Jake Paul and Floyd Mayweather engaged in a verbal tussle exterior the venue of Cleveland Cavaliers and Miami Warmth match on Wednesday. Paul accused Mayweather of ambusing him with a gang of supporters with the intention of beating him.
A video of the confrontation between the 2 stars went viral on social media. Within the video, Paul was seen working away from the venue in an try to flee the perpetrators allegedly led by Mayweather.
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UFC President Dana White has reacted to all the matter. In an interplay with TMZSports, White doubted the genuiness of the scuffle and went on to label it as a staged video.
“I simply can’t see Floyd doing that. I believe Floyd rolling up on someone and doing that, that’s simply it’s not Floyd’s type. It’s not likely his persona proper. I believed it was skit,” mentioned White.
“I’m not shopping for it. When was the final time you noticed Floyd Mayweather act like a thug and roll up on someone with 50 folks? That’s simply not what Floyd does. Yeah, I’m not shopping for it,” he added.
Speculations are excessive that it was an try by Mayweather to drum up curiosity for a possible combat between him and Paul. The 2 stars share historical past of animosity between them as in 2021, Paul had famously snatched a baseball hat from Mayweather’s head following a press convention selling the retired boxer’s exhibition bout in opposition to his brother Logan Paul. Mayweather accompanied by his safety workforce, then chased Paul and his entourage, inflicting a melee within the stadium.
In the meantime, Paul had taken to Twitter and requested Mayweather if he actually needed a one-on-one combat between them. He had tweeted “Floyd if you wish to combat 1 on 1 we will try this however don’t attempt to hop out of three vehicles 25 dudes deep tryna to leap me whereas I’m tryna take pleasure in my Wednesday night time”.