Logan Paul Reacts To Brother’s Brutal KO Of Ben Askren With Message To Floyd Mayweather
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Logan Paul fired off a warning to Floyd Mayweather after his brother Jake Paul savagely knocked out Ben Askren with a right-hand bomb on Saturday.
Jake Paul's first-round KO of the former UFC fighter took his professional boxing record to 3-0 (all via stoppage) - and clearly fired up Logan ahead of his planned fight with pound-for-pound great Mayweather.
Including a video of Askren hitting the canvas hard after Jake's haymaker connected with his chin, Logan directed a message to Mayweather on Twitter and Instagram. Simply: "You see this?"
.@floydmayweather you see this pic.twitter.com/fpRzyiUukd
- Logan Paul (@LoganPaul) April 18, 2021
The 50-0 retired boxing great Mayweather is set to have an exhibition fight against Logan Paul this year. The contest was originally scheduled for February but was postponed, reportedly to allow a bigger crowd to attend.
It's clear from his message to Mayweather after his younger brother's victory that Logan wants to set a date - and for 'Money' to know that the Paul brothers are for real.
Mayweather himself insists the fight is still happening, as he said earlier this year: "We're gonna do Logan Paul, and we pushed it back because we want an audience, we want to bring 80,000 people to watch."
The 26-year-old Logan is keen to get a date set in stone, explaining: "The complications are when you are dealing with someone like Floyd Mayweather who is the most desired, highest-paid fighter on the planet and he operates at a certain calibre, and the people around him want to make sure their talent, their fighter is performing at a certain level, there are a lot hoops to jump through...
"We're just making sure we're doing that. But yeah, I'm still going to beat the s**t out of Floyd Mayweather.
"Or, maybe he's going to beat the s**t out of me, who knows? The point is it's still going to happen."
After Jake Paul's one-sided victory over retired MMA fighter Askren in Atlanta, Logan was keen to revel in his brother's triumph.
The ringside view of Jake Paul's TKO. @ESPNRingside pic.twitter.com/YgasSH1Br4
- SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) April 18, 2021
Post-fight he tweeted: "Ben Askren came on my podcast and said he was a genius.
"At first I doubted him. But after convincing the world he had a chance of beating Jake, exploding on social media, and collecting a massive bag, even though he lost... that man WON. GENIUS."
ben askren came on my podcast and said he was a genius. at first i doubted him. but after convincing the world he had a chance of beating jake, exploding on social media, and collecting a massive bag, even though he lost... that man WON. GENIUS @Benaskren
- Logan Paul (@LoganPaul) April 18, 2021
Whether Logan can talk his way into sharing a boxing ring with multi-weight world champion Mayweather remains to be seen.
But his reaction this weekend shows that 'The Maverick' still has his eyes on 'Money' (in more ways than one).
Featured image credit: Instagram/PA Images
