Posted on September 14, 2011 - by admin

Floyd Mayweather’s Hand Injury

Floyd Mayweather suffered a serious hand injury in his fight against Carlos Hernandez in 2001.  Mayweather delivered a fantastic blow to Hernandez’s head which caused his hand to break.  Although grimacing in pain, Mayweather continued the match and even won it eventually.  However, the injury to his hand continues to bother him and he has to take strong painkillers before every match.

Mayweather has been known to say that his body is starting to fail and that he has issues with both his hands, his elbows and his back and his doctors have advised him to slow down his boxing career.  However, he has no intention of doing so himself.

There is a serious amount of controversy surrounding the painkillers Mayweather takes, being Xylocaine.  This is a synthesized version of Lidocaine and not only acts as a painkiller but also as a general numbing agent.  The issue is not so much surrounding Mayweather’s usage of Xylocaine, which is permissible if taken in tablet form, but more in the question of whether or not he injects it.  If Xilocaine is injected, it can be combined with Epinephrine or adrenaline without anyone being able to tell that this happened.  The combination of these drugs reduces bleeding and stimulates the fight or flight response, meaning that a fight could become unfair.

Mayweather denies injecting himself with a combination of Xylocaine and Epinephrine, but his credibility is very low as he also regularly denies having issues with his hands at all, when later admitting that his hand injuries are actually quite serious.

Other fighters report that if they win a fight against Mayweather, he will state that this victory was only made possible due to his hand injuries caused him issues, thereby taking away some of their sense of having earned the victory. Mayweather vs Ortiz live stream is available this Saturday. Watch it and see if Floyd will be able to save his body from to many hits.