FLOYD MAYWEATHER lavished reward on "unbelievable" UK boxing followers after beating Aaron Chalmers on the O2, regardless of barely anybody seeming to show up.
"Cash" made his UK boxing debut within the eight-round exhibition bout towards Chalmers.
Mayweather praised the followers after the battle and hinted at a doable return sooner or later.
He stated: "I want to thank all of the UK followers. The followers are unbelievable.
"The UK is changing into the Mecca of boxing. Unbelievable fighters.
"I am glad that I got here… If the followers need me to come back again, I am coming again."
This was regardless of London's O2 Enviornment being sparsely populated for the occasion as promoters struggled to promote tickets, with some even providing 20 per cent reductions to be able to appeal to extra customized.
Certainly, the whole high tier of the 20,000-capacity stadium was shut off, whereas there have been nonetheless swathes of empty seats within the decrease tier.
The battle itself noticed the 50-0 legend utterly outclass his opponent.
Mayweather spent the massive a part of the opening rounds grinning at his opponent relatively than boxing.
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He picked his photographs fastidiously and methodically, even when a bit of too tentative for the group's liking.
The 46-year-old finally relaxed into his groove and even loved a dance with a hoop woman between rounds.
The top results of a large factors win for Mayweather by no means appeared doubtful.
However the referee raised each fighters' arms on the finish to sign a draw.
Followers at house had been left removed from glad, claiming that they had been "robbed" after paying £25 to observe the battle.
And whereas Mayweather insisted he didn't level fingers, he claimed tickets occurring sale too late brought about the dearth of a crowd.
He added: "We did this in a single month - not even 4 weeks.
"I feel the tickets ought to've went on sale so much sooner.
"My new workforce remains to be studying. I've received to take my hat off to them, it isn't their fault.
"It is simply once we battle within the US, as quickly as we announce the battle, tickets are on sale.
"Right here, we introduced the battle and the tickets did not go on sale till every week or two weeks later.
"I do not level fingers. We work collectively as a workforce.
"Whenever you purchase tickets over right here, you do not actually wish to spend cash. In America, we do not thoughts spending cash."
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