Floyd Mayweather opens up about 'becoming a man' on his own while his estranged dad and coach was in 刑務所,拘置所 for five years, but says his 運動 for ボクシング greatness (機の)カム from 'never wanting to let my father 負かす/撃墜する'

  • The former 闘士,戦闘機, 45, 述べるd how he 'became a man' from ages 16-21 while his father, Floyd Mayweather Sr, was in 刑務所,拘置所 for 麻薬 trafficking?
  • He was speaking earlier this month at an event for the 近づいている film 恐れる?
  • 'He bent over backwards. He went out and hustled every day. He'd make sure I got to the gym. And if it weren't for him, I wouldn't be in this position,' he said

ボクシング legend Floyd Mayweather Jr. opened up about his father in a rare 深く心に感じた speech at a celebrity パネル盤 event in Los Angeles earlier this month.

The former 闘士,戦闘機 述べるd becoming a man alone from age 16 to 21 while his dad, Floyd Mayweather Sr, was in 刑務所,拘置所, and 明らかにする/漏らすd his 運動 (機の)カム from the feeling he 'never 手配中の,お尋ね者 to let my father 負かす/撃墜する.'

'He bent over backwards. He went out and hustled every day. He'd make sure I got to the gym. And if it weren't for him, I wouldn't be in this position,' Mayweather told an audience at the Hidden Empire Film Group studios in Santa Monica.

'When my dad went to 刑務所,拘置所, I was 16. I went to the オリンピック at 19 by myself, without a trainer, with everything that he taught me.

'When he (機の)カム 支援する into my life I was 21. I already had my own house, my own 乗り物, my own lifestyle because I became a man in those five years.'

Floyd Mayweather opened up
 about his father Floyd Mayweather Sr who was in prison while the boxing legend was 16-21. The father and son are pictured after a 1998 fight against Sam Girard

Floyd Mayweather opened up about his father Floyd Mayweather Sr who was in 刑務所,拘置所 while the ボクシング legend was 16-21. The father and son are pictured after a 1998 fight against Sam Girard

The boxer was speaking at an event for the upcoming film Fear?at the Hidden Empire Film Group studios in Santa Monica

The boxer was speaking at an event for the 近づいている film 恐れる?at the Hidden Empire Film Group studios in Santa Monica

Mayweather has 以前 明らかにする/漏らすd he has seen his father only four or five times since then ? making his comments on his devotion to his dad a 素晴らしい 発覚.

Mayweather and other sport 星/主役にするs 含むing six-time NBA 支持する/優勝者 Scottie Pippen spoke on a パネル盤 穏健なd by CNN commentator 先頭 Jones on the 支配する of '恐れる' ? as part of a 昇進/宣伝 of a new movie 恐れる, 始める,決める to be 解放(する)d on Friday.

The boxer said his father left him with sound advice: 'The いっそう少なく you get 攻撃する,衝突する, the longer you'll last.'

'Just like in 商売/仕事, the いっそう少なく you get 攻撃する,衝突する, the longer you'll last. That's why when you make an 投資, you always want to be smart,' Mayweather said.

'He 手配中の,お尋ね者 me to keep all my faculties so that when my career was over, I was able to make smart 投資s, so I'll still have something. So I gotta give a thanks to my dad.'

Jones 追加するd: 'I don't know any of us will be 確信して that at 16 we had to walk away that our kids will be ready. Your dad did something 驚くべき/特命の/臨時の.'

Mayweather told the audience three 推論する/理由s why he 直面するd adversarial reactions from others in his life ? but that it did not stop him having a '肯定的な 態度.'

'We go into every 状況/情勢 always with a 肯定的な 態度. We're gonna 勝利,勝つ no 事柄 what.

'I'm 黒人/ボイコット, I'm outspoken, I'm 豊富な. So those are three strikes against me every day. But nothing stops me from 存在 hungry, to 運動 and be better, help my family, and 絶えず build generational wealth.'

Mayweather said?his drive came from the feeling he 'never wanted to let my father down'

Mayweather said?his 運動 (機の)カム from the feeling he 'never 手配中の,お尋ね者 to let my father 負かす/撃墜する'

'He bent over backwards. He went out and hustled every day. He'd make sure I got to the gym. And if it weren't for him, I wouldn't be in this position,' Mayweather said. He and his father are pictured celebrating after his final fight when he defeated Conor McGregor in 2017

'He bent over backwards. He went out and hustled every day. He'd make sure I got to the gym. And if it weren't for him, I wouldn't be in this position,' Mayweather said. He and his father are pictured celebrating after his final fight when he 敗北・負かすd Conor McGregor in 2017

恐れる director Deon Taylor said his movie is made by an all-黒人/ボイコット-owned 生産/産物 company, and that Mayweather's comments struck a chord with him.

'It was a r eally 堅い talk section,' he said. 'We all just talked about what the 力/強力にする of 恐れる can do.'

Taylor said he and the cast and 乗組員 of the movie, which 星/主役にするs 力/強力にする actor Joseph Sikora, were 絶えず petrified as they were the first movie to be filmed during the coronavirus pandemic.

'It was the scariest thing I've ever done in my life,' he said.

穴を開けるd up in a 200-year-old cabin in Tahoe, living there for weeks and filming while 調印(する)d off from the outside world, Taylor said his actors fully immersed themselves in the world-ending horror of the movie, that seemed to be also 反映するd in real life at the 高さ of the pandemic.

The IMDb description of the movie says: 'When a terrifying pathogen is 解放(する)d, one family will fight to save their children against a 禁止(する)d of marauders, hellbent on 復讐.'

Mayweather and other sport stars including six-time NBA champion Scottie Pippen (center) spoke on a panel moderated by CNN commentator Van Jones (left) on the subject of 'fear' ? as part of a promotion of a new movie Fear, set to be released on Friday

Mayweather and other sport 星/主役にするs 含むing six-time NBA 支持する/優勝者 Scottie Pippen (中心) spoke on a パネル盤 穏健なd by CNN commentator 先頭 Jones (left) on the 支配する of '恐れる' ? as part of a 昇進/宣伝 of a new movie 恐れる, 始める,決める to be 解放(する)d on Friday

Fear director Deon Taylor said his movie is made by an all-black-owned production company, and that Mayweather's comments struck a chord with him

恐れる director Deon Taylor said his movie is made by an all-黒人/ボイコット-owned 生産/産物 company, and that Mayweather's comments struck a chord with him

'You could just look at the actors and see they felt this is really eerie and creepy and scary,' Taylor told DailyMail.com.

'We called the CDC [中心s for 病気 支配(する)/統制する and 予防] to 人物/姿/数字 out what we could do. And at that time, they had no idea what any 支配するs were.'

The director said the CDC told them to 実験(する) twice a day, and 述べるd the extreme lengths his 乗組員 went to.

'The only way that you could 実験(する) is by having a professional person do the swab up your nose, and 運動 it six hours from the 始める,決める in Tahoe to Los Angeles every day and bring the results 支援する,' he said. 'These drivers made 65 trips to LA.

'The 予算 on the film was peanuts. The most expensive thing was doing that ? it probably cost us $200,000.

'That was probably the scariest time of my life,' he 追加するd. 'I knew I had 18 people's lives in my 手渡すs.'

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