"Mayweather also found himself in some trouble when he was in a fierce contractual battle with former manager James Prince. Top Rank stepped in and advanced him $610,000 to settle with Prince, and also cut Prince a check for 20 percent of Mayweather's $3.05 million dollar purse for fighting Phillip Ndou.
The situation with Prince, a well known figure in the rap world, escalated to a dangerous level when several men showed up to the Top Rank Gym on September 11, 2003 and roughed up Leonard Ellerbe and former camp member Thomas Summers, sending both to the hospital.
Mayweather's camp has never confirmed the story, but both DuBoef and Arum claimed to have saved a "shaken" Floyd Mayweather, Jr., who told DuBoef 'These are bad guys, you have to help me save my family.'
"I said, 'Let me give James a letter of credit,' " Arum said. "And Floyd said -- I'll never forget it -- 'James don't take no letter of credit.' "
Apparently there's source claiming a gun was involved.
This was posted in another thread. This story seems intriguing, anyone have more info on it? Did it escalate any further or was that the worst of it?
PRINCE IS A MADE MAN. Floyd know who to **** with, and who not to **** with. Prince is a real street dude, who got street morals.
Master P had Pimp C(from UGK) got into it over money, and Master P had Pimp C beaten, and kidnapped, in Texas. Before them *****z could finish the job out of respect they called Prince, and Pimp C lived to see another day.
Real Gz move in silence, Floyd is a sheltered man. Prince been off the porch all his life.
That never happened like that, I don't know why anyone ever believed that :lol1:
Funny how I am just seeing this. No, I was not the girl sucking the dick. It was Jef Mayweather's boxer girlfriend Melissa. I simply told Jeff, that William would no longer be paying him $1200.00 a week to train his own fighters at the gym. He would have to train clients from 9-5 in order to receive a salary. He got upset by this and began slandering us on the internet.
I am no boxing groupie. Groupies don't receive paychecks. I have paved my way through hard work. Just because I am not fat and ugly doesn't mean I had to **** my way to get to where I have gotten.
I am proud to be a single mother and to be a great role model for my daughter. She now knows that she is capable of anything in a male dominated wold. Thank you for the insiteful comment though. You seem to know nothing of what you speak about.. Jeff made it sound like it was u from his rant
Floyd is the only one who is ungrateful.
Have you ever seen Uncle Roger or Floyd Sr. say a bad word about Bob Arum? Roger has nothing but love for old Bob, so does Floyd, its Floyd Jr who doesn't.
they train fighters under both promotions gb and tr
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In response to an earlier story on BoxingScene.com , where WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. took several shots at WBC/WBA super middleweight king Andre Ward - James Prince, the current manager of Ward and ex-manager of Mayweather, had plenty to say in response to Floyd Jr.'s unexpected verbal jabs.
"First of all I don't know what demonic spirit jumped into Mayweather causing him to try to assassinate my fighter's character because he is a fighter and a man of God - as if it's a sin to worship God and fight. It goes to show his ignorance in the word of God because there are prophets throughout the Bible that were fighters, warriors, hit men - and none of them were punks. So for Mayweather to attack a man's spirituality because he has been friends with Robert Guerrero since they were kids and he's riding with him is just an excuse to voice his haterism that's really in his heart for me and Dre," Prince said in a statement to BoxingScene.com.
"Dre never had nothing but respect for this dude, but if he thinks there is something weak about Andre Ward - then he can eat some steaks and put some weight on his ass so Dre can whip it. Not knocking Floyd Mayweather, but he knows he couldn't draw flies to a dumpster until he beat Oscar De la Hoya. I know this is true because I was managing him when he couldn't sell out his hometown of Grand Rapids or the San Francisco Auditorium, which only seats 6,000 people."
"By the way, any man that represented the United States of America and won a gold medal is not only known, but appreciated by all Americans - something Floyd didn't accomplish. And that invitation on his blueprint for knowing how to get millions - we pass on that, because we know how to make millions, but more importantly, how to keep it."
"And yeah, I see how he's trying to befriend Broner so he won't be faced with Broner gettin' in his ass. But at the end of the day, he would have a problem with Broner because Broner is a real one. And Floyd knows, like I know, that he's uncomfortable with real men around him."
Tags: Floyd Mayweather Jr. , Andre Ward
http://www.boxingscene.com/andre-wards-manager-drops-bombs-on-floyd-mayweather--63331
That was princes reply to mayweather, but lol at his assessment of broner
There’s a murky, violent history between Floyd Mayweather and his former manager, James Prince
James Prince, manager of Andre Ward, recently hit out at Floyd Mayweather, his former client, for his derisory comments about Ward. This brings to mind the acrimonious, and violent, split between Prince and Mayweather in 2003.
