By T.K. Stewart
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. says he never plans on fighting again and so far he has held true to his word. Mayweather, the top ranked pound-for-pound boxer on the planet when he announced his retirement on June 6th (138 days ago for those of you that are counting) is continuing to build on a foundation so that he does not have to return to boxing.
Mayweather has been working with well-known rapper, Ludacris, who has apparently developed an affinity for boxing after working on his new video entitled Undisputed. Ludacris teamed up with Mayweather and his Uncle Roger Mayweather to learn some basic boxing moves. Floyd will make an appearance in the video and he gave the rapper some one-on-one instruction during the shoot.
In other news, Mayweather, the CEO of his own record label, Philthy Rich Records has recently signed and gone into partnership with West Philadelphia rapper Freck Billionaire. The deal that Freck and Mayweather have signed will make each of them co-CEO of Philthy Rich Records and will also allow Freck to promote his own record label, CBL Entertainment Worldwide.
Mayweather, never one to shy away from controversy, apparently pursued Freck to come on board and be partners. The rapper is perhaps best known for his rap sheet - and not his rap songs. Freck has been arrested nearly 20 times in the past four years and he was arrested earlier this year for allegedly selling crack cocaine.
Despite proclamations to the contrary from Floyd’s right hand man Leonard Ellerbee, there are rumblings that Mayweather will fight again. The names being mentioned are the same as usual, Oscar De La Hoya, Ricky Hatton and Manny Pacquiao. Those close to Mayweather continue to maintain there are no truth to the rumors.
However, the pressure for Mayweather to return for a quick payday could be mounting.
I was told last week by a reliable source that Mayweather, like everybody else, took a pounding financially when the world stock markets underwent their slow motion crash.
In addition to the stock market woes, Mayweather owns real estate properties in Nevada, which has been ground zero for the U.S. home foreclosure crisis. The source claimed that Mayweather’s real estate worth has plummeted over 30% since last year.
This is all in addition to one of Mayweather’s homes in Las Vegas being robbed of $7 million worth of jewelry in August. As of this writing that case has not been solved.
Also, just six weeks ago, it was revealed that Mayweather was being sued by a Florida real estate developer for backing out of a deal to purchase an $8.5 million home. Mayweather was supposed to have made an initial payment of $1.7 million to the developer but he never came through with the money.
It all adds fuel to Oscar De La Hoya’s comment earlier this month when he was on the press tour for his upcoming fight with Manny Pacquiao and he speculated that Mayweather will likely return to the ring.
De La Hoya said, "I heard he needs the money."
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