Billionaire Son Floyd Mayweather,
one of the greatest boxers ever, has fought Logan Paul and Connor McGregor. But his next match
might just be his most ridiculous one yet? Rumors say Mayweather’s next opponent is Rashed
Saif Belhasa, better known by his nickname – Money Kicks, or just Kicks. Who is this kid?
And how and just why is he famous enough to possibly get punched in the face by Mayweather?
Kicks is the son of Saif Ahmed Belhasa, the CEO of Belhasa International Company in the United
Arab Emirates. He’s estimated to be worth over 2 billion dollars and is one of the most
successful businessmen in the UAE. His company is involved in clothes, tourism, real estate,
advertising, and even less flashy things like steel and construction materials.
When your dad is this rich and influential, you can become famous if you want to. Kick’s mom,
Sarah Belhasa, is also well-known in her own right. She’s a fashionista who’s a frequent
guest on UAE TV shows. Maybe Kick’s got his taste for high fashion from her.
Rashed Saif Belhasa Like many rich kids,
Kicks decided to pursue a career as a YouTuber and Instagram influencer. And it seems to be
going pretty well for him. He has millions of subscribers on Youtube and Instagram.
Before Kicks ever boxed anyone, he was known for making videos about his expensive taste in
fashion and cars. He’s one of those YouTubers who makes videos about how rich they are,
although his Instagram bio describes him as a “young businessman.”
Kicks has an estimated net worth of 4 million dollars, which isn’t much compared to his
dad. Still, it’s pretty good, considering he’s only 20 years old. According to most estimates,
he’s one of the wealthiest kids in the Middle East and earns upwards of 300 thousand dollars a year.
Lifestyle Kick’s life, which you can get a glimpse of on
youtube, is quite luxurious. His colossal mansion has a full-sized soccer field and a private zoo
with around 500 animals. It truly puts Tiger King to shame. His Instagram is full of pictures of
him hanging out with his pack of white lions, a tiger cub, giraffes, cheetahs, and chimpanzees.
A pretty impressive list of celebrities has visited the mansion as well,
most likely because Kicks pays them to for content. Lionel Messi, Cardi B, Nicki Minaj,
Paris Hilton, Cristiano Ronaldo, Rihanna, Mariah Carey, and DaBaby are just some of
the celebrities who showed up on his Instagram posing with exotic animals and flashy cars.
His name, Money Kicks, comes from his vast shoe collection. His early youtube videos are
him showing off his collection to different celebrities. He had a video series called
‘Sneaker Talk’ featuring guests like Wiz Khalifa. His massive
hoard of shoes includes some rare Air Jordans, Yeezys,
and a pair of game-worn cleats from Manchester United star Paul Pogba. He has over 500 pairs of
shoes, which is slightly more than reasonable. It’s basically a shoe museum at this point.
But his car collection is the real star of his Youtube channel these days. He started collecting
cars before he could even legally drive. Kicks bought a Ferrari F12 Berlinetta, a Rolls-Royce
Wraith, and a Lamborghini Aventador before even having a driver’s license. His most viewed video
on youtube, titled ‘My New LV Supreme Ferrari’ with a bunch of exclamation points, shows off
his most famous car. Owning a supercar just isn’t enough for Kicks. He enjoys wrapping his supercars
in luxury brand prints. The Ferrari got covered in the Louis Vuitton logo and the Supreme logo.
Again, when he bought this car and wrapped it in literal luxury, he wasn’t even old enough to
get behind the wheel. Money Mayweather
Kicks’ rumored opponent, Floyd Mayweather, officially retired from boxing in 2016.
However, he’s had exhibition matches with Connor McGregor and Logan Paul since then. But what’s
the point of these matches if he’s retired and already recognized as the greatest of all time?
Well, Mayweather reportedly made 280 million dollars off of his fight with McGregor. And
he made another 100 million off of his bout with Paul. That’s a pretty insane amount of money for a
single fight, especially a single fight against an opponent who isn’t a professional boxer.
Apparently, the right amount of money is all it takes to lure Mayweather out of retirement. He
described his exhibition battle with Paul as “legalized bank robbery.”
A lot of people would probably agree.
Kicks and Mayweather have met several times in person, and Kicks said that he’s a long-time fan
of the boxer. There are plenty of pictures out there of Kicks wearing The Money Team clothing,
Mayweather's signature brand. It seems as though Mayweather’s new opponent may also
be one of his biggest fans. Unless the whole fanboy thing was just a ploy to
try and get Mayweather to do the fight with him, that is. Kicks said he wants to bring
the celebrity boxing trend to the UAE. It’s certainly going well in America, after all.
