Floyd Mayweather could stop Logan Paul ‘with a body shot’ or ‘just plays and has fun’ with YouTuber, warns Badou Jack
BADOU JACK warned Floyd Mayweather could stop Logan Paul ‘with a body shot’ or ‘just plays and has fun’ with the YouTuber.
Mayweather faces Paul in an exhibition bout on June 6 in Miami, with Jack on the undercard.
The former two-division champion has seen his close friend and promoter fight all-comers in his historic 50-0 career.
But never has he boxed someone as inexperienced as Paul, 26, a man who has fought only TWICE, without winning either.
On the other hand, Mayweather, 44, has also never come up against anyone of the social media sensation’s size, standing 6ft 2in tall and weighing 14stone.
Jack feels Mayweather’s best chance of getting Paul out of there would be to invest in the body, but opened up on the complications of boxing a novice.
He told iFL TV: “It’s 50-pounds different but he can’t really fight so it’s different being in there with a guy like that.
“Maybe he stops him with a body shot, maybe he just plays and has fun, I dunno, it’s entertainment.”
Jack, 37, rematches Jean Pascal, 38, in the chief support act, challenging for the Canadian’s WBA ‘Regular’ light-heavyweight title.
The first ended in a contentious split-decision loss for the Swede, who has been promoted by Mayweather ever since 2012.
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Jack’s last win was in November against American Blake McKernan on the undercard of Mike Tyson’s comeback fight with Roy Jones Jr.
Also on the bill that night was Logan’s brother Jake, 24, who knocked out ex-NBA star Nate Robinson, 36.
Sharing the spotlight with another internet celebrity, Jack admitted the Paul brothers have done well to muscle their way in as in-demand prizefighters.
He said: “It’s a different era, it’s a social media era so it’s all about marketing and these guys, they’re doing something right.
“That guy Jake Paul, he has all the UFC fighters, boxers, Evander Holyfield, everybody’s calling him, rappers.
“So he’s going to make a lot of money and obviously he’s doing something right so you can’t knock the hustle.
“You can say they’re corny guys and they don’t really fight nobody that can win, they fight smaller guys but it’s celebrity boxing, it’s not real boxing.
“Whatever they’ve got to do, they just show us other fighters or the younger fighters that social media is very important.”