Jake Paul is unlikely to ever share a ring with Floyd Mayweather.
‘TBE’ fought Jake’s older brother Logan Paul in an exhibition bout in 2021, which ended in an automatic draw due to the spectacle being a non-scoring contest.
Jake stole the headlines in the buildup by nicking Mayweather‘s hat and getting punched by his bodyguard.
Since then, the pair have been at odds with each other, although the opportunity to settle their score in the ring has never come to fruition.
Mayweather recently told The Tonight Show that Jake, who boasts an 11-1 professional boxing record, would be ‘easy work’ for him.
Yet his demands for their fight mean it is near to impossible they will ever box.
Jake is a natural cruiserweight (200lbs) and recently tipped the scales at 227lbs for a heavyweight clash with 58-year-old Mike Tyson.
But Mayweather, who competed from super featherweight (130lbs) to super welterweight (154lbs) during his unblemished 50-0 pro career, would want Jake to boil himself down to 160lbs if they were to fight.
Responding to Mayweather’s comments on the Tonight Show, during a vlog with his brother, Jake said: “He wouldn’t sign though.
“He said I would have to weigh 160lbs. It’s not even physically possible.”
Logan added: “I think it’s because when he fought me even as an amateur boxer, two or three years in, I landed way too many shots and he wasn’t able to knock me out.
“Floyd that night was like ‘Weight matters’ so now his rule is you have to be his weight.
“He said I was holding him all night. I vividly remember Floyd saying ‘On June 6, I guarantee I’m going to knock him out’.
“In the second round he was huffing and puffing in the corner, ‘It’s hard to hit him with a jab’.”
“The narrative changes, it is just so funny to me.”
Logan tipped the scales at 189.5lbs for his fight with Mayweather, while ‘TBE’ came in at 155lbs – a 34.5lbs discrepancy.
In total, Logan landed 21 of 144 power punches (15 per cent) and 7 of 73 jabs (10 per cent).
Meanwhile, Mayweather got the better of the exchanges, landing 7 of 14 jabs (50 per cent) and 36 of 93 power punches (39 per cent).
The fight reportedly sold over 1 million PPV buys, and generated $80 million in revenue.
However, Logan alleges he still hasn’t been paid his entire purse by Mayweather.
