9. His Father Once Used Him As A Human Shield
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTWbVmsOtf8 In light of the poverty he endured as a child, it is little wonder that in his formative years Mayweather was exposed to all manner of unsavoury events and influences as part of a (to put it mildly) dysfunctional family. His father, Floyd Sr., was a street hustler and drug dealer in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and once used his then-baby son as a shield when his brother-in-law pointed a shotgun at him in a family dispute. Floyd Jr. escaped unhurt, but his father suffered a severe gunshot wound to the leg in this extreme example of feuding family members. Floyd Sr. also spent a large part of his sons childhood serving a prison sentence for cocaine trafficking. As for the women in his life, Deborah, Floyd Jr.s mother, was addicted to crack and his aunt passed away due to complications from HIV/AIDS. This turbulent upbringing may offer some clues as to the origins of some of the controversies in which Mayweather has become embroiled as an adult.
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