Floyd Mayweather's former training partner, Leonard Ellerbe, shared a story about a time Mayweather knocked out a heavyweight during a sparring session.
Floyd Mayweather 's former training partner claims 'TBE' once knocked out a motor-mouthed heavyweight during a brutal sparring session. At the peak of his powers, Mayweather walked around at 160lbs but that didn't stop him from hurting far bigger men than himself in the gym. Leonard Ellerbe was a part of Mayweather's set-up for four training camps during his welterweight days and remembers how the Michigan technician once humbled a cocksure heavyweight in the ring.
'This guy comes into the gym, a heavyweight and said, 'I wanna get some boxing' and he was just talking a lot of smack. I've fought Deontay Wilder and Anthony Joshua but 'Juggernaut' gave me my toughest fight ' There was no one big enough to spar so Floyd was like 'Leonard , get my stuff from the car'.' Floyd got in the ring with him for 30 seconds and does his shoulder roll and block and just hits the guy with a body shot, and drops him, a heavyweight. ' And the guy could fight. Roger always said if someone is going to stick it on you in the streets, you ain't going to say 'I need to go into a training camp for six weeks. WBC lead tributes as boxer dies from injuries suffered from a knockout loss in December Canelo in talks with lesser-known champion to fight for world title he was stripped of ' And that is what Floyd did. It takes that spirit and that training since you were a kid to have a great mindset to be a great fighter. doesn't happen by accident, I witnessed how hard they worked, how hard they trained and the routine they established. To put that into perspective, on fight night a professional boxer is expected to complete three-minute rounds with a one-minute break after each stanza. 'I didn’t know how tough it was until I got in the ring with him. “Floyd gave me a bit of a black eye, and I fought ten days later and still had it a little bit but everyone said ‘Floyd did it’ so it was a bit of a troph
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