Ex-NFL star Antonio Brown and YouTuber Logan Paul edge closer to boxing bout

Former New England Patriots wide receiver Brown asks fans whether he should fight YouTuber for ‘US$4.1 million’

Logan Paul replies he is on board and super promoter Eddie Hearn says a ‘couple of offers have been made’

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Antonio Brown and Logan Paul are increasingly likely to face each other in a boxing ring. Photo: TNS, AP

Published: 5:17pm, 2 Feb 2020Updated: 5:17pm, 2 Feb 2020

Disgraced former NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown looks increasingly likely to take a boxing bout with YouTube star Logan Paul.

Brown, who made only one appearance in this year’s NFL season following a series of off-the-field controversies, tweeted on Sunday:

“Should I fight Logan Paul for [US$]4.1m with possibly 8.2m raise?! I’ll donate proceeds to charity … he keeps coming at me about this non-stop.”

Paul, whose only professional boxing experience is from his loss to fellow YouTuber KSI in November last year, responded: “If you do, I’ll match your donation.”

Rumours had spread after the 31-year-old Brown, who was released by the New England Patriots last year having been the subject of alleged sexual assault, tweeted “square up” at the 24-year-old Paul in January. Paul replied: “I’d drop you faster than the Patriots.”

In a tumultuous season, Brown was traded from the Pittsburgh Steelers to the Oakland Raiders to the Patriots. Having been released soon after the allegations emerged, the seven-time Pro Bowler vowed he would never return to the NFL. Brown was also issued with an arrest warrant after being accused of physically attacking a Florida man.

Paul was also in hot water of his own in 2017 when he uploaded a YouTube video of a deceased body at a famous suicide forest – among other accusations – during his visit to Japan.