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LAS VEGAS, NV – APRIL 29: WBC/WBA welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. attends a news conference at the KA Theatre at MGM Grand Hotel & Casino on April 29, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mayweather will face WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao in a unification bout on May 2, 2015 in Las Vegas. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
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LAS VEGAS, NV – APRIL 29: WBC/WBA welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. attends a news conference at the KA Theatre at MGM Grand Hotel & Casino on April 29, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mayweather will face WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao in a unification bout on May 2, 2015 in Las Vegas. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Floyd Mayweather is regarded as the greatest of all time by boxing icons, fans, and all-time legends of the sport. In a career spread over two decades, Mayweather proved his mettle umpteen times, and he only got better. Finally, in 2017, ‘TBE’ signed off from the pro-boxing side. Despite that, he engaged in exhibition bouts and he also began motivating the budding boxing stars.
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A few days back, Mayweather met rising boxing sensation, Jose Zepeda. Here, ‘Chon’ asserted that he was Mayweather’s sparring partner once. Unfortunately, ‘Pretty Boy’ couldn’t recall the same. Citing that, many fans took a dig at Mayweather over potential memory loss.
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The undefeated boxing star finally broke his silence on this matter while he was in a fresh interaction with the media.
He said, “It was some little fighter talking about, who was he? (Jose Zepeda) He sparred with me. Okay, well, my thing is this, I’m proud of him for his victory. But if you’ve done something spectacular, when you sparred with me, I’m going to remember you. Now, I’m human and one thing that we can’t play with is memory loss.”
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“My grandmother died from it, my uncle Roger died from it. My daddy’s going through it so I’m only human, so if can I have a little memory loss, it’s possible.”
Floyd Mayweather greeted Jose Zepeda with an open heart
‘TBE’ failed to recall the moment he had sparred with Zepeda. Yet Mayweather congratulated him and even greeted him with an open heart.
The boxing great is known for passing on his teachings to the upcoming generation of fighters. Alongside that, he never fails to praise the budding boxers when they pull off special performances in the ring.
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LAS VEGAS, NV – MAY 02: Floyd Mayweather Jr. throws a left at Manny Pacquiao during their welterweight unification championship bout on May 2, 2015 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)
Also, Mayweather had a stellar boxing career and the only reason he achieved the same was because of the hard work and sparring sessions he engaged in at the gym.
That said, for a boxer of Mayweather’s level, it’s normal to spar with countless boxing prodigies. Over the course of 21 years, he may have had thousands of sparring partners. It’s quite tough to remember that many names.
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