Tag: Floyd Mayweather

Floyd Mayweather Announces Support of NBA’s Kyrie Irving Amid Vaccine Controversy

Boxing champion Floyd Mayweather shared his public support of Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving over the player’s refusal to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. Mayweather posted on Instagram Monday to state his backing of the NBA all-star in both a lengthy post and corresponding video. “To my understanding, America gave us the choice to take the…


Logan Paul Channels Fictional Boxer Rocky and Goes Distance Against Mayweather

YouTube personality Logan Paul produced a Rocky-style performance going the distance against unbeaten (50-0) five-division champion Floyd Mayweather in an exhibition boxing bout on Sunday that did not have a winner. With no judges ringside the bout did not count on either fighter’s record but if there was a winner on a rainy night at Miami’s Hard Rock stadium…


Dave Hyde: Mayweather vs. Paul Is the Intersection of Sports, Commerce and a Fraternity Prank

By Dave Hyde From South Florida Sun-Sentinel FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.—As a sporting event, it’s the equivalent of “Beach Blanket Bingo,” a fraternity prank of a boxing match between a carbon-aging champ and a social influencer whose athletic apex was high school wrestling and football. But as a window to a segment of society, as an…