The June 6 exhibition contest between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Logan Paul was criticized by people because the boxing great couldn't knockout the social media influencer turned pugilist.
While Mayweather got panned, some pundits gave Paul credit for lasting all eight rounds against someone who is considered the top pound-for-pound fighter of this generation.
You can count former unified junior welterweight champion Amir Khan among those who felt Mayweather should have quickly taken care of Paul inside the distance. Because he didn't, Khan is of the thought it hurt Mayweather.
"Really, you shouldn't be sharing the ring with that person," Khan explained to Brian Custer on The Last Stand podcast. "Floyd did it a couple of weeks ago in Miami other day against Logan Paul. He couldn't hurt Logan, and it looked bad for him. Him being a trained professional fighter for many years, whereas Logan came, put his gloves on, and went in the ring. A lot of people said Floyd didn't look the same. Really, he got more bad comments than he got good comments in that fight. Did he really need the money? No. We don't think he does. But going into that fight, he got a lot more hate because he couldn't knock out a guy who's worse than a journeyman basically."
For several years, Khan attempted to lure Mayweather into the ring but to no avail. Mayweather is retired and has no plans to return to active competition or going back to the exhibition route. In terms of the Englishman, he'd like to fight again, but don't count on him jumping into the exhibition circuit.
"I'm not really a big fan of that exhibition thing. No disrespect to Floyd or the other fighters that are doing that, but I just think it's not good for the sport of boxing," Khan said. “People are not taking boxing seriously, and boxing's a sport where the time they are going to start taking it seriously is when someone gets badly hurt.
"We just don't want that to happen. I think it would be quite tarnishing for boxing if God forbid a YouTuber got knocked out by a professional fighter. You can't really compare the two. I would never do that because I would be scared to hurt someone. If you hurt an influencer and you are the fighter that people always respected, you're going to lose that respect."