Floyd Mayweather is retired from his professional boxing career but he’s still having a lot of fun beating up overmatched opponents in exhibition bouts around the world.
In his latest showcase, Mayweather punished Don Moore over eight rounds as he put on a show in front of a crowd in Abu Dhabi while undoubtedly taking home another massive payday for his efforts. Although there were moments when it seemed that Moore was going to be put away, Mayweather only managed one knockdown after a bad body shot.
Afterwards, Mayweather paid credit to Moore for his incredible toughness while adding that he plans to return to Abu Dhabi for another exhibition, although he didn’t want to reveal the name of his opponent just yet.
” I told my fans that I was here to entertain and have fun with them,” Mayweather stated. “Don Moore, he’s undefeated, a great fighter. I will always remember him as a champion. I will bring another fight [to Abu Dhabi] this year. Absolutely [I will return this year].
“It’s a secret. It’s a secret.
Known as a slow starter throughout his career, Mayweather was smiling and essentially playing games with Moore, who was clearly overmatched from the first punch thrown. Moore attempted to combine a number of punches but Mayweather reacted quickly and slapped him.
Mayweather used his famous shoulder roll defense when Moore came forward and flicked at him with jabs. In the middle of round three, Mayweather began taunting Moore and trying to make the fight shorter to allow him more time.
Obviously, the fight rules didn’t change but nothing would have been surprising after Mayweather managed to pull off a change of location for his bout on less than a week’s notice.
Mayweather kept chipping away at Moore’s defence with a smooth lead jab, then unleashed left and right hooks sequentially. Midway through the fifth round, Mayweather was just blasting away at a completely overmatched Moore, who was eating a lot of punches while constantly on his backfoot trying to stay away.
As Mayweather continued to toy with Moore, the commentators stated that he often used psychological warfare to inflict damage on his opponents and the undefeated retired boxer actually stopped throwing punches for a moment to tell them “I do that.” As further proof that he was just out there enjoying himself, Mayweather actually took the seventh round card from the ring girl and he carried it around rather than resting in his corner.
Before Mayweather actually began throwing punches again he was just walking Moore down and hammering him with hard uppercuts before swinging massive hooks in an attempt to score the knockout. In the eighth round, Mayweather finally scored with a powerful left hook to his body.
Moore was back on his feet, but time was running out. Mayweather supported him and just began launching bombs. Moore was able to keep his composure until the last bell.
Mayweather will not be fighting in professional bouts, but he is enjoying these amateur bouts. After demolishing Tenshin Nasukawa and putting on a spectacle with Logan Paul that earned blockbuster numbers on pay-per-view, Mayweather has now added Moore to his resume with all signs pointing to another matchup coming before 2022 is over.
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