Floyd Mayweather's finances are a disaster
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TheLeprechaun
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Re: Floyd Mayweather's finances are a disaster
Was always going to happen. He might wise up now and invest better but I doubt it. Broner is the same story.
Re: Floyd Mayweather's finances are a disaster
you'd think top level individuals would realise that having loads of money is essentially useless if you aren't going to invest and tie it up into things
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Controversial
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Re: Floyd Mayweather's finances are a disaster
It always amazes me how stupid some people are. They have so many advisors and team members, don’t any of these advise them re their finances. Plus there are numerous examples of other boxers who ended up broke and yet they end up doing the same.
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Re: Floyd Mayweather's finances are a disaster
The guys who have extravagant life styles usually end going broke when the big cheques stop coming in. Tyson, Bowe and Holyfield all ended up with serious financial problems. Even Ali almost went broke at one point.Controversial wrote: ↑25 May 2026, 05:23 It always amazes me how stupid some people are. They have so many advisors and team members, don’t any of these advise them re their finances. Plus there are numerous examples of other boxers who ended up broke and yet they end up doing the same.
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Yeah but you would think they’d have financial advisors or just learn from seeing other fighters going broke. When you have millions the banks normally offer financial advice, there’s no excuse for going broke, that’s just plain stupidity. A lot get caught out with big tax bills, again if you are worth hundreds of millions just employ a tax advisor!keithmoonhangover wrote: ↑25 May 2026, 05:40The guys who have extravagant life styles usually end going broke when the big cheques stop coming in. Tyson, Bowe and Holyfield all ended up with serious financial problems. Even Ali almost went broke at one point.Controversial wrote: ↑25 May 2026, 05:23 It always amazes me how stupid some people are. They have so many advisors and team members, don’t any of these advise them re their finances. Plus there are numerous examples of other boxers who ended up broke and yet they end up doing the same.
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Re: Floyd Mayweather's finances are a disaster
The thing is, when you pay someone to provide a service for you, you can't say for sure that they're going to do an amazing job. If you're getting a new kitchen fitted, an extension built or entrusting your life savings with an advisor, there is no way of guaranteeing that they are going to do an amazing job for you. If you have a knee replacement, you have to put your trust in someone, but that doesn't mean it's going to be perfect.Controversial wrote: ↑25 May 2026, 06:09Yeah but you would think they’d have financial advisors or just learn from seeing other fighters going broke. When you have millions the banks normally offer financial advice, there’s no excuse for going broke, that’s just plain stupidity. A lot get caught out with big tax bills, again if you are worth hundreds of millions just employ a tax advisor!keithmoonhangover wrote: ↑25 May 2026, 05:40The guys who have extravagant life styles usually end going broke when the big cheques stop coming in. Tyson, Bowe and Holyfield all ended up with serious financial problems. Even Ali almost went broke at one point.Controversial wrote: ↑25 May 2026, 05:23 It always amazes me how stupid some people are. They have so many advisors and team members, don’t any of these advise them re their finances. Plus there are numerous examples of other boxers who ended up broke and yet they end up doing the same.
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Re: Floyd Mayweather's finances are a disaster
At that financial level I don’t agree, there are well established wealth management companies that have teams of specialists in investments, legal and tax affairs for the super rich. Of course if you go to a bog standard advisor down the high street then they won’t have that level of knowledge or experience.keithmoonhangover wrote: ↑25 May 2026, 07:06The thing is, when you pay someone to provide a service for you, you can't say for sure that they're going to do an amazing job. If you're getting a new kitchen fitted, an extension built or entrusting your life savings with an advisor, there is no way of guaranteeing that they are going to do an amazing job for you. If you have a knee replacement, you have to put your trust in someone, but that doesn't mean it's going to be perfect.Controversial wrote: ↑25 May 2026, 06:09Yeah but you would think they’d have financial advisors or just learn from seeing other fighters going broke. When you have millions the banks normally offer financial advice, there’s no excuse for going broke, that’s just plain stupidity. A lot get caught out with big tax bills, again if you are worth hundreds of millions just employ a tax advisor!keithmoonhangover wrote: ↑25 May 2026, 05:40
The guys who have extravagant life styles usually end going broke when the big cheques stop coming in. Tyson, Bowe and Holyfield all ended up with serious financial problems. Even Ali almost went broke at one point.
However the super rich have access to the best in the business who will know all the loopholes and opportunities for them. They advise where to put your money where it’s safe, spread risk across various investments, properties, trust funds, bonds, off-shore investments, tax breaks, sort tax bills for them etc. Remember this guy was worth hundreds of millions of dollars, most of us could live like a king just off the interest. Surgery or building work can be a gamble but they are one off things, there are so many ways the super rich can spread their assets and look after their wealth, no excuses in my book.
