Longtime boxing coach Angelo Reyes has revealed why Floyd “Money” Mayweather wore a ski mask during his walk out prior to fighting UFC Lightweight Champion Conor McGregor.
While appearing on the Fight Society podcast, Reyes said Mayweather wore the mask in honor of the movie “Dead Presidents”.
“To us in the boxing culture, we were kind of laughing about it because it’s Floyd Mayweather’s ode to the movie ‘Dead Presidents.’ Where he put the ski mask on because it’s a bank robbery,” Reyes said.
“Basically he was saying it was a heist. Like Conor actually believed he could beat Floyd Mayweather and all that happened was he got fooled into the biggest pay-per-view, the biggest payday opportunity of all time.
“That’s why he put on the ski mask, which I thought was pretty awesome.”
Mayweather went on to defeat McGregor in their highly anticipated boxing match. Even though McGregor looked good early in the fight, Mayweather ended up defeating McGregor in the 10th round by TKO.
