--- title: This Workout Playlist from Floyd Mayweather Will Pump You Up description: The boxing champion's playlist is full of rap and R&B hits, just right for prepping for the weekend's big fight against Conor McGregor. canonical: https://time.com/4912442/floyd-mayweather-playlist/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-08-23T18:36:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:46:44.905Z og:title: This Workout Playlist from Floyd Mayweather Will Pump You Up og:description: Featuring Drake, Rihanna and many more og:url: https://time.com/4912442/floyd-mayweather-playlist/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1f71f71837570bb4/6988dacccf40a89103c49142/floyd-mayweather.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Floyd Mayweather Jr. Media Workout og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Workout Playlist from Floyd Mayweather Will Pump You Up twitter:description: Featuring Drake, Rihanna and many more twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1f71f71837570bb4/6988dacccf40a89103c49142/floyd-mayweather.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Workout Playlist from Floyd Mayweather Jr. Is Going to Get You Amped > Sponsored content. 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Isaac Brekken—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Aug 23, 2017 6:36 PM UTC There’s been plenty of hype around [Saturday’s big UFC match](http://time.com/the-spectacle-in-sin-city/) between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor, but perhaps nothing will get you in the mood for the showdown quite like Mayweather’s own workout playlist. The song selection, shared on Spotify, features big hits and deeper cuts by everyone from Drake (“Free Smoke”) to Rihanna (“Needed Me”) to 2 Chainz. (And because this is the famously fit fighter’s own workout beats, you know this is a good one to queue up next time you make it to the treadmill for that uphill climb.) Titled “Hard Work & Dedication,” the 35-song playlist is decidedly rap-forward with some R&B vibes thrown in for good measure. Slow and steady beats, it seems, are Mayweather’s training jam. Take note. Mayweather, the widely acclaimed boxing champion, will face off against the UFC lightweight champion and popular Irishman [Conor McGregor ](https://www.gq.com/story/conor-mcgregor-gq-style-cover-story)on Saturday, Aug. 26 in Las Vegas’s T-Mobile Arena. Their [hotly-anticipated fight](http://nypost.com/2017/08/22/las-vegas-books-staring-down-mayweather-mcgregor-disaster/) is expected to be one of the [biggest spectator sporting events](https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/23/50-million-could-watch-mayweather-mcgregor-in-the-us-alone.html) of the year. So for all those UFC match watching parties, you now have a fighter-approved soundtrack ready to go as you prep to see the two big hitters battle it out. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4912442/floyd-mayweather-playlist/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4912442/floyd-mayweather-playlist/"},"headline":"This Workout Playlist from Floyd Mayweather Jr. Is Going to Get You Amped","datePublished":"2017-08-23T18:36:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:46:44.905Z","description":"The boxing champion's playlist is full of rap and R&B hits, just right for prepping for the weekend's big fight against Conor McGregor.","url":"https://time.com/4912442/floyd-mayweather-playlist/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Music","floyd mayweather","UFC"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1f71f71837570bb4/6988dacccf40a89103c49142/floyd-mayweather.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1f71f71837570bb4/6988dacccf40a89103c49142/floyd-mayweather.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Floyd Mayweather Jr. Media Workout","caption":"Floyd Mayweather Jr. Media Workout","creditText":"Isaac Brekken—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4912442/floyd-mayweather-playlist/","name":"This Workout Playlist from Floyd Mayweather Jr. Is Going to Get You Amped"}}]}] ```