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Floyd Mayweather Jr's fight with Miguel Cotto won't happen until May 5th, but leave it to Money May and 50 Cent to take advantage of America's biggest sporting event, the Super Bowl to start promoting it.
Floyd and 50 rolled into the packed downtown streets of Indianapolis, Indiana, where the Super Bowl is being held late last night (February 3) in a tour bus with Floyd's name, picture and Twitter handle painted on it's sides according to ThePostGame.com.
The bus would stop at times so 50 and Floyd could interact with fans and sign autographs, which would bring traffic to a standstill.
"Every time it stopped, the traffic would immediately begin to back up because cars couldn’t get around," said Indy resident Gregg Kiesler. "For the most part Mayweather stayed well inside, but a couple of times he leaned out and spoke with the fans. It didn’t take long for the cars to be backed up in every direction and there were times when the roads were packed in every direction and no one could move."
At one point it looked like Floyd was going to toss money into the crowd when he walked to the front of the bus with a huge wad of paper.
"If he goes and does that (throws the money) then we would have to do something about it," one police officer said. "It could create a riot. Already we asked them to move over to the side or to move on at a sensible pace and they pretty much told us to (expletive)."
No money was thrown as Floyd and 50 kept it moving, entertaining fans and hyping the upcoming fight along the way.
It was definitely great publicity for Floyd's fight with Cotto. Mayweather will be moving up from his usual fighting weight of 147 pounds as a welterweight to fight at the junior middleweight limit of 154.
At stake is Cotto's junior middleweight title belt.
"Miguel Cotto is a world-class fighter who can never be taken for granted and continues to prove he is one of the best in boxing," said Mayweather told ESPN earlier in the week. "It will be a challenge for me to compete with him at this weight, but this is the type of test I thrive on and gives me the motivation to train even harder. I have no doubt in my mind that my title belt collection will increase once again and Cotto's reign as champion will come to an end on May 5."
Floyd is 42-0 with 26 knockouts. Cotto is 37-2 with 30 knockouts.
The fight will be held at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas on May 5th.
Check out some footage of Floyd's tour bus from last night captured by Martin Rogers of World Football Daily below.
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