Man carves lifelike wooden statue of Mayweather

Floyd Mayweather is the latest fighter to be immortalized in wood.

New Jersey-based artist James O'Neal, whose past work includes carvings of UFC's Conor McGregor and boxing legend Muhammad Ali, recently created a lifelike wooden statue of Mayweather. He told TMZ Sports it took him approximately five months to complete.

All three of O'Neal's statues will be on display at the Atlantic City Boxing Hall of Fame ceremony this weekend.

Terrible pictures but I finally finished carving and got the first coat of poly on the lower half. I'll try to get it out in the daylight for some better pics tomorrow. Several more coats to go but glad to be done carving.

A post shared by James O'Neal (@jim104gmc) on May 14, 2017 at 4:49pm PDT

Coming down to the wire getting these three ready for this weekends showing at the @acbhof induction ceremony in Atlantic City but almost done.

A post shared by James O'Neal (@jim104gmc) on May 20, 2017 at 10:14am PDT

Final coat of finish applied to Floyd, now as smooth as silk, ready to be crated up for the trip to Atlantic City along with Mcgregor and Ali. #floyd #moneymayweather #thefightgame #boxinglife #atlanticcity #halloffame #wbo #wbc #tmt #tbe #thegreatest #woodcarving #blackwalnut #goat #fightnight #mayweatherpromotions

A post shared by James O'Neal (@jim104gmc) on May 21, 2017 at 7:32pm PDT

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