Floyd Mayweather has broken his silence on his <a href="https://vt.co/entertainment/celebrity/floyd-mayweather-and-jake-paul-get-physical-in-heated-confrontation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">public scrap with Jake Paul</a>. The popular 24-year-old YouTuber - who is due to square off against the former pro boxer in the ring next month - took to <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jakepaul/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram</a> on Friday, May 7, to post the footage of the heated confrontation. Sharing the clip of the fight with his 15.4 million followers on the platform, Paul - whose brother is YouTuber Logan Paul - wrote: "Gotcha hat @floydmayweather." Take a look at this footage of the fight in the video below: [[jwplayerwidget||https://content.jwplatform.com/videos/RxhLmw7Q-sKUnNGKf.mp4||RxhLmw7Q]] Mayweather and Paul ended up brawling in full view of the cameras at a press conference held at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami aimed at promoting Logan's upcoming bout. In the footage, Mayweather and Paul can be seen facing up to each other, before Paul steals Mayweather's baseball cap and attempts to make a hasty getaway. This then led to a physical altercation which left Paul with a black eye and allegedly a broken tooth. [[twitterwidget||https://twitter.com/jakepaul/status/1390418103964733442]] A furious Mayweather could be heard shouting: "I'll kill you motherf*****! Are you crazy? I'll f*** you up, motherf*****. I don't play motherf***ing games. I'll f*** you up." Per <a href="https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/boxing/breaking-floyd-mayweather-breaks-silence-24057281" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Daily Mirror</a>, Mayweather has since responded to the incident by stating: <blockquote>"It’s one thing to sell a fight, and people can say what they want. But one thing no one is going to do is disrespect me."</blockquote> Watch Jake's brother Logan Paul floor an opponent in the ring: [[jwplayerwidget||https://content.jwplatform.com/videos/aFrL7UAQ-sKUnNGKf.mp4||aFrL7UAQ]] Paul himself has only doubled down on his smack talk, by mockingly changing his <a href="https://twitter.com/jakepaul" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Twitter</a> username to "Gotcha Hat," and promoting the sale of <a href="https://jakepaul.com/collections/gotcha-hat" target="_blank" rel="noopener">merchandise referencing the stunt</a>. In a tweet addressed to his 3.9 million followers, the influencer wrote: "Word on the street already is that Floyd is sending goons after me to try and kill me or hurt me if I die....... I died for the hat. [sic]" [[twitterwidget||https://twitter.com/jakepaul/status/1390433546871914499]] Connor McGregor, a longtime rival of Mayweather's, later commented on the situation himself in a post made on his official <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thenotoriousmma/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram</a> account. Writing to his 39.7 million Instagram followers, the Irish fighter stated: "[Jake] curled up, didn't fight back once, and Floyd is still running around acting the tough guy. "The kid actually just pulled this shambles of a situation Floyd is in out of the drain for him. He should thank him. It's embarrassing! Pro to pro it's embarrassing." <img class="wp-image-1263106711" src="https://img.vt.co/2021/05/Screenshot-2021-05-08-at-10.43.55-1.png" alt="Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather. " width="705" height="480" />[[imagecaption|| Credit: Instagram/@thenotoriousmma]] McGregor continued: "He will not scratch 10m for this fight and he knows it. It was canceled once already. The world is watching this on Twitter. He'd fight a half-decent pro and command 20m upwards, yet its this s***. "Whatever way you spin this, it's sad. Fight someone for real, on your record, or f*** off mate. Slap head! [sic]" <h6>Featured image credit: Alamy / MediaPunch Inc</h6>

Floyd Mayweather breaks silence on public brawl with YouTube star Jake Paul

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