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LAS VEGAS – MAY 01: (L-R) Floyd Mayweather, Sr. and Floyd Mayweather, Jr. attend the official Mayweather afterparty at Studio 54 at MGM Grand on May 1, 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Johnny Nunez/WireImage)
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LAS VEGAS – MAY 01: (L-R) Floyd Mayweather, Sr. and Floyd Mayweather, Jr. attend the official Mayweather afterparty at Studio 54 at MGM Grand on May 1, 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Johnny Nunez/WireImage)
The crown prince of boxing, Floyd Mayweather Jr, is undoubtedly one of the living legends of the sport of boxing. But it should be mentioned that he is not the only boxing icon in the Mayweather clan. His father, Floyd Mayweather Sr, was also a skilled pugilist during his prime. Meanwhile, it is a known fact that the Mayweathers are no strangers to controversy. In fact, Mayweather Sr was once accused of illegal activity during an event promoted by Don King.
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Money: The Life and Fast Times of Floyd Mayweather is a biography that tracked Mayweather’s life from a childhood in poverty to becoming the highest-paid boxer of all time. Moreover, this book was written by Tris Dixon, who was the former editor of Boxing News and also co-wrote the autobiography of Ricky Hatton.
Floyd Mayweather Sr was once awarded fake wins
The first chapter of the book, Human Shield, had an interesting account of Mayweather Sr’s life. In the late 1970s, Mayweather Sr. and Vonzell Johnson became a part of a “boxing scandal”. Notably, Johnson was Mayweather Jr’s godfather.
Boxing promoter, Don King, was working with ABC Sports on the United Sports Boxing Championship. It was in this tournament that Ring Magazine was accused of falsifying fighter’s records to hype the event. The magazine had allegedly pocketed USD 70,000 to work on the ratings for the event. And editor John Ort had taken USD 5,000 to inflate the rankings.
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LAS VEGAS, NV – APRIL 30: WBC/WBA welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr’s. trainer and father Floyd Mayweather Sr. speaks during a news conference ahead of the unification fight between his son and WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao at MGM Grand Hotel & Casino on April 30, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The two boxers will face each other on May 2, 2015 in Las Vegas. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
It was reported that Mayweather and Johnson along with Richard Rozelle and Greg Coverson were awarded eleven fake wins in total, between 1975 and 1976. However, ABC Sports uncovered this information and went on to cancel the tournament.
Mayweather Jr did not have the best relationship with his father
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Mayweather’s relationship with his father was estranged, to say the least. Mayweather Sr was a hard taskmaster who instilled fear into the hearts of his children. Talking about the same, Mayweather Jr said, “I was a young kid, and I had a father. I don’t really wanna say it was a fear, just my dad [and] I never wanted to let my father down. Because my dad done so much for me. When I say he bent over backwards, I mean, no matter what my dad did. When he went out and hustled every day in the streets, every day he made sure I got to the gym.”
He however credits his father with pushing him to be a successful boxer.
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