Photos : Meet The Nigerian Who Sold 39 Cars To Floyd Mayweather
Obi Okeke, co-owner of Fusion Luxury Motors, delivered this McLaren 650S, right, to boxer Floyd Mayweather at 3 a.m. Los Angeles exotic-car dealer Obi Okeke was sound asleep when his phone rang one day at 3 a.m. last year. It was Floyd Mayweather. The undefeated welterweight champ had a mission for his trusted dealer: Have a Bugatti Veyron sitting in the driveway of his Las Vegas mansion in 12 hours. It was time for Dr. Bugatti, as Okeke is sometimes called, to perform a miracle. So Okeke jumped in the shower and headed to Fusion Luxury Motors, the Chatsworth, Calif., store he opened in 2012 and co-owns. He checked his notes, hopped on a plane, secured the car and drove it to Mayweather himself. And he did it in 11 hours. That’s life when you’re dealing with the spontaneous Mayweather. Okeke said there’s no room for mediocrity when dealing with Mayweather. The polarizing boxer has high expectations for himself, Okeke said, and therefore does for everyone around him...
