Ben AzelartĪzelart tapping punches and McBroom putting together combinations. Johnston pours on the intensity, stalks Saurage. Looks like Johnston is up going into round five. Johnston unloads on Saurage referee steps in for a 10 count. Saurage argues the decision for the 10 count. Johnston makes Saurage retreat, referee steps in for a 10-count. Saurage is looking for the knockout in the first two rounds. Saurage is throwing more recklessly, but lands some hooks with the 16 oz. Johnston looks more comfortable in the first round. Off to a great start, fighters are wearing headgear, but not boxing headgear, wrestling headgear. Holder is yet to compete inside the ring, but has stated he’s been training for the last five years. Gib makes his return to the ring since suffering a first-round TKO loss to Youtube sensation Jake Paul in January 2020. Hall is also new to boxing, but has experience in combat sports as a former high school wrestler. He played Division basketball for Saint Louis University. McBroom come sin with no boxing experience, but is an athlete in his own right. In the co-main event, Youtuber Aneson Gib meets Tiktoker Tayler Holder. Headlining the exhibition boxing event is a match between Youtube star Austin McBroom and Tiktoker Bryce Hall. The fight card will also feature matches with AnEsonGib, DDG, Deji, FaZe Jarvis, Michael Le, Nate Wyatt, Ryland Storms, Tanner Fox, Tayler Holder, Vinnie Hacker, and more. #SocialGloves will feature a boxing competition between the world’s biggest social media stars with a music festival featuring today’s hottest Pop, Hip-Hop, and R&B artists, including DJ Khaled, Lil Baby, and Migos, International Boxing Hall of Fame ring announcer Michael Buffer is also set to announce the culminating event.Īustin McBroom, founder of The ACE Family, is squaring off against TikTok star and teen idol Bryce Hall. It’s certainly quite a time to be an influencer.Social Gloves: Battle of the Platforms brings boxing, music, esports, fashion, and NFTs together for a unique pop culture live entertainment and PPV Livestream. Add in the ticket sales and ridiculous amount of advertising, and both fighters came away in solid financial shape. At $49.99 that’s roughly $50 million in sales, which means Mayweather claimed another $25 million and Paul claimed another $5 million. The card is expected to break the 1 million sales mark. Mayweather reportedly took home $10 million for showing up plus 50% of PPV sales while Paul claimed $250,000 for his appearance and 10% of PPV sales. We saw some snippets of action here and there, but much of the fight involved Mayweather dancing his way out of Paul’s extended reach.įor all that, both fighters came away earning sizable chunks of change. A week ago, Floyd Mayweather and Logan Paul fought for eight rounds and made some serious change for what was not exactly a compelling fight. It’s certainly a profitable time to be a social media influencer. In another interview, Hall indicated he would pay a $1 million knockout bonus to McBroom if the latter scored the KO. McBroom said if he gets knocked out, he’ll pay Hall’s $1 million knockout bonus out of his own pocket. McBroom has not offered quite as much detail, although he did confirm some of Hall’s information in an interview with The Hollywood Fix. Later, in an interview posted on TikTok, Hall said he’s getting the $5 million appearance fee plus 4% of PPV sales, and a $1 million bonus if he knocks out McBroom. Hall posted a picture of what appears to be a fight contract that indicates he will earn $5 million for the fight. Regardless of PPV sales, it appears both fighters will make some serious coin for facing off. The PPV card will cost $49.99 and plenty of tickets are available for those looking to watch this in person. The main event for the card features Austin McBroom facing off against Bryce Hall. The stadium is hosting “Social Gloves: Battle of the Platforms, which will showcase notable personalities from the world of YouTube and TikTok in boxing matches. Update June 12 11:25 p.m.: Because of his third-round knockout of Bryce Hall, Austin McBroom will add $1 million to his purse because it was a win by stoppage.īoxing returns to Hard Rock Stadium on Saturday, although maybe boxing should be in quotation marks.
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