Hung out at floyd's gym today

i went to meet celestino caballero and jeff mayweather today at their gym, but they decided to go down and spar at floyd's instead. they usually do this twice a week, but i hadnt gone yet. so we headed down there along with brandon gonzales (12-0) and chase corbin (3-0).

celestino sparred first and it was pretty funny. he is hilarious when he spars because he sings and makes a lot of strange noises. but one guy he was sparring decided it was his big chance and seemed to try to make it a real fight. rather than kick his ass, pelenchin decided to make the guy look like a clown for the rest of the session. floyd seemed quite amused as he was laughing the whole time and repeating a lot of his moves out of the ring.

brandon was next and he and this other guy went at it. brandon is a beast and i definitely see gold in his future. he has a fight on sept. 11th

the gym was pretty busy. roger was there and i get to talk to him for a few moments. he had no idea who caballero was. he is entertaining to listen to. as you know, he has no filter.

i didnt actually speak to floyd, but he was friendly towards everyone. at one point i sat down next to jeff as he was talking to floyd in the lobby. i wasnt even paying attention to what they were saying as i started to write in my notebook for an article in celestinocaballero.com. apparently their conversation was juicy because i noticed floyd look at me as i was making notes. i realized he probably thought i was writing down what he was saying. i apologized and said i wasnt writing what he was saying. he politely asked me to excuse them. i felt a little embarassed knowing that he thought i was trying to sneak info.

anyway, it was a great day. here are a few pics

Pelenchin and floyd

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Pelenchin sparring. you can see floyd watching on the apron

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brandon gonzales sparring with roger looking on

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thanks for the advice. and you are right, a guy writing an article should not make notes. especially notes about what the guy sitting next to me (jeff) had just told me a few minutes before. that would be stupid. and no, i wasnt paying attention.

 

ah, i see. a floyd hater. so anything you say in this thread will be negative. thanks for the heads up

 

it was my first time there. i didnt ask him for an interview. so i certainly would not have felt right throwing out questions to him. he was there with a lot of little kids and family just having a good time. it hardly seemed like the time to get all serious. as i spend more time around the place, i will see what i can do about landing an interview. but i need to ease my way into everyones good graces. right now i conseider jeff a friend, but the rest of the mayweathers, this was my first contact. everyone was nice and i hope to get on good terms with them. for you guys on the outside, whether you are a fan or not, it is easy to say how i should get all personal. but as someone who is there, i need to practice diplomacy. like you said, i dont want to get thrown out. i am doing my best to get access, not lose it.

 

i didnt bust out the tape measure, but i am 6'2 and caballero looks every bit of 5'11 to me. he also weighs 150 right now.

and it was my first time around floyd like i said, so i have not seen the negative yet. but he was really happy and friendly today. he was having a great time hanging out with the kids and watching the sparring. he is a huge fan of brandon gonzales' and he really got into the caballero sparring too.