Mayweather wants GR kids to train like Dancing with the Stars

They may float gracefully across the stage, but all the stars in one of TV's hottest dance competitions say the training is grueling—and slimming—and, Floyd Mayweather, one of this season's stars, hopes to bring that physical training to the kids in his hometown of Grand Rapids, Michigan.

According to excerpts from the story:

Even world champion boxer Floyd Mayweather is showing changes from dancing. His weight hasn't changed, but his manager, Leonard Ellerbe, says he's noticed changes in Mayweather's posture. "He's standing up straighter, I have noticed that," says Ellerbe.

Ellerbe says that Mayweather has been so impressed by the dancing workouts — and the effect the show has had on his fans — that he's thinking about opening up a dance studio for kids in his hometown of Grand Rapids, Michigan.

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