Training at a temperature of 28 Celsius, sparring at 3 am

Look at the exercises Floyd Mayweather Jr. at his gym, place boxing legend He trained in the hot weather and forced his opponents to arrive at 3 in the morning. The Sun took a trip to the iconic gym and experienced first-hand how hot it is.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. created the most iconic undefeated boxing record of all time by training in the heat in the middle of the night. The American boxer’s gym is just two miles from Sin City, where he earned most of his championship belts and millions of dollars in the ring.

However, the real work was done inside the Mayweather Boxing Club, where the 50-0 legend forged himself to sensational form. He does this by practicing all night, often until 3 a.m., and with the thermostat cranked until it reaches 83 degrees (28 Celsius).

The Sun took a trip to the iconic gym and experienced first-hand just how hot the boxing club is. And according to Mayweather’s uncle, Jeff, his nephew’s influence was so great that up-and-coming boxers forced themselves to train in the heat just like their heroes did. “That’s because that’s what Floyd used to do and everyone who comes to the gym wants to shape themselves like Floyd. So they let the gym get hot and I hate it!” Jeff told us.

Mayweather, who officially retired in 2017 after defeating UFC superstar Conor McGregor, prides himself on doing things his own way. And to gain a psychological edge, he trains in the middle of the night while his opponents sleep. So, if you’re on his practice squad, that means you have to be on your toes. “He trains crazy hours,” said former world champion Badou Jack, 40.

“I don’t spar with him, but we’ll get a phone call in the middle of the night and he’ll say, ‘Go to the gym, we’re going to train’. Even a night in Vegas doesn’t get in the way of his training. Everything he does is different, he doing different things,” recalls Denis Douglin, 35, who is now 23-8.

“Floyd would go to the club, finish at three in the morning and then go to training. It was normal. It sounds crazy to the world, but the guy did what he wanted, but he stayed focused. He was on a completely different level. “

Mayweather is very impromptu, he often challenges his sparring partners to boxing until one of them gives up. Floyd said to me, ‘We’re going to turn off the bell and argue until someone stops. I’m going to make you stop,’ Douglin recalled.

“I said to him, ‘Floyd, if you turn off that bell, we’re going to be arguing all day, because I’m not going to stop. We were fighting for about 20-30 minutes, but we had to stop because Devin Haney was chasing us. If it wasn’t for that, we’re not going to stop — we’d probably still be fighting right now, we’re boxing, it’s back and forth, we’re going three or four rounds in a row, but Floyd is the type of guy who tries to break you down,” Daquan Mays, who is 5-1, added. .