Former heavyweight champ George Foreman raves about Floyd Mayweather-Logan Paul, celebrity fights
Floyd Mayweather and Logan Paul’s eight-round fight Sunday night.
“The strangest thing is I’m starting to enjoy these exhibitions a lot more than the so-called competitive fights they put on because there’s no entertainment value to those,’’ Foreman, a former two-time heavyweight champion, told USA TODAY Sports. “These have entertainment value.
“Mayweather turned into the slugger, following the guy around. And (Paul) is as long as Wilt Chamberlain with that jab. It was exciting.’’
Foreman was equally bullish when Mike Tyson returned to the ring for the first time in 15 years in November for an eight-round exhibition against Roy Jones Jr. That night, Jake Paul knocked out retired NBA standout Nate Robinson, fueled the celebrity fights and brought attention to the YouTube celebrities — namely, brothers Jake and Logan Paul.
Jake Paul followed up with a knockout of retired MMA fighter Ben Askren, and the celebrity fights peaked Sunday when Jake’s older brother, Logan, survived eight rounds against Mayweather, the Hall-of-Famer.
“There’s something really entertaining about this kid,’’ Foreman said of Logan Paul, 26, “and I don’t know where it’s going from there. But I was excited. And look, I’m an Olympic gold medalist, two-time heavyweight champion of the world and I didn’t miss a second of it. I was afraid to get up and walk away from it for a minute.