Floyd Mayweather announced on his Instagram page that he would compete in a boxing exhibition against YouTuber Logan Paul on June 6, 2021.^[8][13]

The retired legendary boxer announced the exhibition match via his Instagram, setting the date and location for June 6th at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Florida.

Undefeated, 12-time five division boxing superstar Floyd Mayweather with a professional record of 50 - 0 went the full eight round distance against social media sensation Logan Paul in a special exhibition boxing match.

No winner was declared.

The match was broadcast exclusively on Showtime PPV on June 6, 2021.

Mayweatther fought in an exhibition in Japan in December 2018.

He fought in a sanctioned match against Conor McGregor in August 2017. Paul lost his only professional boxing to fellow Youtuber KSI in November 2019.

The bout consisted of three-minute rounds.

Both fighters wore 10-ounce gloves with no head gear, and there no judges scored the fight.

However a knockout could decide the outcome.

Paul was not allowed to weigh in higher than 190 pounds the day before the bout, or it would cost him $100,000 for every pound that he is over his weight limit.

Mayweather weighed 155 and Paul weighed 189 pounds at the official weigh in.

According BetOnline, the opening odds for the match had Floyd Mayweather as a -2000 betting favorite vs. Paul, meaning you’d have to wager $2,000 to win $100. Paul, meanwhile, was listed as a +900 underdog, which means you’d earn a $900 payday on a $100 wager. The odds dropped before the fight started.^[12]

In the traditional categories such as age (Mayweather is 44 and Paul is 26), height (Mayweather is 5-8 and Paul is 6-2), weight (Mayweather was 155 and Paul was 189) there was a great disparity.^[9]

Mayweather and Logan have a combined 87 million followers on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter, and Logan has another 22.6 million subscribers on YouTube.

Forbes estimates Mayweather is the best-paid athlete of the decade, having raked in $915 million in the past 10 years. The 26-year-old Paul has 22.6 million subscribers on his YouTube channel, where he posts videos about his life experiences in Los Angeles, California. In 2018, he faced widespread criticism for showing the body of a Japanese suicide victim in a video.^[3]