JAKE PAUL admitted he was surprised Floyd Mayweather got ‘that mad over a hat’ and claimed NONE of the legend’s punches in their brawl landed.
Mayweather faces Jake’s older brother Logan in an exhibition bout on June 6 in Miami.
But all hell broke loose in pre-fight press conference as the Paul brothers were involved in an ugly melee.
It started after Jake, 24, confronted Mayweather, 44, and stole his hat, which sparked the ugly scenes.
Logan, 26, was forced to intervene as Mayweather charged at his brother, while Jake claimed a security member punched him in the face.
The YouTuber opened up about the incident with ex-UFC middleweight Chael Sonnen, and insisted he was never hit by the American great.
Paul said: “It was sort of a sensory overload with everything that was going on.
“There was, like, eight guys around me all grabbing me, some hitting me in the leg. I’m holding on to his hat for dear life.
“I was like, ‘No! I’m not letting go!’ And that was the main thing that they were concerned about it, like, ‘Give us the f***ing hat, give us the hat!’
“And I was like, ‘No! Noooo!’ Then they finally got the hat and then I see this angry Floyd Mayweather, I couldn’t believe it.
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“One of his security guards had my shirt wrapped around his hand so I couldn’t get away, and he just comes running at me and he’s throwing punches over the security guard.
“I’m literally like, ‘Oh wow, this is crazy,’ but the funny thing about it was none of the punches were even coming close to me at that point and he actually punched his own security guard in the side of the head.
“Absurd moment, hilarious. I didn’t think he was gonna get that mad over a hat.”
Paul, who is 3-0 in his boxing career, has opened the door to fighting Mayweather after Logan, but has demanded it be a pro contest.
Mayweather was irate after his hat was stolen, and could be heard yelling ‘I’ll kill that motherf***er’.
But Jake admitted stealing the hat was all part of a masterplan to garner attention and rile up his brother’s opponent.
He said: “Look, it’s show business. I didn’t think it was gonna go that viral.
“I thought it was gonna be like, ‘This is funny. Jake Paul’s an amateur little kid,’ which by the way, that’s what I was going for.
“I was like, this is going to be hilarious, I’m going to be like a little kid stealing someone’s hat on the playground.”
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
