FLOYD MAYWEATHER’S shambolic fight with Aaron Chalmers has gone from bad to worse… as he revealed he suffered a shocking injury.
The former boxing icon, who retired with a perfect 50-0 record, has spent recent years dispatching wannabe boxers in a series of money-spinning exhibitions.
Floyd Mayweather played with Aaron Chalmers despite hurting his left handRichard Pelham / The Sun
The pair boxed for eight rounds inside an empty O2 ArenaRichard Pelham / The Sun
And his latest venture saw Money step into the ring with reality TV star Chalmers.
Barely anyone bothered to turn up to the O2 Arena to watch Mayweather’s first so-called fight on UK soil, in which he toyed with the former Geordie Shore man for eight non-scored rounds.
And his woeful weekend took another bad turn when he announced the damage done to his body.
Mayweather, 46, said: “We razzle, we dazzle. I hurt my hand actually.
“It was when I was breaking with the hook. A lot of people don’t know.
“When I was breaking with the hook – that’s boxing language – I hurt my left hand, bad.
“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.
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“He was tough. He can take everything on the chin.”
The injury is likely to rule out any chance of Mayweather facing ex-UFC champ Jose Aldo in a March exhibition – or his latest “legalised bank robberies” as the former five-weight boxing legend described them.
Quizzed about the swathes of empty O2 Arena seats, Mayweather added: “We did this in one month – not even four weeks. I think the tickets should’ve gone on sale a lot faster.
“My new team is still learning. I have got to take my hat off to them. It’s not their fault.
“It’s just when we fight in the US, as soon as we announce the fight, tickets are on sale.
“Here, we announced the fight and the tickets didn’t go on sale until a week or two later.”