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Alarm at Floyd Mayweather's gym antics

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Floyd Mayweather Jnr will be questioned by Nevada boxing officials over alleged inappropriate behaviour by others in his gym. Photo: AFP

Boxer-promoter Floyd Mayweather Jnr has been ordered to appear before Nevada boxing officials who want to question him about events in his gym that were aired recently on the Showtime sports network.

The Nevada Athletic Commission said it wanted to ask Mayweather about how sparring sessions were conducted in his gym and another scene that included women apparently smoking marijuana inside the facility, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported.

Mayweather did not participate, but was shown telling someone else to get some rolling papers for the women.

The doghouse; the rules are you fight till whoever quits. Guys fight to the death. It is not right, but it is doghouse rules
Floyd Mayweather

The scene aired on Showtime prior to his world title fight against Argentine Marcos Maidana last week. Mayweather won the rematch with a unanimous points decision.

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Another scene showed marathon sparring sessions, including one that went on for over 30 minutes. In the clip, Hasim Rahman and Donovan Cameron are shown in a lengthy battle, while Mayweather's team appears to bet on the outcome, the newspaper said.

"The doghouse; the rules are you fight till whoever quits. Guys fight to the death. It is not right, but it is doghouse rules," Mayweather said on the Showtime episode.

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Mayweather was given his Nevada promoter's licence in July.

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