There was no rib injury, the fight was moved to the significantly stronger PPV weekend of the Mexican Independence Day. So... mindgames?
That did cross my mind when it happened. But the reason I was asking about it becasue hes still wearing it. Would Floyd reallllllllly go in reassuring everyone that it was real. I agree with mind games.
Mexican Independence day is in September May 5th Marks a battle in which the Mexican Civilian Army inflicted heavy losses on the organized French Army. In particular the Battle of Puebla it would be the equivalent of celebrating Washington crossing the Deleware.
Why would Mayweather care whether or not people believed his ribs were actually injured? Most people never knew about it or forgot about it anyway.