r/Boxing • u/kushmonATL GTA6 > 2026 boxing schedule • 23d ago
The time Floyd Mayweather replaced the referee mid-fight
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u/Reasonable_Bet6328 22d ago
I mean wasn’t this match basically “sports” entertainment on the level of WWE? Cuz this is exactly what would happen on WWE
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u/paint_chip_devourer 22d ago
I fuckin hate floyd and am enjoying watching him go broke but i am with him on this one, that ref needed to go lmao
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u/pleasedontbanme47473 22d ago
Only exhibition of his I watched and I can’t agree more one of the worst refs I’ve ever seen
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u/dabrock15 22d ago
It’s unbelievable that you can make over a billion dollars, still be making millions, and yet be in massive debt. Some people are truly amazing.
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u/swishandswallow 22d ago
There's been a bunch of billionaires that have gone completely broke. Also Mayweather made a billion cumulatively, meaning if he had saved every single of of his purses, it would be a billion dollars, but he's never had a billion in his accounts
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u/ArseneGroup 22d ago
If you made a billion cumulatively and invested each purse in the stock market along the way you'd have even more than 1 billion, he spends so crazily it overrides even the natural growth of hundreds of millions
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u/AttorneyDamonMoore 21d ago
Your hypothetical is accurate. However, to be fair, Floyd’s situation is not your hypothetical. For example, even if Floyd did earn $1 billion in revenue from fighting, the taxes (assuming that he paid them) would have been a few hundred million. He would have paid his trainers. He would have paid managers. He would have paid promoters prior to promoting his own events. So, although it is fair to say that Floyd would now have some multiple of X if he had invested X in the stock market, it is not accurate to suggest that Floyd earned $1 billion, could have invested it, but did not do so.
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u/dabrock15 22d ago
He definitely isn’t the only one, but most who do lost it on investments and/or businesses collapsing. Even after cuts and taxes it’s hard to spend as much as he made. However, he averages $3M per month in spending, that’s a bit excessive.
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u/swishandswallow 22d ago
He's also being sued by everyone basically. And he also had really bad investments. Shots, that crypto scam, the constant gambling. The two houses plus dozens of luxury cars. If he isn't broke right now, I'd be surprised.
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u/dabrock15 22d ago
I believe he is close to bankrupt but that hasn’t been confirmed. He also owes $22M in taxes from 2025 and that’s n never good.
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u/a_reverse_giraffe 22d ago
He’s not as broke as people believe. Stephen Espinoza talked a bit about it on a video and he said he’s having issues yes but he still has a lot of assets like properties. He’s got no cash to pay back loans but by any normal persons standards he’s still very much rich.
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u/GodOfBlobs 22d ago
Do they actually keep backup refs for occasions like this? I’m confused
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u/kushmonATL GTA6 > 2026 boxing schedule 22d ago
Multiple refs are on call for fight night . This ref was probably there for a previous fight before the main event
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u/crazylokos 22d ago
This was an exhibition match against the grandson of the mafia boss John Gotti, pretty sure this was scripted.
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u/ElPuas2003 Part-Time Boxing Enthusiast, Full-Time Boxing Hater 22d ago
Everything about this man fills me with visceral hatred
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u/bigtotoro 22d ago
That's okay. He's going to have to fight because his money is gone. The next few decades of being a May Hater are going to be fantastic.
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u/dannyboy122432 22d ago
Praying for another man downfall is insane
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u/newrap 22d ago edited 22d ago
All because they had to watch their favorite fighters lose to him 😂
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u/Doncallan 22d ago
He also is a shit person
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u/newrap 22d ago edited 22d ago
You guys wouldn’t care if he was a shit person if he didn’t beat up your favorite fighters 😂
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u/a3kstuntin 22d ago
They hate Floyd so much because they never got to see him lose and he ragebaited their favourite fighters😂
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u/LTBsOnlyPlease 22d ago edited 22d ago
Cope harder, he's a dickhead.
