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Floyd Mayweather is often regarded as one of the richest boxers in the world. He has generated over $120 billion in the span of his highly decorated career. Today, the undefeated retired boxer is worth an impressive $450 million, but not all of his earnings came from boxing. Over the years, Floyd had invested his $120 billion earnings in a plethora of business ventures. Yet his most notable investment was in the real estate sector.

However, Floyd recently went all in on a new business endeavor. What did he invest in now? Floyd Mayweather recently added two alcohol brands to his impressive portfolio despite having never touched a bottle himself. Previously, ‘Money’ had revealed he never drank because he has seen many athletes and entertainers break down because of it. Nevertheless, Mayweather recognized the potential of making bags from the business venture. Since the two brands are in their baby legs, Mayweather brought in Steve Aoki, an $120 million Disco Jockey, to promote his champagne brand.

One of the alcohol brands Mayweather is involved in is – Le Bon Argent, which manufactures premium champagne. Also, that’s the brand Floyd partnered with Steve Aoki to promote. ‘Money’ recently took to Instagram to share a clip on his story with Aoki, where people are pouring down Mayweather’s campaign in everyone’s throat.

Aoki seemingly was performing in some club, where the room was filled to the brim with people dancing to Aoki’s music. By the looks of things, people are cherishing the brand-new line of campaign from Floyd Mayweather. What’s more, Floyd recently gave a tour of his manufacturing plant and introduced the CEO of Sothern Wine Spirits, who will handle the distribution.

Floyd Mayweather’s other whisky brand is called Good Money Whisky. As the name suggests, they manufacture Canadian whisky. According to their website, their whisky is the product of the finest blend of Canadian whiskey. Moreover, they age their spirits in genuine American Oak casks for a minimum of five years.

This process results in the most refined taste that offers a unique balance of smoothness and warmness. Among its list of ingredients, vanilla, caramel, and toasted oak bob stand out the most. Currently, the whisky is only available in the United States, but success may propel the brand to go international.

Mike Tyson retired from the sport back in 2005. However, he continues to associate himself with the ‘Sweet science.’ On the 28th of October, the former heavyweight champion will be in Francis Ngannou’s corner. ‘The Predator’ is set to face Tyson Fury in his boxing debut and has been trained by ‘ Iron Mike’ himself. Moreover, a day before the fight, Tyson met his favorite fighter.

Not only that, his favorite fighter happens to be a source of inspiration for him. In addition, he also made his kids meet them. Which leads to the question, who is this boxer? Let’s find out.

Tyson is an inspiration to many boxers around the world. But who inspired him? Well, it is none other than, Robert Duran. The 72-year-old had a celebrated career that lasted for decades. After retiring in the year 2001, he had an impressive record of 106 victories but only 16 defeats. Moreover, he had a unique style of fighting that intrigued many and has over 66% of knockout ratio. Ahead of the Fury vs. Ngannou clash, Tyson crossed paths with him and took a picture with him.

While posting the picture on his Instagram story, he revealed that the legendary boxer is his favorite fighter and has inspired him over the years. Reflecting on the same, he stated, “Last night’s night before fight gala. Wanted my kids to meet my favorite fighter Roberto Duran. His style inspired me the most.”

Tyson is an inspiration to many boxers around the world. But who inspired him? Well, it is none other than, Robert Duran. The 72-year-old had a celebrated career that lasted for decades. After retiring in the year 2001, he had an impressive record of 106 victories but only 16 defeats. Moreover, he had a unique style of fighting that intrigued many and has over 66% of knockout ratio. Ahead of the Fury vs. Ngannou clash, Tyson crossed paths with him and took a picture with him.

While posting the picture on his Instagram story, he revealed that the legendary boxer is his favorite fighter and has inspired him over the years. Reflecting on the same, he stated, “Last night’s night before fight gala. Wanted my kids to meet my favorite fighter Roberto Duran. His style inspired me the most.”

‘Iron Mike,’ has seen the highest of highs and lowest of lows. And despite his ups and downs, he thinks lows are inevitable but one must know how to tackle and combat them. Reflecting on the same, he stated, “Whatever you want, especially when you want to be the best in the world at something, there’ll always be disappointments, and you can’t be emotionally tied to them or they will break your spirit. Keep pushing, It is safe to say that Tyson has some profound wisdom to share with his fans around the world. Many look up to him and even idolize him

Back in May 2007, the legendary Floyd Mayweather went toe-to-toe with Oscar De La Hoya in a spectacle of epic proportions. The undefeated former world champion took home a massive bag after defeating De La Hoya. To put the fight’s success into perspective, it generated $19 million from gate revenue alone and sold 2.4 million pay-per-view buys. It brought up the total revenue to $165 million, where De La Hoya took home the majority share.

