When Anthony Joshua made his professional debut against Emmanuel Leo in 2013, fresh from Olympic gold in London, the boxing world treated it like the start of a coronation.
At roughly the same time, a 16-year-old prankster from Ohio named Jake Paul was posting six-second Vine videos - chatting to pineapples in supermarkets and climbing into strangers’ shopping trolleys for a laugh.
More than a decade later, through wildly different routes, the pair have arrived at the same place.
This Friday, in Miami, they will share a ring in a professional heavyweight contest that still feels faintly unreal.
Jesus, he fought Mayweather?
It was actually Logan Paul, not Jake Paul, but yeah they fought in 2021 to a draw.
They both do boxing? I thought Logan did crypto instead of the physical stuff
I guess so, or atleast that fight he did. The two are one and the same for me so I thought it was the other, and inly remember because there was a video clip floating around that looks like floyd held him up after rocking him with a punch to the face. Pretty sure wwe has or will soon put a championship belt on I think Logan.
The WWE??? I’ve been mostly out of the loop on these two little psychos for like five years or so honestly. Wow, that’s wild.