MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — A month before he returns to the hoop at age 44 for an exhibition bout, Floyd Mayweather wound up in a brawl.

The boxing corridor of Famer will face Logan Paul in a pay-in line with-view occasion on June 6 at difficult Rock Stadium in Florida. On Thursday, he squared off — form of — with Paul's brother, Jake, who prompted the scuffle while he took Mayweather's cap.

Apparently incensed that Mayweather referred to as both Pauls “faux warring parties” and offered to take on both at the identical night time, Jake Paul confronted the former champion. In what regarded to be a staged get-collectively, Paul grabbed Mayweather's white baseball cap and “safety” jumped between the two as Mayweather surged towards Paul.

“I don’t have to speak about what I’m going to do. The arena is aware of what I’m going to do," Mayweather stated. “I’m willing to combat each within the same night time.”

Mayweather had a 50-0 file with 27 knockouts at some point of a profession wherein he won world titles in 5 weight divisions over three a long time. Among the warring parties he beat were Canelo Alvarez, Manny Pacquiao and Oscar De l.  A. Hoya earlier than he retired in 2015 — although he stopped mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor in 2017.

Within the 26-yr-old Paul, Mayweather will face a star created on the net. Accompanied by greater than 20 million on YouTube, Paul began boxing in 2019 with a six-round bout against fellow YouTube superstar KSI. A former excessive college wrestler, Paul could have a 6-inch top advantage over Mayweather, but glaringly gives away masses in ring experience and mastery

“Logan Paul is massive on YouTube and he has a large following. He’s a large man, strong man," Mayweather stated. It’s simply amusing. It’s entertaining. It’s all about amusement and, of route, when he’s on social media, he’s enjoyable to people all the time."

It's uncertain if Mayweather changed into relating to the news convention altercation as exciting, too.

“I just experience stimulated," Logan Paul stated. "I need to beat the (stuffing) out of him. I clearly do. This fight manner so much to me. To my enthusiasts. To my family. To anybody looking who concept they couldn’t do something in existence. That’s the energy I’m going in with. Everyone says that is impossible. Properly it changed into not possible that I were given this combat.”

The undercard will feature heavyweights Jean Pascal against Badou Jack, and remarkable welterweight Jarrett Hurd vs. Luis Arias. Former NFL huge receiver Chad Johnson will make his boxing debut.

The pay-in line with-view telecast may be on Showtime.