Logan Paul v Floyd Mayweather is a payday boxing must treat with caution | Barney Ronay


Exhibition between YouTuber and 44-year-old is a destructive, easy source of revenue – and a troubling prospect for the sport

The phrase “(Person X) has a punchable face” is a horrible thing. There is so much wrong with it. The idea people have any say in what their face looks like. The suggestion punching is an acceptable human response. It’s degrading. It’s cowardly. It stinks of all the worst parts of the internet, humankind’s angriest medium.

And yet, with all due advisories, and having considered soberly all available evidence, it has to be said Logan Paul really does have a punchable face.

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Why is a YouTuber fighting? Because people will let them, and because money can be made. Watch me hurt myself. And don’t forget to like.

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