The topic of a rematch between them has been brought up every now and then, but nothing ever materialized. What’s more, after Floyd retired from the sport for the first time back in 2007, he even entertained the idea. However, even back then, Floyd had stated that he would only do that fight under one condition. So, when Floyd’s comments resurfaced online amid discussions about a potential fight between Floyd and Manny Pacquiao, fans erupted with opinions.

Recently, a Facebook user shared an old comment from Floyd Mayweather regarding a fight with Oscar De La Hoya. “If I did want to come back, I was going to make, what, $50 million (for the De La Hoya rematch)? You know what, don’t call my phone unless you’ve got $100 million,” said Floyd. As the post started circulating on Facebook, fans quickly took to the comment section to express their disapproval.

One user urged Mayweather to pass the torch to young boxers and let them take center stage. “Let the young guys do their thing. No one wants to see this stuff. Both of those guys had a great career at some point. You must sit down and pass the torch,” wrote the user.

Another user criticized Mayweather while comparing him to Sugar Ray Robinson. The user claimed Robinson was a way better boxer because he fought more rounds per fight and more fights overall. The user commented, “Sooo tired of this dude!! Ray Robinson was the true undisputed. Fought 15-20 rounds, not 10. And over 200 fights!!!”

Someone else suggested if there had to be a rematch involving Mayweather, it should be against Manny Pacquiao. The user suggested that the fight would bring in more money. “If there was any kind of rematch, it should be Pac Man, Mayweather. I believe that would bring inn some money,” the user wrote.

Commenting on the same subject as the last user, this person highlighted that Pacquiao wants to end his career with a big fight. So, Floyd should fight Pacquiao while claiming no one wants to see a fight with Oscar. “Pacman wants to go out with a bang; this should be the final fight. No one wants to see Oscar,” the user wrote

The next user claimed that Mayweather would pick Oscar because he would run out of stamina, and Mayweather could keep running away from him. “Picking another fighter that ran out of gas. Mayweather will run, run, run till De La Hoya gives up again. That would be early in the second round,” the user commented.

Years after defeating De La Hoya, Mayweather’s demand for a rematch attracted lots of criticism from the boxing world. However, the burning question is – would you like to see a rematch between Oscar and Mayweather?

 

 

 

 

Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis is not messing around with crossover bouts.

The undefeated puncher had a stellar start to the year with a victory over Ryan Garcia, but a prison stint halted his momentum.

Now back in training, he has returned to social media and is as brash as ever. One commenter found that out when they suggested crossover star, Jake Paul, would give him a good fight,

“Honestly with Jake Paul’s natural boxing skill and with a full camp I think he gets the job done with Tank Davis. Jake has all the advantages and he’s younger. Very competitive fight. We need to see it.”

Despite there being a strong chance the post was a joke, Davis responded simply:

“Shut the f**k up!”

He has previously called Paul a ‘clown’ and ruled out the idea of ever fighting him. That didn’t stop the YouTuber-turned-fighter putting ‘Tank’ on his list of potential opponents, even with an over 40lbs weight difference between them.

‘Tank’ is focused on his ring return, expected for early 2024 and restarting his journey to become ‘the king of boxing.’

The opponent heavily rumoured is Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz, who previously took the Baltimore fighter the distance. That unanimous decision victory is just one of two on the 28-year-old’s record that went the distance

Former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder has continued to apply pressure on Anthony Joshua to finalize a potential high-stakes showdown.

For months, there had been talk of Wilder and Joshua colliding at the end of the year, but a big hurdle came up when a new management company was created to oversee boxing in Saudi Arabia.

Eddie Hearn, promoter for Joshua, is looking at different scenarios to get the Wilder fight back on track.

However, Wilder does not believe Joshua is mentally up for the task.

“With Anthony, I’ve always felt he had a weak mindset. I’ve always felt he wasn’t too confident in himself. He needs that affirmation of words to tell himself certain things. I’ve been saying that for a long time and it just continues to seem that way,” Wilder told 78SportsTV.

Several days ago, Wilder took to social media to call Joshua out.

Wilder is eager to get back in the ring, with his last fight taking place a year ago – a first round destruction of Robert Helenius at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

The win over Helenius has been the only fight for Wilder since the trilogy loss to Tyson Fury in 2021.

“Let me know if Joshua responds if he gets him a little heart, some kind of courage or bravery, and we’ll see if we can start brand new. It’s about that time now. We can’t wait no more. You gotta start making your commands and demands and don’t get sucked into the bullsh!t of what the promotion is doing,” Wilder said.

