The fight was postponed to June 6, 2021 and took place at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.

Toward the end of the first round, Paul unleashed a wild flurry, but all of his punches were blocked by Mayweather's guard.

He finally turned up the offense in the third, opening up with some clean left hooks that rocked Paul's head back, as well as mixing in his trademark pull counter with the right hand.

[8] From the fourth round onward, Paul was visibly fatigued and took every opportunity to utilize his weight advantage by tying the smaller Mayweather up in the clinch after every exchange.

Despite Paul's constant attempts at neutering Mayweather's offense, the latter continued to dictate the pace of the fight and land the cleaner, more effective punches.

"[8] Paul appeared to harbor some doubt about how seriously Mayweather had taken the fight, saying: "I'm going to go home thinking, 'Did Floyd let me survive?

"[11] On the undercard, former two-division champion Badou Jack beat undefeated Dervin Colina by fourth-round technical knockout, Luís Arias secured an upset victory against former unified light-middlweight champion Jarrett Hurd via split decision, and Chad Johnson and Brian Maxwell went the full distance in a four-round exhibition bout.