During his exhibition boxing bout on Saturday at The O2 Arena in London, Floyd Mayweather Jr. (50-0, 27 KOs) easily dispatched Aaron Chalmers (1-0, 0 KOs) and earned millions in the process, but it came at the expense of his health.
The 46-year-old Mayweather acknowledged that he injured his left hand during the eight, two-minute rounds in which he outclassed Chalmers.
“We razzle, we dazzle. I hurt my hand actually when I was breaking with the hook. A lot of people don’t know,” Mayweather after the fight. “When I was breaking with the hook – that’s boxing language – I hurt my left hand badly. It could be broken. We’re not worried. I’m still able to use the left. You have to use the jab to set everything up. He was tough. He can take everything on the chin.”
The exhibition contest was Mayweather's sixth total bout since 2018.
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