“At some point in time he gotta grow up and become a man. What I mean by ‘as a man’ is a man in the state of boxing. You gotta say – ‘I’m gonna overcome my fears, I’m gonna make this fight no matter what my promoter might say.'”

 


Following the official press conference announcing Devin Haney’s upcoming fight against Regis Prograis, Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn talks to reporters about his thoughts on Haney and how he would compare him to his contemporaries like Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis and Shakur Stevenson. Here’s some of what Hearn had to say below.

Hearn on who’s best between Tank, Haney, and Stevenson

“I’m a big fan of all of ‘em. I think Gervonta Davis is a beast, I think he’s very exciting. I think Shakur has tremendous fundamentals. I think if you’re looking at wins, then it’s definitely between Devin Haney and Tank. If you’re talking about ability, I mean they’re all unbelievably talented and you have to throw Shakur in that mix.

“But Shakur hasn’t beaten anyone yet of massive note. I know the win against Valdez was a big win at super feather. But at lightweight he hasn’t beaten anybody yet, and that’s not his fault. I do believe he’ll go on to be a great but right now if you look at the resumes…you have to say Devin but Tank has got a great resume as well.

“I don’t think it’s really a comparison. I think if Devin beats Prograis, I think then you’re talking about another level of moving up weight classes, beating the top at 140 or arguably the top guy at 140, and a guy that has power as well.

“I think if you look at Kambosos and you look at Lomachenko, neither guy has destructive power like Regis Prograis does. I think that’s what makes this fight really intriguing.”

Hearn on what he saw in Haney when he signed him to Matchroom

“Just saw a bit of a superstar, really. I like the smile. He’s a very polite, respectful man. Bill’s raised him very well. I mean Bill has his ups and downs but you can’t question the job Bill’s done with Devin. I mean, it’s been unbelievable.

“And what I like about Bill as well, it’s not a total control thing. Like, he’s willing to bring people in, he’s willing to take advice. But what I saw in Devin in a guy who’s completely committed to his craft and as a promoter I like working with people like that because you know you’re going to get the most out of what you’ve got.

“So we’ll do the best we can do, you do the best you can do, and God will decide the rest. And with Devin it’s like once you’ve got a talent that you know is going to work hard, I just felt like at the time he was a big acquisition for us because he was the kind of fighter that we needed.

“And it was really difficult when he had to make that decision to sign with Top Rank, because they froze us out completely. It’s a great learning curve, you know. Lou DiBella really had the keys to make that fight because he had Kambosos, he had the site deal, and he didn’t want to do it with us. That’s the reality. Devin was desperate to do it with us.

“When I started working with Devin we had a pact together that he would be my first undisputed champion in America…I will always remember he tried and tried and tried and tried to do the deal with us and DAZN, and in the end he found it difficult to tell me — and I knew what he had to do — and I said to him ‘I know you have to do it’ and he said to me ‘I’ll promise I’ll be back. I promise.’ But I said ‘you can’t turn this down.’ He would’ve had to turn down the opportunity to become undisputed to stay with me who couldn’t deliver him the undisputed fight.

“So when he went it was a bit of a kick in the cojones, but he promised me he’ll be back…and true to his word he’s back and I believe this relationship, win or lose, will continue.”

Former unified heavyweight champion, Anthony Joshua, is continuing his comeback in an attempt to become just the fifth ever three-time title holder in the division’s history.

Even though the goal for ‘AJ’ is to get his belts back, he’s made it clear he wants to face the biggest names in the division before hanging up the gloves.

Joshua has been linked to a clash with Deontay Wilder for over half a decade, dating back to when a showdown between the two rivals would have been for the undisputed title.

Since then, both men have lost their belts and undefeated records. Still, they remain in talks for what would be one of boxing’s most highly anticipated matchups.

In an interview with Boxing Social, promoter Eddie Hearn maintained that Joshua-Wilder could still go ahead, but said the one man AJ wants to face more than anybody else is fellow Brit, Tyson Fury.

“We’re in talks about [Las] Vegas, we’re in talks about sites in the Middle East and I do think that we will see that fight. I think that AJ will fight in December or early January and then I think there’s no other fight, other than the Deontay Wilder fight.

That’s the one that we want, we’ve wanted it for a while now. We were ready to take that fight in January, we are happy to take that fight in March or April. I don’t see a reason to wait around.”

“AJ wants to fight Tyson Fury more than anything in the world and really, when I am mapping out his career, I see Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury as the final two for him to compete against. He wants that Fury fight desperately, he wants that fight bad.”

