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“Offered the Fight 10 or 20 Times”: Allegations Fly as Floyd Mayweather Hits Back at Jake Paul’s Alleged Lies

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In the world of boxing, there are only two guaranteed paths to early fame—either you’re a skilled fighter with a solid amateur prodigy, or you come from a lineage of champions.

Yet, Jake Paul managed to carve out a third route. Fame? Undeniable. Respect as a boxer? That’s still debatable. It’s only been five years since he turned professional, yet he already has elite boxers talking about him. Last year, he shocked the world by defeating Mike Tyson in a highly controversial fight, and recently, he was close to securing a fight with Canelo Alvarez, too.

But one fight has been in discussion since early in his career. Back in 2021, a year after his pro debut, Jake’s older brother, Logan Paul, had an exhibition bout against Floyd Mayweather at Hard Rock Stadium in Florida. Before that fight even took place, Jake found himself face-to-face with the undefeated legend in a heated confrontation. What started as an exchange of words turned into chaos when Jake Paul stole Mayweather’s white hat, sparking an angry reaction that led to security stepping in. Since then, fans have speculated about them fighting. Now, four years later, Mayweather has finally revealed that there were talks of a fight with the younger Paul brother, too. So, what really happened?

Jake Paul Reveals Floyd Mayweather's One Demand To Sign For Fight - Seconds Out

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Yesterday, while promoting his One Of One premium natural supplements, Floyd Mayweather sat down for an exclusive interview with US Weekly. The conversation quickly shifted from business to boxing, specifically his long-rumored fight with Jake Paul. Mayweather didn’t hold back when responding to Jake Paul’s claims that he was avoiding the fight. “We offered Jake Paul the fight probably 10 or 20 times, and he turned us down. So that’s bulls—,” Mayweather said, shutting down the idea that he was the one backing out. Two weeks ago, Money Mayweather appeared on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon. When asked how a fight with Jake Paul would play out, he only needed four words: “At 48, too easy.” He made it clear—he still wants the fight, and in his eyes, Paul is the one running from it. However, Jake Paul had a different story.

Shortly after the Fallon interview aired, Logan Paul uploaded a vlog, where the Paul brothers reacted to Mayweather’s comments. When the clip of Mayweather calling the fight “too easy” played, Jake fired back: “He wouldn’t sign though.” According to the 28-year-old, the 50-0 boxer wasn’t as eager as he claimed. “He said I have to weigh 160. It’s not even physically possible,” Jake Paul stated in the vlog.

For context, Jake Paul fights as a heavyweight and weighed 227¼ lbs in his last fight against Mike Tyson. Mayweather, on the other hand, fought professionally around welterweight and super welterweight towards the end of his career, with his highest being around 150 lbs against Miguel Cotto. That’s a massive 70+ lb difference—something no athletic commission would ever sanction. But does that mean a fight is out of the question now? Definitely not. “Well… we could do an exhibition. That’s easy work, super easy,” the 48-year-old suggested in the exclusive. He even took an example of how Jake Paul chose to fight Mike Tyson instead. “Mike Tyson was a 60-year-old man. He’s an old man. Mike Tyson is enjoying his life. It is what it is,” he added in an obvious dog at the Problem Child.

But even with that option on the table, both fighters are still pointing fingers. However, one thing is certain. Paul isn’t happy with Floyd Mayweather’s current bashing of him.

The rivalry between Paul and Mayweather is well-established. It recently reached a new high after Floyd Mayweather’s comments on the Jimmy Fallon show. After the show aired, Jake Paul made a bold claim. He said he would knock out the five-division world champion in just two rounds. Yes, you read that right. “You bum. Deji gave you a black eye in an event that had 4,000 people in it. Deji hahahah. I would knock you out in 2 rounds and you can’t sniff Mike Tyson’s toe,” the 11-1 boxer wrote, resharing a clip from Money Mayweather’s interview with Fallon.

Jake Paul is no stranger to trash talk, and fans love watching him back up his words—or get humbled trying. But the real question remains: How would he handle punches from elite-level fighters like Floyd Mayweather?

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‘By far’ – Floyd Mayweather overlooks Conor McGregor as he names easiest fight of career

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Floyd Mayweather had a tendency to make fights look effortless during his peak, but one was easier than the rest.

Only a handful of fighters were able to ask questions of Mayweather during his unblemished 50-0 career.

