Floyd Mayweather Admits He Barely Trained for Conor McGregor Fight

Floyd Mayweather Jr. knew exactly what he was doing when he agreed to "The Money Fight" against Conor McGregor. One of the richest and most attention-snatching events in media and sports, boxing's undefeated pound-for-pound king facing off with the biggest name in mixed martial arts broke all kinds of records, notching over four million pay-per-view buys in North America alone.

But despite how massive the event was, Mayweather told the "Drink Champs" podcast with rapper N.O.R.E. and co-host DJ EFN that his training regimen for the mega-showdown was actually quite light: he only did push-ups and sit-ups.

"That's all I did. Push-ups and sit-ups, box a few times, hit the bag a few times," Mayweather said. "I would do a training camp in Vegas a few days. Sometimes I wouldn't go to the gym for a week... I took it serious. Like I said before, I wanted to have some fun in the fight. I wanted to entertain the people."

That's quite a revelation from a man who was newly 40 years old when he strutted out to the ring to box "The Notorious" in the fall of 2017. Of course, when the dust had all settled, Mayweather took care of business in the 10th round, winning by TKO.

In addition to speaking on his surprisingly light training camp, Money said that since that night in Vegas, he hasn't stepped into a boxing ring even once, content to count his gigantic stacks of money and bask in the glow of his perfect 50-0 record as a professional boxer with world championships in five weight divisions.

At this point, it's hard to say he hasn't earned the right.