American Boxing promoter “Floyd Mayweather” plans to introduce his own NFT on May 26th before his fight against Logan Paul.
Mayweather set foot in NFT Space
Floyd Mayweather, undefeated American boxer plans to launch his digital collection in a craze on NFT’s. He decided to issue his own NFT on May 26th before entering the boxing ring with Logan Paul on June 6th.
A NFT is a digital asset including art, music and gaming-videos, usually bought and sold via cryptocurrencies. Being a legendary boxer, Floyd showed interest in these digital assets besides his legacy he earned in his professional life.
Mayweather’s opinion on NFT launch,
”I started from nothing and beat all the odds to achieve what I did in my career and I think that’s the American dream. I don’t look at myself as a celebrity – I look at myself as an icon, one who made it. My name will always live on for the things that I did and the mark that I left in sports.”
Mayweather’s Partners in NFT launch
Mayweather joins hands with Dan Sobol, co-founder and CEO of IronBend, Morten Rongaard, CEO of Reality Gaming and Al Burgio, Founder and CEO of Zytara to initiate a great launch of his own NFT in the digital universe. All three are thrilled to work with Mayweather, sharing their platforms to support amazing collection to his global fan-base.
Moreover,Mayweather’s NFT launch initiative inspires many of his fans world-wide by giving them all a chance to be part of the Mayweather Legacy. Therefore the NFT launch has a celebrated lifestyle for Mayweather with music, art and gaming.
As a throwback, In 2017 Mayweather requested his twitter followers to call him “Floyd crypto Mayweather” as he promoted crypto tokens in ICO.
You can call me Floyd Crypto Mayweather from now on #HubiiNetwork #ICO starts tomorrow! Smart contracts for sports?! #CryptoMediaGroup #ad🤑 pic.twitter.com/25GoMPuS7r
— Floyd Mayweather (@FloydMayweather) August 23, 2017
However, In 2018 Mayweather paid a fine of $600,000 because he unrevealed the payment he received form SEC( Service and Exchange commission) over ICO promotions.