Jake Paul is a fan of Floyd Mayweather coming back to the ring for a rematch of the most important fight ever after turning 49.
The YouTuber-turned-boxer has had his issues with Mayweather through the years. He infamously began a brawl on the launch press conference for the boxing icon’s exhibition bout with Logan Paul in 2021, and the pair even talked about fighting even though it never happened.
Back in 2024, the younger Paul brother brought boxing to Netflix for the primary time when he fought Mike Tyson in a controversial eight-rounder. Now, the highest-selling pay-per-view star in history is coming to the broadcaster, which has 325 million global subscribers.
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Jake Paul reacts to Floyd Mayweather coming back to skilled boxing
Given their history, some fans could be surprised to learn that Jake Paul is definitely excited to see Floyd Mayweather get back into the ring for an expert fight. Once they had been in talks previously, the YouTuber had insisted on doing it in an official pro bout, as a substitute of an exhibition.
Nevertheless, this was inconceivable provided that Mayweather’s profession highest weight barely got over 160lb, while Paul has never weighed in lighter than 183lb, and more recently has been fighting at heavyweight or boiling his way all the way down to cruiserweight.
Paul has at all times been an advocate for big scale events, no matter whether or not the fights deliver, if it means attracting an audience. And this rematch of a fight that sold 4.6million pay-per-views and made $72 million on the box office is just that, particularly provided that it’s free for Netflix subscribers.
“I like Canelo and Bud on Netflix,” Paul wrote on X. “I like Ryan and Barrios on DAZN. I like Manny and A reimbursement for a pro-fight. I hope ESPN gets back in soon too. It’s all good for growing boxing. That needs to be the main focus.”
Paul has fought on Netflix twice, drawing over 65 million concurrent viewers at the height of his fight with Tyson. His second outing against Anthony Joshua hit 33 million, and went massively viral when he was finally knocked out and had his jaw broken by the two-time unified heavyweight champion.