Floyd Mayweather exhibition in Dubai will be “world’s first NFT PPV”
Floyd Mayweather’s planned exhibition bout on May 14 in Dubai does still appear to be on, and is now being advertised as the “world’s first NFT pay-per-view event.”
The 45-year-old Mayweather, who last had a sanctioned bout in 2017 when he stopped UFC superstar Conor McGregor in McGregor’s pro boxing debut, has done a few exhibitions — probably more than have been widely advertised — since his official retirement, including a knockout of kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa at the end of 2018 in Japan, and last year’s Showtime pay-per-view display with Logan Paul.
This fight is taking place on a hotel roof helipad, which is apparently extremely interesting to some people for some reason.
As mentioned before, the card will also feature MMA legend Anderson Silva (3-1, 2 KO in boxing) taking little advantage of his 2021 wins over Julio Cesar Chavez Jr and Tito Ortiz by facing fellow Brazilian MMA veteran Bruno Machado, and also Badou Jack (25-3-3, 15 KO) taking on Hany Atiyo (16-4, 12 KO) in a cruiserweight bout.
A rematch between Delfine Persoon (46-3, 19 KO) and Maiva Hamadouche (22-2, 18 KO) is also reportedly set, which would be the only actual good fight on the card.
Ryan Ford (17-7, 12 KO) vs Bilal Laggoune (25-3-2, 14 KO) is also listed on some posters and not others and whatever, this is obviously a very professional organized event.
Mayweather’s dance partner will be “Dangerous” Don Moore, a Gary, Ind., native who went 18-0-1 (12 KO) in a career of club fights that spanned 1999-2016 without ever facing a single opponent who had a winning record coming in.
If nothing else, be happy for Don Moore, who gets to do something pretty cool, something he can tell a lot of stories about the rest of his life.
