Floyd Mayweather Jr. is being held in Dubai over money issues, according to ‘Money’s former protégé, Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis. ‘Tank’, who fought for Mayweather-owned boxing promotion for most of his career, parted ways in 2022 after accusing the promotion of ‘mismanaging’ his career. The two men have been feuding ever since, taking shots at each other and even making threats of physical violence.

And the latest chapter of their ongoing beef saw verbose UFC legend Chael Sonnen offer his help in ‘rescuing’ Floyd Mayweather.

Gervonta Davis left the Mayweather Promotions two years ago and has been managing his career since. While the beef between them seemed to have died down, a recent video by Mayweather Jr. reignited it. Without naming anyone, the undefeated fighter took shots at an unnamed group of fighters, presenting himself as the point of reference to these fighters whom he accused of not working hard enough, as he did as a young man, and concentrating more on their appearances.

‘Tank’ took this as a shot at himself and came out with a fiery response. The boxer posted his former mentor’s rant on his Instagram and gave his thoughts on the topic, claiming that the GOAT contender was being held against his will in Dubai for not fulfilling his obligations despite getting paid for it.

However, the attacks didn’t stop there as the WBA lightweight champion took to Twitter and reiterated his attack. “They got Floyd ass for real..tell him I’ll send him a wire..LET MY FUCKING FAMILY GO ️,” he tweeted. And verbose UFC commentator and Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s critic, Chael Sonnen, jumped in to ask, tongue in cheek, “How can I help?” 

This response, of course, is perfectly in line with Sonnen’s sardonic style of commentary and fans should not expect ‘Uncle Chael’ to mount a Mission Impossible-style rescue mission to free Floyd from his alleged captivity. It should be noted that while Davis has claimed repeatedly that Mayweather is not being allowed to leave Dubai freely, there is no evidence for it except for his and rapper 50 Cent’s claims.

While ‘Tank’ may have scored a ‘W’ on Mayweather, one of his older wins is coming under question recently after Ryan Garcia‘s wildly entertaining bout against Devin Haney.

Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis fought superstar boxer Ryan Garcia in April last year in a catchweight title bout. And while Davis managed to win after Garcia quit following a bad liver shot in the seventh round, questions are being raised around ‘Tank’s win after Garcia’s recent domination over Devin Haney earlier this month.

For their boxing match, Davis had stipulated that Garcia make 136 lbs and had a clause that prevented Garcia from rehydrating more than 10 lbs. This decision has come under criticism from many analysts and fans. After Garcia dominated Haney, many feel that the rehydration clause was the reason ‘King’ fell so meekly to Davis. Going into a fight severely dehydrated (which is mostly what weight cutting involves), does severely affect a fighter’s abilities and chin.

Many feel that Davis’s victory over Garcia is not legitimate since the now 25-year-old was not fighting at his best and that the result might be quite different if Garcia fights ‘Tank’ without the rehydration clause. But, the WBA champion is yet to respond to these calls, despite him sparing no opportunity to diss his opponents and critics, as he has been doing to Mayweather and featherweight champion Shakur Stevenson recently.

Floyd Mayweather is the richest boxer of all time. Yet, Gervonta Davis is offering monetary help to get ‘Money’ out of the alleged hostage situation he’s run into in Dubai. But, does ‘Tank’ really mean the help or is it his yet another attempt at taking digs at the former welterweight champion? In the formative days of Tank’s career, he and Mayweather used to be tight. So much so that the young fighter was seen as Mayweather’s prodigy. After having been under the Mayweather banner for a huge chunk of his career, Davis left the bastion. While he cited no dispute for leaving the stable, in the days post the separation cracks emerged in their relationship. Now, Davis is making these cracks evident to the utter dismay of Floyd Mayweather.

The other day, Davis, furthered a set of claims about Mayweather’s whereabouts after some disagreements with his former promoter. The 47-year-old fighter is in Dubai for a while, and many think he’s landed in trouble over there. This led Gervonta Davis to claim that Floyd Mayweather was being held in Dubai, on account of the money he owes his partners in Dubai. On X, a fan account thus responded: “Let me find out Floyd being held hostage in Dubai @Gervontaa.”

In response, the 29-year-old fighter came up with his own suggestion in this regard. He wrote, “He gotta pay them people that money back..if I’m lying tell him to go live rn.” He backed his stance by writing in another post, “He been stuck over there for a min too..”

This angered Mayweather who then posted an Instagram story that showed Tank dancing in his drawers with a message above it reading, “We always knew He had sugar in his Tank.” After this, things got worse with Tank posting relentlessly on his X throughout the day. Davis continued the harangue in yet another X post. He wrote, “That money looking funny like that fake ass hair on his head and face,” furthering rumors of Floyd Mayweather sporting artificial facial hair.

