YouTube star Jarvis has shown off his battered and bruised face after taking a beating from boxing legend Floyd Mayweather during a recent sparring session.
The 21-year-old Brit, whose full name is Jarvis Khattri, is planning to return to the ring for his second YouTube boxing match at this year's Kingpyn Boxing tournament. And he sparred with one of the greatest fighters of all time in Las Vegas, taking a brutal beating over the few rounds they shared.
Both men shared footage from the spar, which Mayweather used to prepare for his upcoming exhibition bout with Aaron Chalmers in London, showing the American toying with his opponent from the first bell. Jarvis lasted through the session, taking big shots from Mayweather as the boxer mocks him.
"Three days ago I boxed Floyd 'Money' Mayweather," Jarvis said in a YouTube video about the spar. "I actually can't believe I'm saying that right now. What's even crazier is I didn't even know it was happening. Otis, my trainer, texted me saying 'Floyd's going to be at the gym today' and then all of a sudden he was like 'do you want to get some rounds in with him?'
"You can see in my face I was so shook, never would I ever in my life turn down an opportunity to fight the greatest. I was s****ing it, understandably. I am tripping at this point, I can't lie, it's dead silent in the gym, no one is speaking and he asks 'am I ready?' Yes I am ready."
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He analysed the video, admitting that he was nervous getting in the ring with an iconic fighter, and joked that he barely landed even a touch on Mayweather. The boxer toyed around with Jarvis early, joking that the youngster would "probably knock him dead in a minute", but proceeded to up the tempo and brutalise him while continuing to joke around.
Despite hardly landing a glove and taking some big shots, fans were generally impressed by Jarvis' movement. They noted that in a fight with a novice boxer in a YouTuber tournament he would likely look a lot better, and picked up on certain moves that were solid even though they didn't result in hitting Mayweather.
"He busted me up for sure," Jarvis joked. "Definitely an experience I'm going to remember for the rest of my life and I'm forever grateful. Maybe next time if I ever got to spar him again things might look a little different. I'm just so excited to actually get back in the ring, I just have so much fun doing it and I can't wait to perform for you guys."
