a.m. ET
Floyd Mawyeather is being accused of fixing his fight with Logan Paul and not actually giving the YouTube star all he had.
Fans have been losing it online hours after the event ended with Paul not being knocked out. No winner was announced because it was only an exhibition fight but that hasn't stopped people from speculating about whether the entire spectacle was nothing but a scripted show.
Paul surprisingly survived eight rounds and ended standing on his two feet.
After the fight, Mayweather said of the social media star, "He's better than I thought he was ... I was surprised by him tonight. Good work. Good little guy."
Paul asked if Mayweather let him live. He told reporters, "This is still one of the greatest moments of my life... [expletive], I'm happy. You never know with this guy, I'm going to go home thinking, "Yo, did Floyd let me survive?"
Fans believe Mayweather did just that. The professional boxer, who was paid $10 million minimum for the event, didn't really bring it like he is known to do during his bouts.
Fans believe they watched Mayweather hold up his opponent instead of letting him fall to the floor. They are upset because they think Mayweather pulled Paul up in an attempt to keep the fight going longer.