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gilgamesh wrote:

MachoTime wrote:

gilgamesh wrote:
It's gonna go down Macho. You obviously hope it doesn't, but prepare to be disappointed because it's gonna. There's no question of if. It's happening.

http://tmobilearena.ticketsplus.com/res ... eather+Jr.

See for yourself. Click on each section. It's been the same for three straight days. Plain and simple no one is buying it.

Keep telling yourself that Macho

MachoTime wrote:

gilgamesh wrote:

MachoTime wrote:
http://tmobilearena.ticketsplus.com/res ... eather+Jr.

See for yourself. Click on each section. It's been the same for three straight days. Plain and simple no one is buying it.

Keep telling yourself that Macho

Telling myself they are not selling tickets?

gilgamesh wrote:

MachoTime wrote:

gilgamesh wrote:
Keep telling yourself that Macho

Telling myself they are not selling tickets?

That no one is buying it. It's still a month and a half off. The high rollers ain't rolled into town yet. The arena is gonna sell out and it's gonna sell a lot of PPV's.

MachoTime wrote:

gilgamesh wrote:

MachoTime wrote:
Telling myself they are not selling tickets?

That no one is buying it. It's still a month and a half off. The high rollers ain't rolled into town yet. The arena is gonna sell out and it's gonna sell a lot of PPV's.

Did you see the price of the tickets?

gilgamesh wrote:

MachoTime wrote:

gilgamesh wrote:
That no one is buying it. It's still a month and a half off. The high rollers ain't rolled into town yet. The arena is gonna sell out and it's gonna sell a lot of PPV's.

Did you see the price of the tickets?

Yes. That's why I said "the high rollers ain't rolled into town yet"

MachoTime wrote:

gilgamesh wrote:

MachoTime wrote:
Did you see the price of the tickets?

Yes. That's why I said "the high rollers ain't rolled into town yet"

Yeah and they are going to be high rolling right out of town

Ruthless-RKO wrote:Floyd Mayweather Jr. owes federal taxes for 2015, but while he says he has more than enough money to pay them, he doesn’t quite have enough cash.

Yet.

Mayweather has filed a petition with the United States Tax Court saying much of his money is tied up and cannot be easily converted into cash, and asking for a short-term installment agreement allowing him more time to get the cash, according to Bryan Koenig of Law360. (Paul Gift of BloodyElbow.com also tweeted about the filing.)

That cash would come when he faces mixed martial arts superstar Conor McGregor in a pay-per-view boxing match on Aug. 26.

“Although the taxpayer has substantial assets, those assets are restricted and primarily illiquid,” Mayweather’s filing said, according to the Law360 report. “The taxpayer has a significant liquidity event scheduled in about 60 days from which he intends to pay the balance of the 2015 tax liability due and outstanding.”

The filing also asks the government to waive a penalty for failing to pay.

The government, meanwhile, argues that Mayweather has the ability to pay his taxes in full or part.

“The agency said that Mayweather had various options available … including by selling property, withdrawing cash from other accounts or taking out a loan,” the Law360 report said.

Mayweather’s gone back and forth with the IRS over the years. The agency filed a $6.17 million lien on Mayweather in 2008 for his 2007 taxes, according to a 2009 report in the Grand Rapids Press.

Mayweather ended up settling that for around $5 million, but in 2011 the IRS said the fighter owed $3.4 million in taxes incurred in 2009 and due in 2010, according to a report at the time in the Grand Rapids Press.

He also had to pay off liens the IRS filed against him in 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2006, according to an Associated Press report in 2009.

Just last year, the U.S. Tax Court entered a decision on income taxes due dating back a decade ago:

“Pursuant to the agreement of the parties in this case, it is ordered and decided that there is a deficiency in income tax due from petitioner for the taxable year 2006 in the amount of $1,627,563.00; and that there is no penalty due from petitioner for the taxable year 2006.”

gilgamesh wrote:

asdfjkl wrote:

gilgamesh wrote:
Wilder's yet to prove he can draw a crowd anywhere but Alabama. Floyd on the other hand is a big star. They get hate from the fans for different reasons. Floyd gets hate because he's really good, and because of his domestic violence issues a lot of people hate him. Wilder is decent, but is one of the most cowardly titleholders picking the easiest possible opponents I've ever seen.

TBH I think nearly all boxers are big cowards and fight no way near enough, especially the ones who never lost any match.
TBH I can't remember Floyd taking a fight where he took a risk at all. Most of the guys he fought had at least one lose, if not far more then that.

Losing fights doesn't mean you're not a worthy opponent. The boxing world has gone nuts with "Everybody has to be undefeated or they're nobody"...that's just stupid. Floyd fought oodles of top fighters.

Ruthless-RKO wrote:Floyd Mayweather Jr. owes federal taxes for 2015, but while he says he has more than enough money to pay them, he doesn’t quite have enough cash.

Yet.

Mayweather has filed a petition with the United States Tax Court saying much of his money is tied up and cannot be easily converted into cash, and asking for a short-term installment agreement allowing him more time to get the cash, according to Bryan Koenig of Law360. (Paul Gift of BloodyElbow.com also tweeted about the filing.)

That cash would come when he faces mixed martial arts superstar Conor McGregor in a pay-per-view boxing match on Aug. 26.

“Although the taxpayer has substantial assets, those assets are restricted and primarily illiquid,” Mayweather’s filing said, according to the Law360 report. “The taxpayer has a significant liquidity event scheduled in about 60 days from which he intends to pay the balance of the 2015 tax liability due and outstanding.”