Mayweather found himself in some trouble when he was in a fierce contractual battle with Prince. Top Rank stepped in and advanced him $610,000 to settle with Prince, and also cut Prince a check for 20 percent of Mayweather’s $3.05 million dollar purse for fighting Phillip Ndou.
The situation with Prince, a well known figure in the rap world, escalated to a dangerous level when several men showed up to the Top Rank Gym on September 11, 2003 and roughed up Leonard Ellerbe and former camp member Thomas Summers, sending both to the hospital.
Mayweather’s camp has never confirmed the story, but both DuBoef and Arum claimed to have saved a “shaken” Floyd Mayweather, Jr., who told DuBoef ‘These are bad guys, you have to help me save my family.’
“I said, ‘Let me give James a letter of credit,’ ” Arum said. “And Floyd said — I’ll never forget it — ‘James don’t take no letter of credit.’ “
Bernard Hopkins comments on the situation:
“Hey, listen, at the end of the day, when I look at guys, and some rappers that I ain’t going to mention, that talk about gangsta, talk about street, talk about going to jail, talk about being hard on the street, that remind of Floyd Mayweather. Floyd Mayweather is no tough guy. And Floyd Mayweather can tell you about, and Ellerbe can tell you about when a couple of guys came up in Top Rank’s gym and they was taking two to three weeks to scrub blood out of the stains of the carpet that was in there. Where was the gangsta then? See, they know I know.”
http://pound4poundireland.wordpress.com/2013/03/15/theres-a-murky-violent-history-between-floyd-mayweather-and-his-former-manager-james-prince/
Floyd was his biggest star at the time, he didn't do it out of sheer kindness.
If a cop or firefighter saves my life even though they did it because it's what they get paid to do (not out of kindness), I'm grateful for life to that person regardless.
"Hey, listen, at the end of the day, when I look at guys, and some rappers that I ain't going to mention, that talk about gangsta, talk about street, talk about going to jail, talk about being hard on the street, that remind of Floyd Mayweather. Floyd Mayweather is no tough guy. And Floyd Mayweather can tell you about, and Ellerbe can tell you about when a couple of guys came up in Top Rank's gym and they was taking two to three weeks to scrub blood out of the stains of the carpet that was in there. Where was the gangsta then? See, they know I know." - Bernard Hopkins
LOLLLLLL Ma man bhop goin in hard!
so floyd always been a *****?? and ARum saves him? hahahahahahaha gotta love it
Funny how I am just seeing this. No, I was not the girl sucking the dick. It was Jef Mayweather's boxer girlfriend Melissa. I simply told Jeff, that William would no longer be paying him $1200.00 a week to train his own fighters at the gym. He would have to train clients from 9-5 in order to receive a salary. He got upset by this and began slandering us on the internet.
I am no boxing groupie. Groupies don't receive paychecks. I have paved my way through hard work. Just because I am not fat and ugly doesn't mean I had to **** my way to get to where I have gotten.
I am proud to be a single mother and to be a great role model for my daughter. She now knows that she is capable of anything in a male dominated wold. Thank you for the insiteful comment though. You seem to know nothing of what you speak about.
G-Go on.....
My retort….
Funny how I am just seeing this. No, I was not the girl sucking the dick. It was Jef Mayweather's boxer girlfriend Melissa. I simply told Jeff, that William would no longer be paying him $1200.00 a week to train his own fighters at the gym. He would have to train clients from 9-5 in order to receive a salary. He got upset by this and began slandering us on the internet.
I am no boxing groupie. Groupies don't receive paychecks. I have paved my way through hard work. Just because I am not fat and ugly doesn't mean I had to **** my way to get to where I have gotten.
I am proud to be a single mother and to be a great role model for my daughter. She now knows that she is capable of anything in a male dominated wold. Thank you for the insiteful comment though. You seem to know nothing of what you speak about.
And all these clowns arguing over this are funny. Who gives a f**k???
"No he this, it was this....and he's a real boss, street morals". God damn it's like people never grew up. Who would of known???
And Thuggery....there's people on here claiming Floyd was somehow a b*tch because his family was threatened by some loser criminal from the "streets". That's just ignorant.
This thread provided some great insight as to what really happened. You seem to be the only one offended by 1 or 2 posts. I don't even see the posts you're crying about.
And all these clowns arguing over this are funny. Who gives a f**k???
"No he this, it was this....and he's a real boss, street morals". God damn it's like people never grew up. Who would of known???
