Floyd Mayweather’s first thought was to treat himself to a McDonald’s after he outclassed Canelo Alvarez in their 2013 super fight.
The legendary American took the young Mexican – who is now one of boxing’s best – to school as he won a comprehensive points decision in Las Vegas.
The fight had a big build-up with many of Canelo’s supporters dreaming of an upset victory.
In the end, though, Mayweather was too experienced and simply too good for the then 23-year-old.
He celebrated his victory into the night, but not in the way many might have expected.
Rather than heading to a hectic Las Vegas afterparty, Mayweather jumped into one of his many supercars and cruised around town.
His destination was a place he seldom ever visited – McDonald’s.
In camp, Mayweather would usually never touch such unhealthy fast food, but with victory secured and all pressure lifted, he headed for the drive-through.
He was filmed by FightHype and did an interview during the journey.
Upon arriving, Mayweather ordered a total of six sausage and egg McMuffins, eight hash browns and three large orange juices.
Interestingly, the topic of conversation he was most keen to discuss on the journey was the number of celebrities in attendance at his fight.
He reflected on the night as he said: “It was a star-studded event. Lil Wayne, Justin Bieber… Rick Ross showed up.
“Kobe Bryant was supposed to show, but he text me and said that he was gonna watch it at home. He apologized. I text him, I said, ‘Don’t worry about it, we’re brothers for life.”
Fast forward to 2024, and Mayweather is still boxing.
Since retiring from professional fights with his win over Conor McGrgeor in 2017, the American has kept earning money by competition in exhibition bouts.
His first such contest took place in Japan in 2018, when he beat up and humiliated Tenshin Nasukawa, making him cry after a first-round knockout.
Since then, Mayweather has appeared in several such contests, most famously going the distance with Logan Paul in 2021.
In February of last year, he appeared in the UK for an exhibition bout against Aaron Chalmers.
And then he brawled with John Gotti III in June, prompting them to agree a rematch a year later.
The pair will meet again on August 24 in Mexico.
Canelo, meanwhile, is the unified super-middleweight world champion and heading towards a defence against Edgar Berlanga on September 14.
