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A weekend away with international #boxing personalities. Weighing up the pros and cons of spending time with these characters.
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Floyd Mayweather – 9/10
Pros:
Riding a Segway around the house. Free drinks and dances at Girl Collection.
Cons:
Leonard Ellerbe shadowed us all weekend. Floyd kept referring to himself in third person or as "TBE".
Pros:
Riding a Segway around the house. Free drinks and dances at Girl Collection.
Cons:
Leonard Ellerbe shadowed us all weekend. Floyd kept referring to himself in third person or as "TBE".
Oleksandr Usyk – 2/10
Pros:
Learned how to play chess.
Cons:
He kept giving me creepy looks from the other side of the room. Worried about his sanity and my own safety at times.
Pros:
Learned how to play chess.
Cons:
He kept giving me creepy looks from the other side of the room. Worried about his sanity and my own safety at times.
Sergey Kovalev – 7/10
Pros:
The police are afraid of him and for some reason. Everything is free for him in his hometown.
Cons:
The Krusher's idea of fun is drinking vodka and playing Russian roulette. His crew aren’t too welcoming to foreigners.
Pros:
The police are afraid of him and for some reason. Everything is free for him in his hometown.
Cons:
The Krusher's idea of fun is drinking vodka and playing Russian roulette. His crew aren’t too welcoming to foreigners.
Adrien Broner – 8/10
Pros:
Learned how to play craps. Managed to collect $20,000 when AB made it rain.
Cons:
AB banned from every bowling alley in Cincinnati. His rap song “Horses” and About Billion videos were playing on repeat all weekend.
Pros:
Learned how to play craps. Managed to collect $20,000 when AB made it rain.
Cons:
AB banned from every bowling alley in Cincinnati. His rap song “Horses” and About Billion videos were playing on repeat all weekend.
Al Haymon – N/A
Pros:
He has a nice house.
Cons:
Uncle Al didn't show up all weekend. Sam Watson was there in his place.
Pros:
He has a nice house.
Cons:
Uncle Al didn't show up all weekend. Sam Watson was there in his place.
Manny Pacquiao – 8/10
Pros:
Evenings in the karaoke bars with scantily clad dressed women.
Cons:
Jinky seems constantly pissed off. None of Manny’s entourage has told him that he can’t sing.
Pros:
Evenings in the karaoke bars with scantily clad dressed women.
Cons:
Jinky seems constantly pissed off. None of Manny’s entourage has told him that he can’t sing.
Andy Ruiz Jr – 9/10
Pros:
Non-stop tacos, human sushi platters and tequila on tap.
Cons:
I’m sure that El Chapo was sitting next to me at one point. We all had to hide when Eddie Reynoso came to pick him up for training.
Pros:
Non-stop tacos, human sushi platters and tequila on tap.
Cons:
I’m sure that El Chapo was sitting next to me at one point. We all had to hide when Eddie Reynoso came to pick him up for training.
Keith Thurman – 10/10
Pros:
Ended up at the Burning Man festival.
Cons:
The cookies made me hallucinate. Morning meditation and yoga isn’t my thing.
Pros:
Ended up at the Burning Man festival.
Cons:
The cookies made me hallucinate. Morning meditation and yoga isn’t my thing.
Canelo – 6/10
Pros:
Chepo Reynoso’s Mexican beef pastries are top notch.
Cons:
I have saddle sores from riding horses on the gaucho farm.
Pros:
Chepo Reynoso’s Mexican beef pastries are top notch.
Cons:
I have saddle sores from riding horses on the gaucho farm.
Charlo Brothers – 8/10
Pros:
Good taste of music and fun partying with them in Houston.
Cons:
They made me wear a lion outfit all weekend (got pretty heated). Kept calling them the wrong names.
Pros:
Good taste of music and fun partying with them in Houston.
Cons:
They made me wear a lion outfit all weekend (got pretty heated). Kept calling them the wrong names.
Ryan Garcia – 6/10
Pros:
He kept on moaning about Oscar De La Hoya and GBP. We played a lot of video games.
Cons:
The whole weekend was on his Instagram Live feed. I felt old among his entourage. He kept on singing Frozen songs.
