“I’ll Kill that M*f*!” Floyd Mayweather Brawls with Jake Paul After Hat Swipe
Undefeated boxing champion Floyd Mayweather (left, teal and white) and YouTuber Jake Paul brawl after Paul snatches Mayweather's hat off his head at Hard Rock Stadium Thursday, May 6, 2021. Photo: Damien Acevedo/Florida National News.
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (FNN SPORTS) – Floyd Mayweather and Logan Paul will slug it out in an exhibition match June 6, 2021, but Mayweather nearly had an immediate boxing match with the other Paul–Jake–at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Thursday.
Jake Paul, Logan Paul’s brother and a popular YouTuber, has recent wins against former NBA player Nate Robinson and most recently with UFC fighter Ben Askren. He did the usual face-to-face taunting with the undefeated fighter after a promotional news conference.
Out of the blue, Paul snatched Mayweather’s white baseball cap off his head, sparking a melee for all the media to see.
“Got your hat!” Paul said as he took off running.
In the moment, the snatch seemed random, but Paul had actually planned it. He recorded a TikTok video stating that he was going to take Mayweather’s hat. “Let’s see if it goes as planned,” he says, before the video cuts to the melee. He posted the TikTok video on Twitter with the caption, “Went as planned.”
went as planned pic.twitter.com/bw8WGwUkd5
— GOTCHA HAT (@jakepaul) May 6, 2021
Paul even switched his Twitter username to GOTCHA HAT a couple of hours later.
He also later Tweeted that one of Mayweather’s bodyguards punched him in the eye.
______________________________________________________________________
Mellissa Thomas is Editor for Florida National News. | mellissa.thomas@floridanationalnews.com