Floyd Mayweather told regulators on Wednesday that the ‘reality’ TV show promoting Marcos Maidana fight was almost completely made up.
You’d be forgiven for thinking that the boxer had lost touch with reality days later too. The 37-year-old posted an instagram picture of himself lying in bed, listening to music alongside a million dollars’ worth of cash.
Talking of the Maidana bout, Mayweather said, ‘I don’t want to just sell a fight. I want to sell a lifestyle.’ Called before Nevada boxing regulators on Tuesday to explain what went on in the Showtime All Access shows aired earlier this month before his rematch with Maidana, Mayweather said it was all just made-up entertainment to sell the fight. It worked, he said, bringing in enough of an audience for him to sell more pay-per-views for a fight in which he was guaranteed a $32 million payday. ‘It wasn’t real marijuana,’ Mayweather said. ‘It’s all about entertainment.’
