Valuetainment

Floyd Mayweather explains why he never drank or did drugs, even while partying with his team: he watched his mother struggle with drugs and his father deal them, and during training camp he’d run six or seven miles home from the club. He also recalls being in the same arena as Tupac the night Tupac was shot after the Mike Tyson fight, and says he was supposed to be at the afterparty.

Floyd Mayweather names Victoriano Sosa, not a household name, as the hardest puncher he ever faced, and says he credits Jake Paul’s hustle but that “you can’t play boxing,” pointing to the broken jaw Paul suffered once he fought a real fighter. He also claims Conor McGregor took his swag to the UFC, says a McGregor rematch could happen, and explains how training in front of hundreds of people in “the dog house” taught him to stay calm in the ring.

Floyd Mayweather explains where his bulletproof confidence comes from: his father declared that a 16-year-old Floyd would win a tournament against grown men, and he went on to win it three years straight, the last two while his dad was in prison, before making the Olympics on his own. He also says he believes America is the greatest country in the world, refuses to wade into the socialism-versus-capitalism debate, and gives a one-line answer on taxes: “No taxes.”

In an audience Q&A, Floyd Mayweather explains the switch from “Pretty Boy Floyd” to “Money Mayweather,” why he says hating comes with success (“good press, bad press, write about me”), and how he started investing in real estate while he was still fighting so the transition would be easy. He also introduces TMT Legal Network, a nationwide effort to get people who can’t afford good lawyers fair representation, and shares his advice on believing in yourself, betting on yourself, and cutting the people around you who are liabilities.

Floyd Mayweather says his 5-year-old grandson, who trains in the boxing gym every day and only wants to spar, could be the next Floyd Mayweather, and explains why champions have to start young, the way his father had him in the gym from age one or two. He also opens up about clashing with his dad after he returned from prison, and publicly apologizes for what he said about him in the past, calling him the best man he’s ever known.