Controversies involving Floyd Mayweather – In just a few months Floyd Mayweather Jr. will be 40-years-old, and in those four decades he has risen to the top of the boxing world as one of the most successful and talented athletes in the game. While the latter of those two may be debatable, Floyd Jr. has amassed a net worth in the hundreds of millions of dollars, and he isn’t afraid to display his wealth on social media by posting photos of his luxury homes, lavish cars, or million dollar checks.
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People have grown accustomed to Floyd’s flaunting of his riches, but his success in the ring and padded bank account hasn’t kept him from a number of controversies.
Floyd’s name has been mentioned in so many scandals that when a headline pops up with his name in it, not many people are surprised. His reputation as a boxer has grown his fan base into the hundreds of millions, but he’s also gained infamy from his court cases over domestic violence. Two of his exes, who also happen to be the mothers of his children, have accused him of violently beating them. Two other women made claims that he assaulted them in a nightclub. And his former fianceé filed papers just two years ago saying that he pointed a gun at her and threatened to shoot.
Love him or hate him, Floyd has been a champion athlete for decades, following in the footsteps of both his father, Floyd Mayweather Sr. and his uncles, all of whom were also professional boxers. His legacy certainly hasn’t made him impervious to bad decisions, however, because if we’re to believe Biggie, Diddy, and Ma$e, mo’ money means mo’ problems and Floyd’s got stacks of both.
13. Ongoing Feud With Former Friend 50 Cent
Friends fight about the silliest of things, but money can drive a wedge between the strongest relationships. Such was the case with Floyd and rapper 50 Cent, once bosom buddies turned bitter rivals.
During an interview with Los Angeles radio station Power 106, 50 Cent explained what started the beef, saying that it began when Floyd asked him for help in starting Mayweather Promotions before he had to enter into his three-month jail sentence. When the rapper checked what his friend had going on with the business, he saw nothing had been started.
“I took a look and I realized there is no Mayweather Promotions. There’s no LLC. There’s no seal. It’s not incorporated,”50 said. “When he says help him with Mayweather Promotions and it’s not there, I say, ‘Okay, I know what he means.’ He wants me to put it together for him.”
Being the friend that he was, 50 said he established Money Team Promotions, negotiated all the contracts and even signed on boxers. Not only that, he dropped a heavy chunk of change — somewhere around $2 million — into the business expecting that Floyd would pay him back once he was out of jail.
Instead, when Floyd returned home, 50 said that he immediately began blowing money on luxury items, $300,000 chains and expensive cars. “I’m sitting there going, ‘When you gonna give me the money… when you gonna give me your half of the money back?’ But, I ain’t trying to press him because he just got out of jail.”
In the last few years the back and forth continued as 50 made fun of Floyd’s poor literacy skills on social media by writing, “Floyd will you except [sic] my ALS/ESL CHALLENGE: I will donate $750k to a charity of your choice, if you can read a full page out of a Harry Potter book out loud without starting and stopping.”
He also gave Floyd a hard time about his ex-girlfriend Shantel Jackson dating rapper Nelly soon after ending her relationship with the boxer. It’s rumored that in recent months the two have made peace, so hopefully they can piece together their broken friendship.
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