Boxing fan pays £50,000 to walk YouTube boxer Logan Paul to ring for next fight

Posted on June 11th, 2022.

Logan Paul has 'sold' the right to walk him to the ring for his next fight for a whopping £50,000.

The YouTube star has been at the front and centre of the social media boxing revolution, with his two fights against rival KSI effectively launching the genre. He has also shared the ring with Floyd Mayweather, going eight rounds with the legend in an exhibition bout last summer.

Paul has yet to announce his next fight, but offered a place on his ringwalk as part of his 99 Originals NFT project. Paul took polaroid pictures of 99 different scenes from his life and is auctioning them off one by one with the latest a picture of his injured hand after he hit a punching machine while drunk.

Along with the photo, the winning bidder, who remains anonymous, will choose the colour of Paul's robe and boxing shorts, as well as accompanying him to the ring.

Logan Paul plans to return to the ring this year

Paul is currently in camp with younger brother Jake who announced his own ring return yesterday for August 6 at Madison Square Garden. He has also yet to announce an opponent despite being heavily linked with Tommy Fury, younger brother of heavyweight world champion Tyson.

The elder Paul brother is unlikely to fight professionally and had been expected to enter negotiations with Brazilian social media star Whindersson. The rivals verbally agreed to fight over Twitter earlier this year but there has been no obvious development since.

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