Pros:
He kept on moaning about Oscar De La Hoya and GBP. We played a lot of video games.
Cons:
The whole weekend was on his Instagram Live feed. I felt old among his entourage. He kept on singing Frozen songs.
Nonito Donaire – 9/10
Pros:
What a nice man. He is a great impressionist.
Cons:
His kids get up too early. We spent most of the weekend shooting hoops and I'm not very good at basketball.
Pros:
What a nice man. He is a great impressionist.
Cons:
His kids get up too early. We spent most of the weekend shooting hoops and I'm not very good at basketball.
Bob Arum – 6/10
Pros:
Bob has a view and a story on everything - didn’t know that he promoted Bob Fitzsimmons.
Cons:
Bob was high all weekend.
Pros:
Bob has a view and a story on everything - didn’t know that he promoted Bob Fitzsimmons.
Cons:
Bob was high all weekend.
Deontay Wilder – 8/10
Pros:
Country hospitality and Alabama BBQs.
Cons:
He shouted “BOMB SQUAD” every time he went to the toilet. His dancing was questionable to say the least.
Pros:
Country hospitality and Alabama BBQs.
Cons:
He shouted “BOMB SQUAD” every time he went to the toilet. His dancing was questionable to say the least.
David Higgins and Joe Parker – 3/10
Pros:
A pretty chilled weekend.
Cons:
Spent to most weekend rehearsing for his video. David Higgins got a bit over the top after a few drinks.
Pros:
A pretty chilled weekend.
Cons:
Spent to most weekend rehearsing for his video. David Higgins got a bit over the top after a few drinks.
Big Baby Miller – 6/10
Pros:
Knows every food spot in NYC. He has a McDonald’s black card (free burgers).
Cons:
His house was like the BALCO labs – needles and pills everywhere.
Pros:
Knows every food spot in NYC. He has a McDonald’s black card (free burgers).
Cons:
His house was like the BALCO labs – needles and pills everywhere.
Oscar De La Hoya – 9/10
Pros:
The Golden Boy knows how to party – for some reason his mates called him the snowman.
Cons:
Oscar kept on asking me is he looked “pretty”, and he complained a lot about Ryan Garcia.
Pros:
The Golden Boy knows how to party – for some reason his mates called him the snowman.
Cons:
Oscar kept on asking me is he looked “pretty”, and he complained a lot about Ryan Garcia.
Teddy Atlas - 5/10
Pros:
Straight talker and a true boxing historian. We watched a lot of old fights.
Cons:
Went to a bar to watch an NFL game. He blew a gasket when the pint they served was flat and told everyone at the bar that the officials in the match were corrupt.
Pros:
Straight talker and a true boxing historian. We watched a lot of old fights.
Cons:
Went to a bar to watch an NFL game. He blew a gasket when the pint they served was flat and told everyone at the bar that the officials in the match were corrupt.
Don King - 8/10
Pros:
He managed to negotiate all of our food and drinks bills down. Most of his former heavyweights worked as waiters, so that helped.
Cons:
Every time someone brought me food or gave me anything, he said "Only in America".
Pros:
He managed to negotiate all of our food and drinks bills down. Most of his former heavyweights worked as waiters, so that helped.
Cons:
Every time someone brought me food or gave me anything, he said "Only in America".
Mike Tyson - 6/10
Pros:
The house was a hotbox essentially.
Cons:
Decided that it was a good idea to for me to wear a body belt and take Mike's shots. Ended up in hospital with four broken ribs. The house was like a zoo with all his pigeons and tigers roaming free.
Pros:
The house was a hotbox essentially.
Cons:
Decided that it was a good idea to for me to wear a body belt and take Mike's shots. Ended up in hospital with four broken ribs. The house was like a zoo with all his pigeons and tigers roaming free.
Kalle Sauerland - 10/10
Pros:
This man knows how to party and the ring card girls joined us for the the nights out.
Cons:
We had to deliver packages across London at very strange times. He never sleeps and keeps going to the toilet.
Pros:
This man knows how to party and the ring card girls joined us for the the nights out.
Cons:
We had to deliver packages across London at very strange times. He never sleeps and keeps going to the toilet.
