Floyd Mayweather says cannabis and betting on 'All Access' were fake
Fighter tells Nevada boxing regulators it was all make believe for a 'reality' programme to promote his bout
The pot was not real. Neither, admitted Floyd Mayweather Jnr, was much else that went on in the cable television shows promoting his latest fight.
Not the joint-rolling parties with a bevy of female friends in his Las Vegas mansion. Not the 31-minute fights without a break in the "Dog House" of his gym just off the city's glittering Strip.
Not even the betting that went on between Mayweather and others over who was going to win.
I don't want to just sell a fight. I want to sell a lifestyle. It wasn't real marijuana. It's all about entertainment
"I don't want to just sell a fight," Mayweather said. "I want to sell a lifestyle."
Called before Nevada boxing regulators to explain what went on in the Showtime All Access shows aired earlier this month before his rematch with Marcos Maidana, Mayweather said it was all just made-up entertainment to sell the fight.
It worked, he said, bringing in enough of an audience for him to sell more pay-per-views for a fight in which he was guaranteed a US$32 million payday.
"It wasn't real marijuana," Mayweather said. "It's all about entertainment."
Mayweather, who earlier this year was licensed as a promoter in Nevada, was summoned by Nevada State Athletic Commission chairman Francisco Aguilar to explain scenes in the All Access show that ran a few days before the fight.