Boxing great Floyd Mayweather showed a completely different side of himself immediately after his wild brawl with Jake Paul erupted on Thursday.
The altercation at the event to promote June's Mayweather vs Logan Paul exhibition fight left Jake Paul with a black eye and busted lip, Logan Paul furious and Mayweather stalking the halls of the venue cursing that he was going to "kill" the younger Paul brother.
But immediately afterwards, Floyd was all smiles and totally calm as he went through his routine for the promotional media shoot.
The 43-year-old also looked in incredible physical condition. However it was his ice-cool professionalism that amazed fight fans, as Mayweather calmly chatted through the shots with the camera crew.
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"I gotta be in control - see I know what sells," he joked at one point. "See what happened today? That sold."
Among his friendly banter with the film crew - and between occasional sips of coffee - Floyd patiently went through his routine of poses.
Fight fans were split on whether his incredible composure was an example of his elite mentality - cooling down so quickly after a heated argument turned physical - or whether it illustrated that Mayweather had done all that entirely for show.
"Floyd was acting over because he knew this was a good ticket seller - 'see what happened today sold'," said a fight fan on YouTube, quoting Mayweather himself.
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"This is how a real businessman that knows his own brand and self image better than anyone else, laying the law. Mad respect for this," read one comment.
"Dude is 40+ years old but his physique looks like he is in his mid-twenties," marvelled another.
"He looks like a chill guy being polite and all," said another boxing fan.
Clearly a switch had flipped in Floyd's brain and he was back to being the consummate self-publicist, making sure each shot was right.
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Still, there was one last thing for the Paul brothers to worry about, as well as 'Money' Mayweather's unique self-possession.
"Floyd still has his crazy physique," said one commenter. "Just imagine what he will look like during the weigh-in."
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