is being held in Dubai over money issues, according to ‘Money’s former protégé, Recently, ‘Tank’, who fought for Mayweather-owned boxing promotion for most of his career, has been engaged in a verbal war with the 50-0 boxer. The two men have been taking shots at each other and even making threats of physical violence and now a surprise name has made his way into this saga.
During their ongoing feud, “Tank” even threatened “knock Floyd out” as tensions between the two continue to simmer. The latest chapter of their ongoing beef saw verbose UFC legend Chael Sonnen offer his help in ‘rescuing’ Floyd Mayweather from the Gulf nation.
Chael Sonnen offers his services to ‘free’ Floyd Mayweather
Gervonta Davis left the Mayweather Promotions two years ago after accusing the promotion of ‘mismanaging’ his career. 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 boxers, 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 a “hater” and 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 X (formerly Twitter) and reiterated his attack. “They got Floyd a** for real..tell him I’ll send him a wire..LET MY F***ING FAMILY GO 🗣️,” he posted. This led to UFC commentator and Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s critic, Chael Sonnen, jumping 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. ‘The Bad Guy’ has taken shots at ‘Money’ over financial matters several times in the past.
One of those instances was in 2018, when Sonnen said, “Floyd’s broke. You’ve got to understand, the only thing more embellished than Floyd Mayweather’s pay-per-view numbers is Floyd Mayweather’s net worth, and he made a lot of money, but remember this: It does not matter what you made, it matters what you kept, and he is a dumb-dumb!… “Look, he’s just not a very bright guy. He’s surrounded with even less bright guys.”
As recently as December 2023, Sonnen took another shot at Mayweather flaunting his wealth. The boxing legend had reportedly shut down a mall at night to get his shopping done. Rumors were he splashed $15M on Christmas shopping. Sonnen But things may not be so silly this time around if Davis is right. 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, the latter of whom has also offered to help Mayweather.
50 Cent willing to bail Mayweather out despite beef
50 Cent’s support and loyalty to Mayweather was very visible during the former’s fight against Conor McGregor in 2017. The rapper beefed with the former UFC double-champion even . But somewhere down the line, the two friends started having issues, allegedly over Floyd owing the singer money.
But now, if that is what it would take to get Mayweather out of his current predicament. Responding to some of Gervonta Davis’ social media posts on the subject, 50 Cent wrote, “Oh nah, this sh*t is real. @gervontaa would not say no sh*t like that if it wasn’t official. Me and Champ be beefing, but he my brother. I got some money if he need it!”
This situation has garnered much attention over the last few days but the specifics remain unclear. With Davis and 50 Cent both offering to step in to help, do you think Floyd is actually in trouble? What do you make of Sonnen’s response? Let us know in the comments.