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SeanBrennan
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Re: Floyd Mayweather's finances are a disaster
It’s the tax stuff that staggers me. Surely have an accountant and put half of everything to one side for tax bills. Same with footballers. Wes Brown, Bellamy, David James all bankrupt. Crazy.
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Re: Floyd Mayweather's finances are a disaster
David James is a surprise as he’s quite a bright bloke. Obviously no where near FMM wealth so easier for investments to go wrong but tax shouldn’t be a big issue.SeanBrennan wrote: ↑25 May 2026, 10:03 It’s the tax stuff that staggers me. Surely have an accountant and put half of everything to one side for tax bills. Same with footballers. Wes Brown, Bellamy, David James all bankrupt. Crazy.
Re: Floyd Mayweather's finances are a disaster
he was always gonna end up skint. and now hes dull as a brush without the money. watch the hangers on flee. I have little sympathy, he was essentially a nasty child.
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trump has been bankrupt FIVE times and he's a genius.SeanBrennan wrote: ↑25 May 2026, 10:03 It’s the tax stuff that staggers me. Surely have an accountant and put half of everything to one side for tax bills. Same with footballers. Wes Brown, Bellamy, David James all bankrupt. Crazy.
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Re: Floyd Mayweather's finances are a disaster
Two divorces won’t have helped. Neither will be setting up a Foundation. Bellamy did the same re ploughing money into oneControversial wrote: ↑25 May 2026, 10:14David James is a surprise as he’s quite a bright bloke. Obviously no where near FMM wealth so easier for investments to go wrong but tax shouldn’t be a big issue.SeanBrennan wrote: ↑25 May 2026, 10:03 It’s the tax stuff that staggers me. Surely have an accountant and put half of everything to one side for tax bills. Same with footballers. Wes Brown, Bellamy, David James all bankrupt. Crazy.
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Re: Floyd Mayweather's finances are a disaster
Ah ok didn't know he had two divorces, yeah they often screw you!!SeanBrennan wrote: ↑25 May 2026, 12:09Two divorces won’t have helped. Neither will be setting up a Foundation. Bellamy did the same re ploughing money into oneControversial wrote: ↑25 May 2026, 10:14David James is a surprise as he’s quite a bright bloke. Obviously no where near FMM wealth so easier for investments to go wrong but tax shouldn’t be a big issue.SeanBrennan wrote: ↑25 May 2026, 10:03 It’s the tax stuff that staggers me. Surely have an accountant and put half of everything to one side for tax bills. Same with footballers. Wes Brown, Bellamy, David James all bankrupt. Crazy.
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Re: Floyd Mayweather's finances are a disaster
Aye mine took me from having two houses and two cars (one house paid off) to kipping in a car for two weeks til I got paid from work.Controversial wrote: ↑25 May 2026, 12:14Ah ok didn't know he had two divorces, yeah they often screw you!!SeanBrennan wrote: ↑25 May 2026, 12:09Two divorces won’t have helped. Neither will be setting up a Foundation. Bellamy did the same re ploughing money into oneControversial wrote: ↑25 May 2026, 10:14
David James is a surprise as he’s quite a bright bloke. Obviously no where near FMM wealth so easier for investments to go wrong but tax shouldn’t be a big issue.
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Re: Floyd Mayweather's finances are a disaster
Ouch!! Yeah I know people that divorce pretty much ruined, messy business.SeanBrennan wrote: ↑25 May 2026, 12:31Aye mine took me from having two houses and two cars (one house paid off) to kipping in a car for two weeks til I got paid from work.Controversial wrote: ↑25 May 2026, 12:14Ah ok didn't know he had two divorces, yeah they often screw you!!SeanBrennan wrote: ↑25 May 2026, 12:09
Two divorces won’t have helped. Neither will be setting up a Foundation. Bellamy did the same re ploughing money into one
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Re: Floyd Mayweather's finances are a disaster
I gave up tbh and just said have it all it was that or go bonkers. I started again and grafted.Controversial wrote: ↑25 May 2026, 12:37Ouch!! Yeah I know people that divorce pretty much ruined, messy business.SeanBrennan wrote: ↑25 May 2026, 12:31Aye mine took me from having two houses and two cars (one house paid off) to kipping in a car for two weeks til I got paid from work.Controversial wrote: ↑25 May 2026, 12:14
Ah ok didn't know he had two divorces, yeah they often screw you!!
