Floyd Mayweather Jr. Chops Wood, Is Basically Living Out a 'Rocky' Montage

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Cue "Hearts on Fire" and hitch up the sled dogs—Floyd Mayweather Jr. is no longer futzing around.

After several weeks of soft-shoeing about with "sit-ups" and "running," Mayweather is finally getting down to brass tacks for his superfight against Manny Pacquiao and breaking out the meat and potatoes of a real boxer's training schedule: fur-knuckled, outdoorsman activities.

The five-division world champion uploaded another shot across the bow in his ongoing hype battle with Pacquiao on Sunday night: a video of him chopping wood.

Nothing fancy here. No Justin Bieber cameos or glory boy jogging. Just a man, his axe and the meaty thunk of steel biting lumber. Mayweather is officially an ox cart and a snowbound yurt away from running to the top of a rocky outcrop and yelling, "MANNYYYY!"

An obligatory Rocky mashup:

This is what we've been waiting for. These two are finally taking off the kidskin gloves and getting serious about this fight.

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Of course, Mayweather chopping wood can only be construed as a direct response to Pacquiao's trainer Freddie Roach saying the 38-year-old champ is "not a good role model" during an interview with Jim Rome on Friday.

Would a bad role model roll up his sleeves like the Brawny man for some good old-fashioned lumberjacking? Never. It's not in the bad role model DNA.

We'll see how Pacquiao responds, but I believe I speak for all of us when I say I hope this back-and-forth escalates into full-blown yak-squatting and wolf-tossing before their May 2 fight.

Dan is on Twitter. Wolf-tossing is all about proper form.