{"id":3756,"date":"2015-06-05T18:02:44","date_gmt":"2015-06-05T18:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/?p=3756"},"modified":"2015-06-05T18:02:44","modified_gmt":"2015-06-05T18:02:44","slug":"some-interesting-facts-about-floyd-mayweather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/?p=3756","title":{"rendered":"Some interesting facts about Floyd Mayweather"},"content":{"rendered":"

? Forbes<\/em> has listed him as the highest-paid athlete in the world for the past two years. ? In 2014, Mayweather Jr. earned a whopping $105 million.<\/p>\n

? His 2007 fight with Oscar De La Hoya generated $136 million revenue from 2.48 million pay-per-view buys.<\/p>\n

? He was eliminated from ABC\u2019s Dancing with the Stars<\/em> after his Paso Doble routine failed to impress the judges. His partner on the show was professional dancer Karina Smirnoff.<\/p>\n

? The last time Mayweather Jr. tasted defeat was in the 1996 Olympic semifinals, when he lost to Bulgaria\u2019s Serafim Todorov.<\/p>\n

? Mayweather Jr. has already retired once, in 2007, but made a comeback in September 2009.<\/p>\n

? His father, Floyd Mayweather Sr. was originally his trainer and manager, but was fired from both roles. In 2013, he was rehired as his trainer.<\/p>\n

? He likes home advantage: Mayweather hasn\u2019t fought outside of the town he calls home\u2014Las Vegas\u2014since 2005.<\/p>\n

? When he travels, he charters a separate jet for his bodyguards to keep the weight in his Gulfstream V down.<\/p>\n

? He refuses to wear a pair of underwear more than once.<\/p>\n

? He appeared as himself in the 2014 comedy film Think Like a Man Too<\/em>.<\/p>\n

? In 2014, a rapper offered to donate $750,000 to charity if Mayweather Jr. could read a page aloud from a Harry Potter book.<\/p>\n

? His birth name is Floyd Joy Sinclair. He is said to be an avid watch collector with timepieces reportedly worth upwards of $6 million.<\/p>\n

? He was the National Golden Gloves champion in 1993, 1994 and 1996.<\/p>\n

? Mayweather Jr. has only been knocked down once in a competitive fight, by Carlos Hernandez. Mayweather claims it wasn\u2019t a knockdown at all: he went down in pain after breaking his own hand.<\/p>\n

? In March 2015, Mayweather Jr.\u2019s team denied reports that sparring partner Zab Judah had knocked him down (some reports suggested Judah had knocked him out) in a training bout.<\/p>\n

? His company, Mayweather Promotions, has a stable of 12 fighters across six weight divisions.<\/p>\n

? His personal chef Quiana Jeffries got hired when Mayweather Jr\u2019s assistants found her food pictures on Instagram.<\/p>\n

? The ace boxer has donated generously (and continues to) help families build homes in the Decatur district of Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

? During his teens, he used to go to the Golden Gloves gym to watch Mike Tyson prepare for his fights.<\/p>\n

? His bodyguards are over 7 feet tall and are called \u201cThe Great Wall.\u201d They wear T-shirts reading TMT (for The Money Team) and have nicknames \u2014 Big Church, Big A, Big Pat and Jethro.<\/p>\n

? Mayweather Jr. grew up in poverty, sharing a bedroom with four siblings in Grand Rapids, Mich.<\/p>\n

? He was always regarded as the next Sugar Ray Leonard since a very young age. However, Mayweather Jr. has referred to the ring legend as \u201csomeone I would have beaten up\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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