A Tale of Two Records Is there a possibility that Kicks
could actually win? Mayweather famously has a perfect professional record—50
wins, zero losses. His career, which lasted from 1996 to 2017, was victory after victory,
winning 27 fights by knockout. His exhibition fight against Paul didn’t technically have a
winner, and as one can imagine, the crowd wasn’t exactly thrilled with how it went,
and there was a lot of booing at the beginning. Paul himself said that he’s
pretty sure Mayweather was just going easy on him. Paul was 28 pounds heavier
and 6 inches taller than Mayweather, not to mention the fact that he’s 18 years younger.
Mayweather’s cousin said Floyd didn’t want to hurt Paul during the fight. After all,
it was just an exhibition, not a professional match. Like Kicks, Paul had only been in 2 boxing
matches before his showdown with Mayweather. His fight with Kicks will be the same sort of thing.
Is this how Mayweather will treat Kicks? In the Paul match, Mayweather boxed defensively.
But that probably wasn’t just for the exhibition. Mayweather famously fights defensively,
choosing the route of safety over aggression throughout his career. It certainly got him
a lot of hate, but the technique secured his perfect record and a long career in the sport.
Kicks also sports an undefeated record in the world of boxing. He’s only had two matches,
but still, he’s undefeated, just like Mayweather is. Both of Kicks’ matches were part of
‘Social Knockout’ events. Social Knockout is a boxing promotion that does celebrity matches.
Kicks is arguably the most famous internet personality to box there, but they’ve had some
other notable matches as well. They hosted the first-ever female celebrity match when
Saudi Arabia TV personality Sarleen fought against Indian TikTok superstar Jumana Khan.
In his first fight, Kicks beat Anas Elshayib, another United Arab Emirates
YouTuber. Kicks won via decision. Then he went on to beat Ajmal Khan, another
Middle Eastern influencer. Clearly, Kicks can hold his own with other
internet celebrities turned amateur boxers. But does he have what it takes to beat a real boxer?
Furthermore, does he have what it takes to go toe to toe against the greatest to ever do it?
The short answer is no. No, he doesn’t. If Paul, who was bigger than Mayweather, couldn’t keep
up with him, then Kicks truly has no chance. Even though Mayweather has been retired for four years,
there’s really no way that someone who’s essentially a complete novice like Kicks can
touch him. It’s not like Mayweather forgot how to fight. Perhaps Kicks could beat Mayweather if the
champ had total amnesia, both hands tied behind his back, and wore three blindfolds. In reality,
Mayweather’s 50 fights-worth of experience will make for a rough night.
For all of these reasons, this match wasn't billed as a "fight" at all.
Mayweather doesn’t like to call it a fight. Instead, he prefers to call it a
limited edition boxing showcase. To him, it’s bigger than boxing.
So don’t get your hopes up if watching this video made you want to see
Kicks get punched in the face really hard. Well, he may still get punched in the face,
but it just wouldn’t be full force. Is this really what the boxing fans of the world
want? Maybe not. But there’s certainly a market for this sort of celebrity match. So much so
that Mayweather said that he plans on bringing several other events to Dubai. Not only that,
but he may be doing more exhibition fights in the area. Possibly even more than one against Kicks.
Marketing Stunts Although Kicks is known
for reaching out to celebrities and flying them to his mansion, it seems as though Mayweather
is the one who got all of this started. Kicks said Mayweather’s team reached out to him and initiated
talks about a potential match. Maybe Mayweather contacted Kicks because he knew he was a fan,
or maybe it was because Kicks is the most famous influencer turned boxer in the region.
The Mayweather vs. Kicks exhibition was set to go down on the Burj Al Arab Jumeirah helipad
in Dubai. That means the fight, in a perfect world, will happen near the top of a tower over
a thousand feet in the air. There couldn’t be a more fitting place to have this sort of big,
celebrity meme fight. If you’re going for entertainment value, you might as well go all out.
It wouldn’t be the first time the helipad was used as a location for a big stunt.
In the past, it’s been used as a race track,
a tennis court, and a jumping-off point for the highest kite surfing jump in history.
Pipe Dream
Both Mayweather and Kicks have said that negotiations are in the final stages,
and that the fight will happen soon. Kicks told a reporter that it was a dream come true.
He never thought he’d get to fight Floyd, and now it feels like a real possibility. He, of course,
acknowledged that Floyd was the best fighter ever. Unfortunately, or fortunately,
depending on how you look at it, the fight slated for February 20th was called off.
Is Money actually fighting Floyd? Not really. But hey, good for them. The news created
tons of buzz for both celebrities in their own regard. Maybe the two will square off one day,
but it appears eager fans will have to wait and see for now.
Money, instead, plans to fight another YouTube star while Mayweather's gotten involved with some
questionable cryptocurrency ventures we’ll discuss in another video.
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