A 15-time world champion, Mayweather has gone on to contest a number of exhibition fights in opposition to newbie boxers, together with a non-scored bout in opposition to Paul’s brother Logan. The Olympic bronze medalist maintains a 3-0 document from three scored outings.

In the skilled ranks, highly-anticipated conferences between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury, plus Fury versus Oleksandr Usyk, haven't occurred over current years. Paul blames Mayweather for setting a poor precedent for his predecessors.

“It's annoying, man,” he instructed Sky Sports. “I think in boxing the fighters are not willing to risk their undefeated record and to put it all on the line. Their legacy and being undefeated is more important to them because Floyd Mayweather set that example for the sport.

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Paul continued: “So, if you lose, you're kind of like swept under the rug in boxing. But more champions should go and fight other big names. That's why I respect Ryan Garcia for even taking the (Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis) fight. 

“Even though he lost, it doesn't matter, he did what a lot of other fighters in boxing aren't doing, which is making big fights happen, and it's great for the sport.” 

As Paul alludes to, undefeated boxers Garcia and Davis fought one another final month regardless of each fighters sporting undefeated information coming into the bout. Tank, the WBA (Regular) light-weight champion gained by knockout with a physique shot to former WBC interim light-weight champion Garcia’s stomach within the seventh spherical.

In the heavyweight division, Joshua and Fury don't appear set to be combating one another anytime quickly. The former beat Jermaine Franklin by unanimous resolution a month in the past, whereas Fury final fought in December, knocking out Derek Chisora.

A month earlier than that, negotiations between Fury and Usyk ended with out an settlement. That denied the game an undisputed bout between the 2 fighters holding world championships within the division.

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are, although, stated to be planning a blockbuster four-man heavyweight match which might little doubt please Paul and see the very best combating the very best. A potential match would reportedly see Fury, Joshua, Usyk and former WBC champion Deontay Wilder all heading to the Middle East.