Looks like Jake Paul isn’t so tough after all. The former YouTuber has taken to his Instagram Story to explain why he ran off from Floyd Mayweather and his entourage after the boxing champ confronted him in Miami last night, two years after their infamous brawl. Paul and Mayweather crossed paths while leaving an NBA game between the Cleveland Cavaliers vs Miami Heat on Wednesday evening, and in video footage obtained by TMZ, the 46-year-old is casually seen approaching a nervous-looking Paul who appeared to have no more than one security guard with him.
When Mayweather stepped up to the 26-year-old, a member of his entourage is heard saying, “What happened, you not tough anymore since your loss? What happened since your loss? Are we gonna bust him up guys? Yo, let’s bust him up.” In a desperate attempt to avoid a physical altercation, Paul slowly backed up from the crew before running towards the stadium he had just exited. In case you aren’t up to speed, the pair were involved in a scuffle at a press conference for his brother Logan’s exhibition back in May 2021 after Paul boldly snatched Mayweather’s hat off his head.
Bruhh Floyd Mayweather had Jake Paul running 😭😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/fyN3Vhh5DU
— Shannonnn sharpes Burner (PARODY Account) (@shannonsharpeee) March 9, 2023
JAKE PAUL VS FLOYD MAYWEATHER?
GOT YOUR HAT https://t.co/fRXM0FsIRA pic.twitter.com/oX7074JgqZ
— ACXBOII💣 (@acxboii) March 9, 2023
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In a video posted to social media shortly after their encounter last night, however, Paul tried to clear the air, saying that he ran off from Mayweather because he ambushed him with “50 dudes” in tow, and he wasn’t “dumb enough” to take on his entire team. “So I’m leaving the Miami Heat game and Floyd Mayweather and 50 dudes pull up out of nowhere,” he said in his video. “Out of like some side alley, waiting for me outside the stadium, and they’re like, “So what’s up? what’s all that talk now?”
“I’m like, “First of all, what did I say to you Floyd? I just took your hat and you’re still mad about it? Come on, bro”. And then 50 dudes literally start surrounding me to jump me, and I’m out that bitch, ok?”
Paul insisted to his fans that he wouldn’t be opposed to taking Mayweather — a five-time world champion — on for a fight between the two, but there was no chance he was going to engage in a brawl if it was him going against a group of guys.
Jake Paul snatched Floyd Mayweather’s hat after they came face-to-face 😳⁰⁰(via @ShowtimeBoxing)pic.twitter.com/wKGtatIdOC
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) May 6, 2021
Jake Paul when he saw Floyd Mayweather and the Money Team
— Rent Em Spoons 🥷🏿 (@DerekJBiz) March 9, 2023
“You wanna run it one on one, no problem. But I’m not dumb. Okay? I’m tough, I don’t need to prove my toughness., but I’m not f*****g dumb. I’m not gonna sit there and try to fight 50 dudes,” he continued. In a post shared on his official Twitter moments later, Paul then clarified that the number of people Mayweather approached him with were actually around 25 people who had “hopped out of three cars.”
Socialites, would y’all be here for a boxing match between Paul and Mayweather so that they can squash out their differences once and for all?