“It was the coolest thing ever,” said YouTuber Logan Paul after going the distance with unbeaten former five-weight world champion Floyd Mayweather.
Their eight-round exhibition bout at Miami’s Hard Rock stadium did not have a winner – there were no judges at ringside and the fight did not count for either fighter’s record.
Mayweather dominated the pay-per-view event, without landing a knockout blow.
“Just going the distance was a win for him,” Mayweather said.
“When the money comes, we will see who the winner is,” he added.
The 44-year-old said he expects to make $50m (£35m) from the event and even referred to the exhibition as “legalised bank robbery”.
Many in boxing had criticised the spectacle before a punch had been thrown. But there was certainly an appetite for it – not only from curious fight fans, but from some of Paul’s 23 million YouTube followers.
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