Bizarre Rules For Floyd Mayweather vs. Logan Paul Announced

Published 06/03/2021, 2:27 AM EDT

This weekend, the most awaited matchup of 2021 between Floyd Mayweather and Logan Paul will finally take place. The contest between the duo was earlier set for February 20. However, the fight failed to materialize back then, and it got pushed ahead.

This bout is unusual in its own way, and it has generated massive attention for obvious reasons. But recently, the rules for this fight got announced, which has put the fans in awe.

All these rules and regulations are extremely bizarre, thus becoming a hot topic of discussion among the fans.

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As ESPN reports, the Logan Paul vs Floyd Mayweather fight will have no judges. As a result, there won’t be any official winner announced after the conclusion of the bout.

Despite this, there’ll be knockouts allowed for this fight, and these knockouts will depend on the referee’s discretion.

Moving further, this contest will comprise of 8-rounds of 3 minutes each. With that, both the boxers will wear 12 oz. boxing gloves without headgear.

These rules are pretty much new to casual as well as hardcore boxing lovers. However, that doesn’t take off the attention and hype from the Paul vs Mayweather bout.

Both the pugilists are roaring to get inside the ring with each other. Over the past few months, both Paul and Mayweather have taken wild verbal shots at each other. But on Sunday night, both of them will get an equal chance to level their scores with each other.

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Logan Paul vs Floyd Mayweather – will it stay true to the buzz created around it?

Ever since this fight got announced, it has amassed a lot of eyeballs towards it. This is predominantly because Mayweather has never fought a big YouTuber turned boxer in his entire career span. Also, ‘The Maverick’ has himself never fought someone of Mayweather’s caliber.

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That said, this fight has all the ingredients to stay true to the hype created around it.

Moreover, it’ll be interesting to see if Mayweather actually annihilates the lanky Logan Paul. Or the latter comes out well to hand over ‘Pretty Boy’ with an ‘L’.

What do you make of these staggering rules pertaining to Mayweather vs Paul fight?

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Prathamesh Singh Chauhan is a Boxing Author at EssentiallySports. He is a graduate from the International Institute of Sports Management who combines his love for sports, particularly combat sports, and his flair for writing and analysis to help him in his day-to-day work. He has prior professional experience with sporting organizations such as Star Sports, Khelo India, and NBA.

Bizarre Rules For Floyd Mayweather vs. Logan Paul Announced

Logan Paul vs Floyd Mayweather – will it stay true to the buzz created around it?

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