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13th Apr 2015

VIDEO: A humbling tale about Floyd Mayweather, 3am phone calls and a $3.6m Bugatti Veyron

Makes you think

Patrick McCarry

Warms the heart.

Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather is gearing up for the fight of his life, against Manny Pacquiao, in a world title decider, next month.

The Money camp has released this fascinating behind-the-scenes video of Mayweather as he prepares for the bout.

In it, Mayweather trains his neck muscles in some sort of medieval device:

Mayweather workout

He keeps to a strict diet but he allows himself ‘a snack day’ every now and then.

As Chef Q proclaims, ‘When they see us in the supermarket they say “Oh oh, here comes Team Money”.’

Chips Ahoy Mayweather

The most revealing insight comes from Obi Okeke, who tells of a late-night phone call he received from Mayweather.

‘Floyd rang me at 3am, one night,’ Okeke comments, ‘and says “I want a Bugatti in my driveway in 12 hours.” It pushes me a little harder and makes me a better person.’

Check out the full video here:

Another week in the life of Floyd Mayweather. Just 3 more weeks to #MayPac

Posted by Floyd Mayweather on Monday, April 13, 2015