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Floyd Mayweather drove straight to McDonald’s after beating Canelo Alvarez and gave a unique interview while ordering in the drive-through

By Sheriff123 August 15, 2024

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.

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Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao couldn’t resist firing shots at one another when they reunited at spicy press conference

By Sheriff123 December 7, 2023

Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao have a rivalry that still burns strong to this day.

The boxing icons spent years linked to one another as fans debated a potential fight between them, with that question ultimately answered in 2015.

Mayweather and Pacquiao could not resist firing shots at one another

Mayweather outboxed Pacquiao and beat him by unanimous decision when their bout finally happened.

There was respect between them afterwards, but this did not fully end their rivalry.

Fast forward several years and the pair are both now retired from professional boxing.

Last year, Mayweather travelled to Japan for an exhibition contest against MMA fighter Mikuru Asakura, only for the organisers to bring Pacquiao out to promote the event also.

He attended the press conference prior the contest and sat next to Mayweather, prompting a remarkable exchange.

It began when Pacquiao arrived and announced: “I’m here to support my boxer, Asakura.”

Mayweather gestured towards his old rival and said: “There’s no blueprint on how to beat Floyd Mayweather, he can tell you that himself.

“When we talk about Hall-of-Famer, he’s a Hall-of-Famer, but nobody has the blueprint on how to beat Floyd Mayweather.”

here had also been rumours that the exhibition organisers were hoping to arrange a rematch between the pair.

So Mayweather told Pacquiao: “Don’t let them trick you into getting your ass whooped again.”

Pacquiao was more mild-mannered in his response, but still got a few digs in.

“He’s older than me, I’m still young,” the Filipino icon said, before boasting of his accomplishments that his rival didn’t match.

“What I have done and accomplished in boxing is one of a kind, because to get eight different weight divisions is not that easy.

“I’m not trying to boast what I have accomplished in life, but I am just saying this to repeat in case you forget.”

In an incredibly unsubtle shot, Pacquiao added: “The best fighter in the world has humility.”

Mayweather did not heed this humility advice as he fired back: “When we talk about what’s going on inside that squared circle, I’m the best, no matter how you cut it or slice it.

“No matter if you go one hundred years back or three hundred years back all the way to now, there’s only one best and that’s Floyd Mayweather.”

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Floyd Mayweather’s new 17-year-old starlet Curmel Moton wins second pro fight by first-round knockout, but fans miss it

By Sheriff123 November 26, 2023

Floyd Mayweather’s new protégé Curmel Moton won his second professional fight in slightly strange circumstances on Saturday night in Las Vegas.

The 17-year-old is highly rated as one of the USA’s best young talents and showed this when he won his first fight back in September.

Moton's second pro fight was not shown live on TV — Moton’s second pro fight was not shown live on TV

However, both of his first and second pro contests have taken place place as walkout bouts.

Moton’s first win was part of the Canelo Alvarez vs Jermell Charlo card, but happened after the main event.

And his second victory again came after David Benavidez’s stoppage win over Demetrius Andrade on Saturday night.

The reason for this is likely that the organisers had no space to fit it on the main broadcast.

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Therefore, fans had to watch on social media as Mayweather Promotions streamed the fight on Instagram live, but it was not shown on TV so many missed it.

They did not miss too much action though, as it was all over inside round one.

Moton came out fast and floored his opponent Hunter Turbyfill in the early stages.

The journeyman made it back to his feet, but was soon down again from a body shot and this time the fight was waved off by the referee.

Mayweather is hopeful Moton can follow in his footsteps

Moton was declared the victor by first-round knockout.

He will likely return to the ring soon as he continues to build experience in his boxing journey.

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