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Re: Floyd Mayweather's finances are a disaster
Fair play mate, yeah I get it. Life is too shortSeanBrennan wrote: ↑25 May 2026, 12:53I gave up tbh and just said have it all it was that or go bonkers. I started again and grafted.Controversial wrote: ↑25 May 2026, 12:37Ouch!! Yeah I know people that divorce pretty much ruined, messy business.SeanBrennan wrote: ↑25 May 2026, 12:31
Aye mine took me from having two houses and two cars (one house paid off) to kipping in a car for two weeks til I got paid from work.
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Re: Floyd Mayweather's finances are a disaster
Controversial wrote: ↑25 May 2026, 13:03Fair play mate, yeah I get it. Life is too shortSeanBrennan wrote: ↑25 May 2026, 12:53I gave up tbh and just said have it all it was that or go bonkers. I started again and grafted.Controversial wrote: ↑25 May 2026, 12:37
Ouch!! Yeah I know people that divorce pretty much ruined, messy business.
Re: Floyd Mayweather's finances are a disaster
I had a nice house, 2 brand new cars and a decent pension and through no fault of my own ended up with just the pension. She wanted the that too and secretly spoke to a financial advisor about it, fortunately for me the financial advisor turned out to be clueless regarding the value and she decided it wasn't worth taking off me. Had to get a full mortgage at the age of 52, worked hard and paid every spare penny off the mortgage and will get it paid off in 2 more years.Controversial wrote: ↑25 May 2026, 12:37Ouch!! Yeah I know people that divorce pretty much ruined, messy business.SeanBrennan wrote: ↑25 May 2026, 12:31Aye mine took me from having two houses and two cars (one house paid off) to kipping in a car for two weeks til I got paid from work.Controversial wrote: ↑25 May 2026, 12:14
Ah ok didn't know he had two divorces, yeah they often screw you!!
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It's crazy, isn't it all mean to be split 50/50 but somehow the blokes always seem to get shafted. You done well to be pretty much mortgage free again, unless you are going to say you are 95 lolpaultom wrote: ↑25 May 2026, 13:18I had a nice house, 2 brand new cars and a decent pension and through no fault of my own ended up with just the pension. She wanted the that too and secretly spoke to a financial advisor about it, fortunately for me the financial advisor turned out to be clueless regarding the value and she decided it wasn't worth taking off me. Had to get a full mortgage at the age of 52, worked hard and paid every spare penny off the mortgage and will get it paid off in 2 more years.Controversial wrote: ↑25 May 2026, 12:37Ouch!! Yeah I know people that divorce pretty much ruined, messy business.SeanBrennan wrote: ↑25 May 2026, 12:31
Aye mine took me from having two houses and two cars (one house paid off) to kipping in a car for two weeks til I got paid from work.
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Well done for working to get back matepaultom wrote: ↑25 May 2026, 13:18I had a nice house, 2 brand new cars and a decent pension and through no fault of my own ended up with just the pension. She wanted the that too and secretly spoke to a financial advisor about it, fortunately for me the financial advisor turned out to be clueless regarding the value and she decided it wasn't worth taking off me. Had to get a full mortgage at the age of 52, worked hard and paid every spare penny off the mortgage and will get it paid off in 2 more years.Controversial wrote: ↑25 May 2026, 12:37Ouch!! Yeah I know people that divorce pretty much ruined, messy business.SeanBrennan wrote: ↑25 May 2026, 12:31
Aye mine took me from having two houses and two cars (one house paid off) to kipping in a car for two weeks til I got paid from work.
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I feel like I'm 95 sometimes, i'll be 62 when its paidControversial wrote: ↑25 May 2026, 13:28It's crazy, isn't it all mean to be split 50/50 but somehow the blokes always seem to get shafted. You done well to be pretty much mortgage free again, unless you are going to say you are 95 lolpaultom wrote: ↑25 May 2026, 13:18I had a nice house, 2 brand new cars and a decent pension and through no fault of my own ended up with just the pension. She wanted the that too and secretly spoke to a financial advisor about it, fortunately for me the financial advisor turned out to be clueless regarding the value and she decided it wasn't worth taking off me. Had to get a full mortgage at the age of 52, worked hard and paid every spare penny off the mortgage and will get it paid off in 2 more years.Controversial wrote: ↑25 May 2026, 12:37
Ouch!! Yeah I know people that divorce pretty much ruined, messy business.
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Ha I know what you mean. Well donepaultom wrote: ↑25 May 2026, 14:38I feel like I'm 95 sometimes, i'll be 62 when its paidControversial wrote: ↑25 May 2026, 13:28It's crazy, isn't it all mean to be split 50/50 but somehow the blokes always seem to get shafted. You done well to be pretty much mortgage free again, unless you are going to say you are 95 lolpaultom wrote: ↑25 May 2026, 13:18
I had a nice house, 2 brand new cars and a decent pension and through no fault of my own ended up with just the pension. She wanted the that too and secretly spoke to a financial advisor about it, fortunately for me the financial advisor turned out to be clueless regarding the value and she decided it wasn't worth taking off me. Had to get a full mortgage at the age of 52, worked hard and paid every spare penny off the mortgage and will get it paid off in 2 more years.
