10 He Shadow Boxes In The Bathroom
Shadow boxing, like sparring, is an integral part of boxing training. If you’ve ever shadow boxed before, you know that it’s deceptively tiring, and it reveals more of your strengths and weaknesses than you might expect. You’re basically boxing against yourself, or against an imaginary opponent, moving and jabbing as if it were a real fight.
According to Yahoo Sports, Floyd Mayweather would routinely get up in the middle of the night and shadow box in his bathroom. This could be a totally random time during the night. This shows just how dedicated this boxer really is. He literally never stops training.
9 He Tries To Get In His Opponent’s Head
This is another way in which Mayweather prepares for a fight, which shouldn’t be too much of a surprise for anyone to believe. Time and time again, we’ve witnessed Floyd Mayweather trash talk and get inside the head of his opponent— and it works.
His ex-partner, Josie Harris, was quoted by Yahoo Sports as saying: “It is kind of fascinating for him to get that strategy of no matter how strong physically you are, if you can break them down mentally, they don’t have a chance.”
“He has figured it out. He has not shared a lot of that secret to some other boxers. He might share his secret when he retires, but it is definitely a mental thing.”
8 He Stays Away From His Wife Before A Fight
Inverse explored why Mayweather abstains from intimacy and whether or not it actually has any basis in science. And according to them, it would not give a fighter any kind of scientifically based advantage over another fighter. Still, some boxing coaches and trainers insist that this results in more testosterone on fight day, for example.
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