The filing also asks the government to waive a penalty for failing to pay.

The government, meanwhile, argues that Mayweather has the ability to pay his taxes in full or part.

“The agency said that Mayweather had various options available … including by selling property, withdrawing cash from other accounts or taking out a loan,” the Law360 report said.

Mayweather’s gone back and forth with the IRS over the years. The agency filed a $6.17 million lien on Mayweather in 2008 for his 2007 taxes, according to a 2009 report in the Grand Rapids Press.

Mayweather ended up settling that for around $5 million, but in 2011 the IRS said the fighter owed $3.4 million in taxes incurred in 2009 and due in 2010, according to a report at the time in the Grand Rapids Press.

He also had to pay off liens the IRS filed against him in 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2006, according to an Associated Press report in 2009.

Just last year, the U.S. Tax Court entered a decision on income taxes due dating back a decade ago:

“Pursuant to the agreement of the parties in this case, it is ordered and decided that there is a deficiency in income tax due from petitioner for the taxable year 2006 in the amount of $1,627,563.00; and that there is no penalty due from petitioner for the taxable year 2006.”

gilgamesh wrote:

MachoTime wrote:

gilgamesh wrote:
Keep telling yourself that Macho

Telling myself they are not selling tickets?

That no one is buying it. It's still a month and a half off. The high rollers ain't rolled into town yet. The arena is gonna sell out and it's gonna sell a lot of PPV's.

SaadOffTheDeck wrote:

gilgamesh wrote:

MachoTime wrote:
Telling myself they are not selling tickets?

That no one is buying it. It's still a month and a half off. The high rollers ain't rolled into town yet. The arena is gonna sell out and it's gonna sell a lot of PPV's.

The press conferences are this week. Macho is the only person I've seen mention tickets. On Friday ESPN reported they weren't on sale yet.

MachoTime wrote:

SaadOffTheDeck wrote:

gilgamesh wrote:
That no one is buying it. It's still a month and a half off. The high rollers ain't rolled into town yet. The arena is gonna sell out and it's gonna sell a lot of PPV's.

The press conferences are this week. Macho is the only person I've seen mention tickets. On Friday ESPN reported they weren't on sale yet.

Apparently they are not on sale yet. Or they were on sale. I just checked this morning and those links don't work. The t-mobile one was direct from t-mobile but now it says ticket broker and both sites go to a blank page. Also they are saying Ice Cube has a event scheduled WTF.

ewenhay wrote:The fix is in on this one. Mcgregor is a willing participant as he gets a career high pay day. Mayweather gets to pay off his tax arrears as he's spent all his money on jewellery and cars.

gilgamesh wrote:

ewenhay wrote:The fix is in on this one. Mcgregor is a willing participant as he gets a career high pay day. Mayweather gets to pay off his tax arrears as he's spent all his money on jewellery and cars.

The fix isn't in. McGregor just can't win because he's not good enough. No reason to bother "fixing" this, if it were to be fixed it'd be fixed in McGregor's favor. There'd be a lot more upside to him winning than in Floyd winning money-wise.

ewenhay wrote:

gilgamesh wrote:

ewenhay wrote:The fix is in on this one. Mcgregor is a willing participant as he gets a career high pay day. Mayweather gets to pay off his tax arrears as he's spent all his money on jewellery and cars.

The fix isn't in. McGregor just can't win because he's not good enough. No reason to bother "fixing" this, if it were to be fixed it'd be fixed in McGregor's favor. There'd be a lot more upside to him winning than in Floyd winning money-wise.

It will still be fixed to make it more exciting . They are probably rehearsing together. Although I agree he could win easily without it being fixed.

asdfjkl wrote:Mayweather isn't that far of beïgn a bilionair is he? I still don't understand why anyone would pay money for any of his fights.

ewenhay wrote:The fix is in on this one. Mcgregor is a willing participant as he gets a career high pay day. Mayweather gets to pay off his tax arrears as he's spent all his money on jewellery and cars.

SaadOffTheDeck wrote:

ewenhay wrote:The fix is in on this one. Mcgregor is a willing participant as he gets a career high pay day. Mayweather gets to pay off his tax arrears as he's spent all his money on jewellery and cars.

Floyd has more than that under his bed.

ewenhay wrote:

SaadOffTheDeck wrote:

ewenhay wrote:The fix is in on this one. Mcgregor is a willing participant as he gets a career high pay day. Mayweather gets to pay off his tax arrears as he's spent all his money on jewellery and cars.

Floyd has more than that under his bed.

So he says. The fact he can't pay his tax bill until after he fights Mcgregor tells me a different story. I think he's blown all his money.

SaadOffTheDeck wrote:

ewenhay wrote:

SaadOffTheDeck wrote: Floyd has more than that under his bed.

So he says. The fact he can't pay his tax bill until after he fights Mcgregor tells me a different story. I think he's blown all his money.

You're pretty naive.

ewenhay wrote:

SaadOffTheDeck wrote:

ewenhay wrote:
So he says. The fact he can't pay his tax bill until after he fights Mcgregor tells me a different story. I think he's blown all his money.

You're pretty naive.

I don't think so. He spends a ridiculous amount of money and doesn't pay his taxes. I think that is a recipe for disaster. Let's face it, there have been many boxers who have blown their money. Why do you think Manny is still fighting?