And Thuggery....there's people on here claiming Floyd was somehow a b*tch because his family was threatened by some loser criminal from the "streets". That's just ignorant.
source of all of these "facts" is butt hurt bob arum claiming he paid off james prince to leave money may alone. Very reliable source there.
Money aint afraid of no james the pussay prince. Hed get beat down by the money team.
It is true, i was in Top Rank the day after it happened and there were blood stains all over the floor and i asked Richie Sandoval (who Bob Arum gave a job for life working at the Top Rank gym) what happened and he told me 4 or 5 guys with guns came into the gym while Floyd was doing a late night work out and pistol whipped Ellerbe and that loud mouth Tomas who was originally part of Hasim Rahmans camp. and no Prince did not knock out Floyd he was not even there and the guys with the guns did not touch anyone else. and for a year after that they always kept the doors to the gym locked, you had to ring the door bell to be let in
^thanks for clearing it up man.
Is it true that no police report or charges were filed either? some cats were saying it was a gambling debt that Floyd owed or it was money he owed Prince but gambled the money away.
It is true, i was in Top Rank the day after it happened and there were blood stains all over the floor and i asked Richie Sandoval (who Bob Arum gave a job for life working at the Top Rank gym) what happened and he told me 4 or 5 guys with guns came into the gym while Floyd was doing a late night work out and pistol whipped Ellerbe and that loud mouth Tomas who was originally part of Hasim Rahmans camp. and no Prince did not knock out Floyd he was not even there and the guys with the guns did not touch anyone else. and for a year after that they always kept the doors to the gym locked, you had to ring the door bell to be let in
That's some crazy stuff.
theres no such thing as a sucker punch in a streetfight
if someone walks up to u with beef you need to be ready cuz they might have brass knuckles on, ive seen it happen in real life
True that, Mr. hooks.
Mayweathers always getting punked by people in the music industry it seems. Remember when Jeff Mayweather was saying he was going to be killed a couple years ago?!
"This story began as a boxing story but now it has become
something totally different. It is now about a real life situation,
and I am hereby alerting the entire boxing world and the world
in general, that should anything happen to me, I want you to
know who did it before it happens.
A situation arose that involved someone very dear to me. I
won't say that person's name but of course the police has been
alerted and they do know the person's identity. This story has
taken a turn in a dangerous direction, and my involvement as I
tried to assist this person has put my life in jeopardy.
I have received text messages warning me that I am out of my
league for being involved in this situation. The person I believe
to be responsible for these threats is Bill Haney, owner of the
newly opened Hit Factory. I want everyone in the world to know
that if something happens to me, or to the person I can't
mention in this article, it will have happened at the hands of Bill
Haney himself or one of the many employees who are a part of
his crew, all of which can be found working inside the Hit
Factory.
I don't fear any man; it is not out of fear that I'm writing this
piece. I'm doing it because should anything happen to me or
the person who has to remain nameless for now, everyone who
has read my story will know exactly who to look for.
Bill has a very charming approach; however, he is also
extremely ruthless if he can't control you. I was hired by Bill
Haney to be one of the faces of The Hit Factory. I soon found
out that the environment at the Hit Factory made it difficult to
feel comfortable because so much more than boxing was
taking place. With all of Haney's guys working in the gym, the
environment was completely controlled, which made most
people uncomfortable. I felt it in my heart that something bad
was going to happen in this place, and it did.
I can't disclose what actually happened, as this matter is under
police investigation at the present time. Bill always said he
wanted to be famous in the boxing world, well, now he is and I
want all eyes to be on him. Something suddenly happens to
Jeff Mayweather, look no further, you have already been told by
me."
jeff mayweather
7-21-2010
Wow, that's some eerie stuff bro.
So wait.....Floyd is a b*tch because two members of his entourage were jumped by a larger group of people, and possibly threatened with a gun, and Floyd's family was threatened by stupid street thugs......and he's a b*tch???
Alright....
Umm what? Who said or even implied that? GTFO with the fanboy shit man. It's an interesting story that I haven't heard about, that's all.
It is true, i was in Top Rank the day after it happened and there were blood stains all over the floor and i asked Richie Sandoval (who Bob Arum gave a job for life working at the Top Rank gym) what happened and he told me 4 or 5 guys with guns came into the gym while Floyd was doing a late night work out and pistol whipped Ellerbe and that loud mouth Tomas who was originally part of Hasim Rahmans camp. and no Prince did not knock out Floyd he was not even there and the guys with the guns did not touch anyone else. and for a year after that they always kept the doors to the gym locked, you had to ring the door bell to be let in
theres no such thing as a sucker punch in a streetfight
if someone walks up to u with beef you need to be ready cuz they might have brass knuckles on, ive seen it happen in real life