This quote reminds me of the Seinfeld episode where Kramer’s friend Mikey wears lifts because he doesn’t want to lose his job as a stand in for a kid. Here is what Mayweather said during his media day.
“He wears the lifts in the shoes,” Mayweather said. “I know all the little secrets he does. He wears the little lifts in his shoes so he can be a little taller, but he’s entitled to do what he wants to do.”
“I don’t think he expected me to be so tall or big, even though I walk around at 147 I’m still a big welterweight – where you have other guys who come from 168, 170 and [squeeze] all the way down to 147. I walk around at 150, 152. My weight fluctuates between 147 to 151.”
Here is the Seinfeld clip by the way.