Today, he furthered his hits at the former boxer with a sarcastic jab. Tank wrote, “They got Floyd a** for real..tell him I’ll send him a wire..LET MY F**KING FAMILY GO…” In another post, Tank, referring to 50Cent, added, “Let me call 50, we gotta get this n***a home by Monday.” The rapper and Mayweather share a rocky relationship. It fell apart years ago when Floyd Mayweather refused to pay him the money he owed him for running Mayweather Promotions while Mayweather was in prison.

Was Tank genuinely offering his help to Mayweather? Probably not. However, this troll job seems to show no signs of stopping anytime soon. Floyd Mayweather has thus chosen a new ally in his beef against Tank Davis.

In response to the jabs Tank has been taking at Mayweather, the latter posted a video on his Instagram stories. In it, he shared a clip of Shakur Stevenson calling out Tank. The New Jersey native, in the clip, said, “It’s a fighter out here that’s been calling your name, that wants to fight you. Gervonta “Tank” Davis, let’s make the fight happen. I’m tired of tweeting, I’m tired of talking about it. Stop ducking me and let’s make the fight happen.”

On X, meanwhile, another fan nudged Tank on the videos Mayweather posted of Stevenson, outlining that he chose Shakur over Gervonta Davis. In response, Tank wrote, “Floyd doesn’t like him either..he only siding w that kid becuz he scared of j prince (the father) and the kid so easy to manipulate, look how he had em go at young boy w the rolls umbrella..kid looking for fame.”

Now, it remains to be seen how Floyd Mayweather will respond to these posts. Whatever the way, it will be interesting to see how this beef resolves itself in the days to come.

Floyd Mayweather is the richest boxer of all time. Yet, Gervonta Davis is offering monetary help to get ‘Money’ out of the alleged hostage situation he’s run into in Dubai. But, does ‘Tank’ really mean the help or is it his yet another attempt at taking digs at the former welterweight champion? In the formative days of Tank’s career, he and Mayweather used to be tight. So much so that the young fighter was seen as Mayweather’s prodigy. After having been under the Mayweather banner for a huge chunk of his career, Davis left the bastion. While he cited no dispute for leaving the stable, in the days post the separation cracks emerged in their relationship. Now, Davis is making these cracks evident to the utter dismay of Floyd Mayweather.

The other day, Davis, furthered a set of claims about Mayweather’s whereabouts after some disagreements with his former promoter. The 47-year-old fighter is in Dubai for a while, and many think he’s landed in trouble over there. This led Gervonta Davis to claim that Floyd Mayweather was being held in Dubai, on account of the money he owes his partners in Dubai. On X, a fan account thus responded: “Let me find out Floyd being held hostage in Dubai @Gervontaa.”

In response, the 29-year-old fighter came up with his own suggestion in this regard. He wrote, “He gotta pay them people that money back..if I’m lying tell him to go live rn.” He backed his stance by writing in another post, “He been stuck over there for a min too..”

This angered Mayweather who then posted an Instagram story that showed Tank dancing in his drawers with a message above it reading, “We always knew He had sugar in his Tank.” After this, things got worse with Tank posting relentlessly on his X throughout the day. Davis continued the harangue in yet another X post. He wrote, “That money looking funny like that fake ass hair on his head and face,” furthering rumors of Floyd Mayweather sporting artificial facial hair.

Today, he furthered his hits at the former boxer with a sarcastic jab. Tank wrote, “They got Floyd a** for real..tell him I’ll send him a wire..LET MY F**KING FAMILY GO…” In another post, Tank, referring to 50Cent, added, “Let me call 50, we gotta get this n***a home by Monday.” The rapper and Mayweather share a rocky relationship. It fell apart years ago when Floyd Mayweather refused to pay him the money he owed him for running Mayweather Promotions while Mayweather was in prison.

Was Tank genuinely offering his help to Mayweather? Probably not. However, this troll job seems to show no signs of stopping anytime soon. Floyd Mayweather has thus chosen a new ally in his beef against Tank Davis.

In response to the jabs Tank has been taking at Mayweather, the latter posted a video on his Instagram stories. In it, he shared a clip of Shakur Stevenson calling out Tank. The New Jersey native, in the clip, said, “It’s a fighter out here that’s been calling your name, that wants to fight you. Gervonta “Tank” Davis, let’s make the fight happen. I’m tired of tweeting, I’m tired of talking about it. Stop ducking me and let’s make the fight happen.”

On X, meanwhile, another fan nudged Tank on the videos Mayweather posted of Stevenson, outlining that he chose Shakur over Gervonta Davis. In response, Tank wrote, “Floyd doesn’t like him either..he only siding w that kid becuz he scared of j prince (the father) and the kid so easy to manipulate, look how he had em go at young boy w the rolls umbrella..kid looking for fame.”

Now, it remains to be seen how Floyd Mayweather will respond to these posts. Whatever the way, it will be interesting to see how this beef resolves itself in the days to come.