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I think I already proved that I wasn't just fighting for the money, because I fought as an amateur. I fought 90 fights for free.
Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
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Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: February 24
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Floyd Joy Mayweather
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People have said things about me, and wrote and criticized me about things in the past, but it goes in one ear and out the other.
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