Many were predicting extracurricular activities at Saturday's weigh-in for the exhibition matchup with Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Logan Paul, ahead of the eight-round affair on Sunday from Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla.
We saw nothing of the sort as Mayweather and Paul tipped the scales, did their respective interviews, and walked off.
Paul got on the scales first and weighed 189.5 pounds. If the YouTube personality had exceeded 190 pounds, he would have been fined $100,000 for every pound over the limit.
The former pound-for-pound great and 2020 International Boxing Hall of Famer was next. Mayweather came onto the scale and weighed in at 155 pounds.
Mayweather (50-0, 27 KOs) ended his professional career with a 10th-round stoppage of UFC star Conor McGregor in August 2017. The 44-year-old later hopped a plane to Japan to destroy kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa in one round on New Year's Eve in 2018. Mayweather's been in boxing's most prominent events against Manny Pacquiao, Canelo Alvarez, and Conor McGregor. Taking on the person with over 25 million followers on various social media platforms is nothing new for "Money". The face is different, but it's still the same when it's all said and done.
"I've been here before, so I know what it takes," Mayweather said in his post weigh-in interview. "I fought every different style you can possibly fight. Height don't win fights. Weight don't win fights. Fighting wins fights at the end of the day. And I can fight."
Paul (0-1) returns to the sweet science for the first time since losing via split-decision to fellow social media personality KSI in November. Many are doubting Paul's chance to have any success. None of that matters to the 26-year-old. He believes he can do the impossible.
"He's not ready," Paul said. "He don't know what to expect. And this is not the biggest fight of my life. This is the biggest fight of his life (pointing at Mayweather) because he's got a lot on the line. He's got everything to lose. I'm going to go in there and have fun. The fact I'm even up here proves this s— is a simulation. None of it is real. The aliens are coming to the moon. Just be ready. Tomorrow, I break the f—ing simulation and beat the greatest boxer in the history of the planet.
"I'm going to get it done. It's a fight. Anything can happen. Floyd is not ready. That's all I can say."
Floyd Mayweather vs. Logan Paul weigh-in results
- Floyd Mayweather Jr. (155) vs. Logan Paul (189.5)
- Badou Jack (177) vs. Dervin Colina (176.4)
- Jarrett Hurd (158) vs. Luis Arias (158.6)
- Chad Johnson (179.5) vs. Brian Maxwell (183.5)