At Nate Jones’ lowest point — deprived of his boxing career, his Olympic bronze medal long since buried with his late twin sister, down to his final $15 — Floyd Mayweather reached out and saved him, on their friendship.
That’s how Jones says he knows when Mayweather is most sincere, most earnest.
“He always says, ‘If you tell me something, Nate, and you say it’s on our friendship, I’ll know you’re telling the truth,’ ” Jones said.