There was a nip-and-tuck affair with Oscar De La Hoya in 2007 and of course, Mayweather’s first fight with Jose Luis Castillo in 2002, which many experts felt he lost.

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Marcos Maidana also pushed Mayweather all the way in their inaugural encounter in 2014, while Shane Mosley had ‘TBE’ in the most trouble when he rocked him with a series of clubbing rights during the second round of their all-action 2010 clash.

But when it comes to his easiest fight, the list is much harder to narrow down.

Several of the journeyman he laid waste to in the early portion of his career could easily qualify, while he won almost every second of his final bow with dual-weight UFC champion Conor McGregor.

But the most straightforward victory of his career, according to the man himself, was his points win over a young Canelo Alvarez.

“It didn’t matter if Canelo ate his PED steak or not this night, this was by far the easiest fight of my career!” Mayweather wrote on Instagram in 2018.

“Connor McQuitter was a way better fighter than Canelo’s cheating a** and I beat the brakes off him too!

“It takes me 36 mins or less to make $300million plus. It literally takes me one night and one fight to make what you might make in five years and 11 fights!

“So really, who’s still winning? You do the math!”

Mayweather made the remarks after Canelo called him out for a rematch following the news that he was considering reversing his retirement.

Mayweather beat Canelo via majority decision in 2013

Mayweather’s ‘PED steak’ claim is in reference to Canelo testing positive clenbuterol in 2018, with the latter citing contaminated meat in his homeland as the reason for it.

Canelo was subsequently suspended for six months from February 2018 before making a return in September of that year for his delayed rematch with Gennady Golovkin.

Mayweather and Canelo squared off in 2013 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in a super welterweight title unification bout.

Canelo was 23 years old at the time and the WBC and Ring Magazine champion at 154lbs while Mayweather was entering the twilight of his career at 36 and held the WBA strap.

Mayweather negotiated the fight at 152lbs – 2lbs lighter than the Mexican had been comfortable at – and proceeded to dominate him for 12 rounds.

However, the scorecards didn’t reflect Mayweather’s shutout display.

LAS VEGAS, NV - SEPTEMBER 12: (L-R) Floyd Mayweather Sr., Rafael Garcia, Floyd Mayweather Jr. and DeJuan Blake pose in the ring following their WBC/WBA welterweight title fight against Andre Berto at MGM Grand Garden Arena on September 12, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mayweather won by unanimous decision. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

A 117-111 scorecard submitted by Craig Metcalfe was the most accurate.

The 116-112 in his favour from Dave Moretti didn’t quite tell the full story of the fight while CJ Ross’ 114-114 draw is one of the most controversial scorecards in the history of the sport.

So controversial, in fact, that the embattled judge chose to step away from the sport after receiving heavy criticism from fans, the press and Mayweather.

“I thought it was a joke, I was kind of shocked but I am not the judge,” he said.

“My job is to go out there, fight and leave the fight in the judges’ hands.”

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Errol Spence Has No Doubt Who Wins A Prime Floyd Mayweather vs….

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Errol Spence Has No Doubt Who Wins A Prime Floyd Mayweather vs Terence Crawford Fight

Errol Spence Jr is one of few men to have shared a ring with both Floyd Mayweather Jr and Terence Crawford.

Mayweather and Crawford are both considered the best of their generation and happened to compete at the same weight – welterweight.

Spence, although he never faced Mayweather in a pro fight, sparred with ‘TBE’ during his run at 147 and the catchweight victory over Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez, with onlookers describing the gym session as a fight and nothing less.

The former 147lb unified champion’s last fight was over a year ago when he was handed his first career defeat in devastating fashion by Crawford. It was billed as a 50/50 contest before the first bell, but ‘Bud’ dominated from the get go and stopped Spence in the ninth round after three knockdowns.

Despite being outclassed by Crawford that night, when asked by Fight Hype who was the better fighter, Spence said there was a ‘big difference’ with Mayweather potentially being the best of all time.

“It’s a big difference. Floyd is just different. I feel like he’s the best fighter… I don’t know about all time, he might be the best fighter of all time and if not he’s close. Two or three, not by far.

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There’s different things that Floyd does. He was a lot older when I sparred him and there are just certain things he does that are real tricky. We’d get in the clinch and he was like squeezing my nose so I couldn’t breathe and stuff like that. Veteran, all-time type stuff. Mentally, by far I feel like he’s the best.”

Spence himself is tipped to make his return at the end of the year against WBC super-welterweight champion Sebastian Fundora.

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