One way Joshua could get the opportunity to face Fury – who will soon fight to become undisputed – would be to first defeat Wilder.

Anthony Joshua told fans he wanted three fights in 2023, and he seems intent on delivering.

Under new coach, Derrick James, the Olympic Gold Medalist turned two-time heavyweight champion got back to winning ways this year.

Following his second loss to Oleksandr Usyk at the back end of 2022, he outpointed Jermaine Franklin and produced a much-needed knockout over Robert Helenius in the seventh round of their August bout.

All talk then focused on a fight against fellow former champ and knockout artist, Deontay Wilder. That’s been pushed back until at least Spring of 2024, so Joshua’s message to his team is clear – keep me busy.

As potential opponents are mentioned here and there by promoter Eddie Hearn, Joshua has taken himself to Texas to link back up with James, who also trains Errol Spence Jr, Frank Martin and Ryan Garcia.

He has been previously ticking over in the gym with Ben Davison, but this signals the start of fight camp. There were rumours that the move to the Brit’s gym could be permanent, but Joshua’s latest post put those to bed.

Hearn has mentioned a December date but said January is also an option. As is always the case on the heavyweight scene nowadays, his plans depend on another fight.

Should Tyson Fury come through Francis Ngannou unscathed this weekend, his already-signed undisputed bout with Usyk is being targeted for December 23.

Despite a short turnaround for a fight of such magnitude, the promotion insists the timeframe is realistic – and it would almost certainly mean ‘AJ’ not fighting that night.

If things play out that way, he could be looking at the first month of next year, and his opponent may depend on how the four-belt clash unfolds.

If a rematch is called – as per reports on the contract – at least one of the titles is expected to be stripped from the winner, meaning Joshua’s team could position him well to pick it up.

Former world champion Antonio Tarver believes Terence Crawford would do better than Jermell Charlo in a potential showdown with Mexican superstar Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez.

Last month, Charlo – who was the undisputed champion at 154 – moved up by two full weight divisions to challenge Canelo for the undisputed crown at super middleweight.

Canelo dominated the action from start to finish, winning a lopsided twelve round unanimous decision.

Crawford, the undisputed champion at welterweight, has expressed interest in moving up by three weight classes to challenge Canelo.

Tarver expects Crawford to be more competitive than Charlo if he steps in the ring with Canelo.

“[Canelo] showed that anyone moving up will have a problem and I thought early on Crawford would be the type of guy with his offensive weaponry. I’m not sure though moving up with that much weight would impact Crawford the same way [as it did Charlo]. He would be stronger, more powerful, and I think being in the ring with a guy like that will make you fight more different,” Tarver told Betway.

“It would be a lot more heated than the Charlo fight because Terence Crawford is one of those guys who means what he says. He isn’t there tapping, he’s standing on everything he says, and you have to respect fighters like that. I believe he would definitely have to get used to and adjusted to the natural strength and power of Canelo and that’s always the X Factor – power.”

While some observers believe Canelo is now on the downslide of his career, Tarver disagrees.

“No because activity is the best thing for fighter. Canelo’s going to get two or three fights per year and he’s fighting guys coming off 15 month lay-off, they’re never going to be on top of their game. If there’s anything I’d like to see is these PBC fighters getting a lot more active, they need repetition and get in there and put everything on the line that’s how you stay sharp,” Tarver said.

“Back in my career, I slowed down in the last two or three years of my career. I was begging for fights trying to stay active but the nature of the business doesn’t allow you to. If I could urge any promoter coming into the game, get your fighters active, it has to be said with those fighters coming in with their long layoffs, their backs are against the wall already. They’re coming into fights unprepared because they just haven’t been active enough. If you fight in a major fight, you shouldn’t have a six or seven month layoff going into that fight, no, and some of those guys are coming more than a year where they haven’t competed at the highest level so if you don’t use what you’ve got, you lose what got.”

EA Sports announced on Thursday that gamers who preorder the deluxe edition of UFC 5 will receive fighting legends Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali and Fedor Emelianenko, among others.

The game is scheduled to release on Oct. 27, a little over three years after UFC 4’s release in Aug. 2020.

It will utilize the Frostbite Engine for the first time and includes a new Real Impact System, new striking animations, a reworked submission system and new cinematic knockout replays.

UFC 5 is the most realistic MMA experience fans can have outside of the Octagon,” UFC president Dana White said in a press release. “This game is incredible and truly a next-generation UFC experience.”

UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya will be on the deluxe edition cover, while UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski and Valentina Shevchenko are on the standard edition cover.