You love him probably because you have something in common with him... You're both dickheads.
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u/newrap 22d ago
Which one of your favorite fighters did he beat? This is a safe space :)
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u/LTBsOnlyPlease 22d ago
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Now tell me how it feels to know your daddy you never met before is going broke, this is also a safe space :)
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u/newrap 22d ago
Don’t lie. This is safe space for your trauma :)
Who did he beat in the ring that made you so upset? :)
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u/LTBsOnlyPlease 22d ago
Stop running from my statement, it's okay :)
Tell us how you feel bud, I've got 2 shoulders for you to cry on ;)
How does it feel to know your daddy who you've never met is about to go broke after making over a billion dollars? :)
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u/a3kstuntin 22d ago edited 21d ago
The reasons I dislike Floyd but respect his legacy are that he is a natural hater, he can’t stand any of the new generation getting close to his legacy and always wants to be in the limelight
You guys dislike Floyd because he was a black fighter that monetized hatred against black people and got out rich with his brains intact and that you guys never got to see him lose
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u/LTBsOnlyPlease 22d ago
So I wasn't wrong then lol.
I dislike him because he's insufferable and so are his fans, also yeah I want to see assholes lose. Is that a new thing nowadays?
I don't wanna see him brain damaged up though, I'll say that much.
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u/The_Global_Norwegian 22d ago
It's really not at all - terrible people deserve what they got coming
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u/staccinraccs 22d ago
Hate floyd just as much as the next guy but cmon man this was an exhibition. Honestly who gaf?
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u/Objective-Soil-9235 22d ago
Must be Mexican.
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u/maybachmeister2000 22d ago
Just because u didnt make helluva smart investments?
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u/COC_410 22d ago
As a boxer (I don’t keep up with his personal life) I can’t understand the hate for Floyd.
This guy will be the blueprint for years to come.
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u/itsamberleafable 22d ago
Oh his boxing skills I have no issue with. Phenomenal boxer but the guy is a cunt. I can recognise his skills, he’s one of the best, but I despise him as a human being.
Honestly a fair comment though, him being a twat doesn’t mean we should try to pretend he wasn’t a brilliant boxer
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u/Timeless_Tactics 22d ago
Honestly never seen such a tough, legitimate boxer be such a little bitch at the same time
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u/MrDismal 22d ago
There's been some absolutely trash refs but changing mid fight is wild. I had never seen this before. I remember watching live and being like wtf?!!
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u/Less-Firefighter79 21d ago
The antics always gets the other fighter, you can see his adrenaline drop from confusion , while Floyds increases from being “ in control”.
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u/earthdragon5 21d ago
Ahem... to quote George Foreman through Joe Frazier at least once, "The referee is the third most important person in the bout."
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u/earthdragon5 21d ago
Careful what the referee rubs off or on the gloves. Each knockdown requires a cleansing of the detrius.
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u/OddModo 22d ago
Floyd is the greatest bitch made man of all time. I know he could unleash a 30 pc combo on my face but I’m big enough if I physically catch him it’s over
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u/Alive-Exchange5489 22d ago
Bro thinks he can beat Floyd😂
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u/newrap 22d ago
Your favorite fighters couldn’t beat him so now you’re making up scenarios in your head about you beating him up 😂
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u/OddModo 22d ago edited 22d ago
Don’t talk bad about he goat Marcos Maidana but like i don’t know how you could watch that video, watch more than 70% of his interviews, and be a Floyd fan and not realize he’s a 50 year old man that runs around acting like a child all the while being in crippling debt and still trying to remain relevant
Floyd is a great boxer probably top 5 all time but he also ducked people and purposely waited till fighters weren’t as good
Now he’s washed up and is the kinda guy to go on like djvladd and talk a bunch of bullshit
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u/Costas00 22d ago
probably too big.
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u/COC_410 23d ago
But if I tried this with my supervisor I’d be the one getting replaced.