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- Logan Paul has been linked with a boxing exhibition involving Floyd Mayweather for months.
- But his younger brother Jake Paul told Insider recently that he’d find it difficult to watch, as Logan would likely get easily beaten.
- “If he can’t beat KSI what makes him think he can beat Floyd Mayweather?” Jake Paul told us.
- “I wouldn’t be able to watch, I wouldn’t want to see my brother get beat up like that.”
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Jake Paul said it would be hard to watch his brother take part in a boxing exhibition with Floyd Mayweather, because he’d get easily beaten.
The 23-year-old YouTube creator starred at the behind-closed-doors Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr. showcase Saturday at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, defeating former NBA player Nate Robinson in the second round.
Before his brutal knockout win, he told Insider that he doesn’t know too much about the speculation linking his brother Logan to Mayweather.
“I don’t know … who knows if it’s actually going to happen,” Jake Paul told us. “I don’t think anyone really knows.”
A former five-weight world boxing champion, Mayweather is not averse to boxing exhibitions. He took part in an unofficial bout against a young kickboxer called Tenshin Nasukawa in Japan in 2018.
Since then, he has expressed interest in an exhibition tour which could generate approximately $100 million.
A non-professional fight involving Logan Paul has been rumored, and TMZ Sports reported in September that organizing an exhibition had been discussed, as Paul's representatives approached Mayweather's about it.
Mayweather since said he'd fly to Japan for another exhibition, likely to take place on February 28, 2021.
Should Mayweather and Logan organize one together, Jake would find it hard to watch considering his older brother, 25, has only fought one pro fight — a six-round loss to fellow creator KSI.
"I just probably couldn't watch the fight," he said.
"If he can't beat KSI what makes him think he can beat Floyd Mayweather? I wouldn't be able to watch, I wouldn't want to see my brother get beat up like that. But we'll see what the future brings."
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