GOING FORWARD, SWITCHING GEARS
HERE, LET'S TALK A LITTLE
SPORTS ON THE DAY MIKE TYSON
AND ROY JONES JUNIOR 20 YEARS
AGO WOULD HAVE BEEN A
HEAVYWEIGHT FIGHT FOR THE AGES.
BUT WHEN THEY TOOK THE RAIN
JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO ON
NOVEMBER 28TH, IT WAS MERELY A
COUPLE OF 50 PLUS YEARS ALL
RIGHT
I REES IN AN EXHIBITION WITH
THEIR FIGHTS RESULTING IN A
DRAW BUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF
THE FIGHT MAY NOT BE WHAT
HAPPENED AND THAT VERY RAIN
WE'RE NOW SEEING CELEBRITIES
LIKE YOUTUBERS FORMER NBA
PLAYERS AND RECORDING ARTISTS
LOOK TO ESTABLISH THEIR
FOOTPRINT IN THE SPORT, JOINING
US NOW IS GEOFF TRACY SPORTS AT
ALL VETERAN REPORTER SPORTS
REPORTER OVER AT
AXIOS JEFF GREAT TO HAVE YOU
HERE WITH US TODAY, THANKS
THANKS SO MUCH FOR
HAVING ME.
>> ABSOLUTELY THE FIGHTS.
THE BIG FIGHT SET TO TAKE PLACE
EARLY 2021 THIS.
>> BETWEEN
FLOYD MAYWEATHER HISTORICALLY
GREAT BOXER WHO HASN'T FOUGHT
PROFESSIONALLY IN OVER 3 YEARS
AND
LOGAN PAUL A YOUTUBE
PERSONALITY WHO IS ONLY ONE AS
A PROFESSIONAL BOXER SO IS JUST
ABOUT THE MONEY OR IS IT
SOMETHING MORE WITH THIS.
>> PRETTY MUCH ABOUT THE MONEY
AND JUST WHERE THE TRENDS ARE
GOING UP RIGHT YOU KNOW YOU
MENTIONED TYSON
AND JONES. THE
MAIN CARD FOR THAT WAS LOGAN
PAUL'S BROTHER, JAKE AND NATE
ROBINSON, THE FORMER
NBA PLAYER AND THAT FIGHT
COMBINE GOT 1.6 MILLION
PAY-PER-VIEW THAT'S THE 7TH
MOST EVER FOR BOXING EVEN
THOUGH IT WAS AS YOU SAY A
BUNCH OF 50 SOMETHING YEAR OLD
YOUTUBE STAR. WHEREAS A
HORTON FOR ACTUAL BOXING FIGHT,
ERROL SPENCE AGAINST DANNY
GARCIA JUST THE NEXT THESE ARE
BOTH PEOPLE WHO
HAD HELD. BELTS IN THE PAST
ERROL SPENCE HAD THIS
INCREDIBLE INSPIRATIONAL STORY
HE WAS IN A TERRIBLE CAR
ACCIDENT
LAST YEAR AND THIS IS HIS FIRST
FLIGHT BACK AND HE WASN'T EVEN
SURE IF HE DIDN'T LIKE THAT
SHOULD HAVE BEEN EVERYTHING AND
IT HAD 250,000 BUYS.
AND IT'S JUST THE WAY THAT
VIEWERSHIP IS GOING RIGHT NOW
TRENDING YOUNGER TRENDING
SHORTER BITE. YOU KNOW
FOLLOWING
ON TWITTER. THAT'S THE KIND OF
THING THAT A DRAW WITH ONE OF
THE PAUL BROTHERS AND
YOU KNOW, FORMER BOXERS LIKE
FLOYD MAYWEATHER OR ARE MORE
LIKELY TO
EXCITE PEOPLE.
>> THIS WOULDN'T EVEN BE THE
SAME WEIGHT CLASS PREVIOUSLY
THOUGH WOULD IT SO.
>> NOT AT LOGAN PAUL
SIGNIFICANTLY, TALLER AND
HEAVIER THAN FLOYD.
I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT WILL
MATTER FOR THE ACTUAL PLAY
GIVEN TO FLOYD MAYWEATHER IS NO
MATTER JUST YOUR LOCAL FOS
GOTTEN
>> YEAH, IT'S YOU KNOW IT'S
BOXING ALMOST IN NAME ONLY.
BUT IT REALLY COULD
>> WHERE WE'RE TRENDING TOWARDS
IN THE FUTURE AGAIN JUST GIVEN.
>> HOW YOU KNOW THAT THAT LAST.
>> A FEW WEEKS AGO WAS AND THE
HYPE SURROUNDING THIS NEXT ONE
AND ANY OTHER ONES
YOU KNOW. LOGAN ALREADY HAS THE
SETUP WITH FLOYD BUT AT THE
SAME TIME JAKE WHO JUST KNOCKED
A ROBINSON
PRETTY INCREDIBLE HAS BEEN
CALLING OUT CONNOR
MCGREGOR FOR A 50 MILLION
DOLLAR AS WELL AND BROOKE, YOU
KNOW DANA DANA WHITE THE UFC
HEAD HAS GOTTEN YOU KNOW
INVOLVED IN
THE TALKS AS WELL AND YOU KNOW
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S WHERE IT'S
GOING.
>> I CAN'T DISCUSS THIS WITH
YOU WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT WITH
THE BETTING COMPLICATIONS MIGHT
LOOK LIKE AND IF THERE'S ANY
DISK
RUSSIAN AROUND OF COURSE WHOSE
FAVORITE IS THE
HEAVY FAVORITE. WHO IS THE
HEAVY FAVORITE HAVE THERE BEEN
ANY FOR THEIR SIZE.
>> ARE YOU KNOW I HAVEN'T SEEN
THAT I WHICH I HAVE TO SAY
GIVEN HE'S NEVER LOST IT.
YEAH, ONE OF THE GREATEST
BOXERS OF ALL TIME THIS WOULD
BE LOGAN'S SECOND FIGHT EVER
AND HE LOST THE FIRST ONE TO
ANOTHER YOUTUBER I'M GOING TO
GO AHEAD AND SAY THAT FLOYD
WOULD BE A PRETTY HEAVY
FAVORITE. AND I
WONDER HOW YOU KNOW SPORTS
BOOKS WOULD DEAL WITH
THAT GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF MONEY
YOU HAVE TO PUT TO WIN ANYTHING
ON FLOYD
AND JUST THE RISKS THEY WOULD
BE TAKING SHOULD SOMETHING
CRAZY
HAPPENED THEN. LOGAN GETS ONE
YOU KNOW BEING STICK 7 INCHES
TALLER LUCKY PUNCH AND SAID
THAT SOMEHOW KNOX LAID OUT
WHICH LET'S LET'S JUST THE
CLEAR THAT THAT'S NOT
GOING OUT, IT WILL BE
INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT THE
SPORTS BOOKS TO THE RISK
INVOLVED THERE.
>> YEAH INDEED WE DO KNOW
BOXING EVENTS THEY TEND TO DRAW
A LOT OF ACTION AND WE'LL
SEE EXACTLY THE SPORTSBOOKS
FARE AS WELL PERHAPS BETTER
THAN BOTH OF THESE FIGHTERS
JEN JUST THE FACT THAT YOU'VE
ONLY SEEN 2 FIGHTS FROM THE
OTHER PERSON ALSO I JUST HAVE
TO THROW IN THERE AND I LOVE
THE FACT THAT WE'RE NOW SHOWING