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Floyd Mayweather drops $175M suit against ex-business manager
Boxer Floyd Mayweather withdrew his $175 million civil lawsuit Thursday that alleged his former business manager and other business partners defrauded him over multiple years, according to court records.
Mayweather, 49, initially filed the suit in May in a New York court, alleging Jona Rechnitz, his former investment manager, and Ayal Frist, who runs Frist Apex Ventures, a real estate and investment firm where Mayweather kept a lot of his money, committed fraud and had roles in a breach of fiduciary duty in multiple dealings with the boxer.
"At this time, our client has decided to withdraw its claim without prejudice," Mayweather's attorney, Leo Jacobs, said in an emailed statement to ESPN on Thursday.
By withdrawing the suit without prejudice, Mayweather can refile the claims, although it is unclear if he plans to do so.
Rechnitz's attorney denied the claims when Mayweather filed the suit, calling them "utterly baseless and refuted by substantial documentary evidence." A source close to Rechnitz reiterated Thursday that Mayweather's "baseless claims wouldn't have held in a court of law." Rechnitz and Frist's response to Mayweather's claims had been due in court Friday, according to court records.
"Mr. Mayweather filed this lawsuit with a lot of noise and dropped it in silence, right before our court deadline to answer his frivolous claims with documented evidence," Rechnitz said in a statement to ESPN on Friday morning. "He verified his complaint under penalty of perjury, and our evidence directly contradicts what he swore to. When the time came to back up his claims, he walked away. No settlement, no payment."
The withdrawal offers resolution to one of the multiple lawsuits that involve Mayweather.
Mayweather still has a $340 million lawsuit pending that he filed in federal court against Showtime Networks, alleging fraud and conspiracy. He is a defendant in several lawsuits alleging that he owes money for goods and services provided. He and Frist Apex are defendants in a civil lawsuit alleging breach of contract surrounding potential Mayweather fights against Manny Pacquiao, Mike Tyson and Mike Zambidis.
Mayweather also faces criminal charges of theft and "intent to defraud" in Clark County, Nevada, over allegedly writing a $200,000 bad check to purchase a watch in Las Vegas.
In March, the IRS filed a nearly $7.3 million tax lien against Mayweather for unpaid taxes in 2018 and 2023.
Boxer Floyd Mayweather withdrew his $175 million civil lawsuit Thursday that alleged his former business manager and other business partners defrauded him over multiple years, according to court records.
Mayweather, 49, initially filed the suit in May in a New York court, alleging Jona Rechnitz, his former investment manager, and Ayal Frist, who runs Frist Apex Ventures, a real estate and investment firm where Mayweather kept a lot of his money, committed fraud and had roles in a breach of fiduciary duty in multiple dealings with the boxer.
"At this time, our client has decided to withdraw its claim without prejudice," Mayweather's attorney, Leo Jacobs, said in an emailed statement to ESPN on Thursday.
By withdrawing the suit without prejudice, Mayweather can refile the claims, although it is unclear if he plans to do so.
Rechnitz's attorney denied the claims when Mayweather filed the suit, calling them "utterly baseless and refuted by substantial documentary evidence." A source close to Rechnitz reiterated Thursday that Mayweather's "baseless claims wouldn't have held in a court of law." Rechnitz and Frist's response to Mayweather's claims had been due in court Friday, according to court records.
"Mr. Mayweather filed this lawsuit with a lot of noise and dropped it in silence, right before our court deadline to answer his frivolous claims with documented evidence," Rechnitz said in a statement to ESPN on Friday morning. "He verified his complaint under penalty of perjury, and our evidence directly contradicts what he swore to. When the time came to back up his claims, he walked away. No settlement, no payment."
The withdrawal offers resolution to one of the multiple lawsuits that involve Mayweather.
Mayweather still has a $340 million lawsuit pending that he filed in federal court against Showtime Networks, alleging fraud and conspiracy. He is a defendant in several lawsuits alleging that he owes money for goods and services provided. He and Frist Apex are defendants in a civil lawsuit alleging breach of contract surrounding potential Mayweather fights against Manny Pacquiao, Mike Tyson and Mike Zambidis.
Mayweather also faces criminal charges of theft and "intent to defraud" in Clark County, Nevada, over allegedly writing a $200,000 bad check to purchase a watch in Las Vegas.
In March, the IRS filed a nearly $7.3 million tax lien against Mayweather for unpaid taxes in 2018 and 2023.