Brawl as Mayweather faces off with YouTube star Paul
By AFP
07 May 2021 |
11:18 am
Floyd Mayweather is involved in a chaotic brawl during the build-up to next month's fight with Internet star Logan Paul as tempers boiled over at a photo-opportunity in Miami.
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