The world of crossover boxing between MMA hunters and boxers, and now even YouTubers has grown into a large part of the sport.
Crossover fighting has become a large part of combat sports in recent years, where there are various figures responsible for the craze that rises in popularity.
YouTuber became Boxer, Jake Paul is one of the most notorious names that come to mind when the subject of Crossover is discussed, just like his brother, Logan Paul.
More recently, Paul was in conversation to combat Conor McGregor in the boxing ring, by continuing the trend of Crossover battle, however, talked for that fight.
However, the first major crossover battle that would take place was in 2017 when Conor McGregor entered the boxing world to take on one of the greatest stars of the sport of all time, Floyd Mayweather.
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Floyd Mayweather gives a comment on the craze of crossover -boxing
When the two agreed to fight each other eight years ago, little knew that the combat sports world would change forever.
The historic competition generated more than 4.3 million domestic pay-per-view purchases and more than $ 600 million was generated in total turnover, making it one of the most lucrative battle of all time.
Despite the fact that 'money' Mayweather has been involved in some of the greatest fighting in boxing history, he believes it was his fight against 'the notorious' McGregor who really 'broke the mold'.
“I and Canelo (Alvarez) were able to lock up and do record -breaking songs and I think the Conor McGregor fight was good when we really broke the mold,” Mayweather told Brian Mazique.
“We said, you know what, MMA and Boxing can really come together and that opened the locks for the YouTubers and everyone to get involved in boxing,” he continued.
All crossover boxing fights Mayweather has been involved in
Mayweather's fight against McGregor was the last fight of his professional boxing career, but after that the 47-year-old continued to show his talents in the ring with exhibition tracks.
A year after his fight against the Irish, Mayweather Boxing Kickboxing Star, Tenshin Nasukawa on New Year's Eve, in Japan.
Three years later, Mayweather entered the Ring with Internet Star, Logan Paul, for another exhibition match that probably earned an obscene amount.
Since his fight against 'The Maverick' he has fought four more times and has not shown any signs of delay while he continues to fly the flag for Crossover battles.
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