Floyd Mayweather sat down on the PBD Podcast this week and put a number on it: $550 million. That is how much he claims was stolen from him across his career, and he pointed straight at the two men who used to handle his money, former manager Al Haymon and former business manager Jona Rechnitz.
The claims are not new, but that number is. In February, Mayweather sued Showtime and its former sports boss Stephen Espinoza, seeking at least $340 million and alleging Haymon diverted his fight earnings into accounts he did not know about. Haymon is not a defendant in that suit, and Showtime has denied the claims.
In May, he sued Rechnitz for more than $175 million, accusing him of pledging nearly $100 million worth of his jewelry to Miami jewelers for about $13 million in financing he says he never saw. In September, Mayweather quietly withdrew that case without prejudice, which means he can file it again. None of the men has been found liable for anything. These are allegations, and they are his side of the story.
“There was a guy, the same guy that stole the $200 million. He was in the middle of trying to defraud numerous people.”
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Mayweather also said the fights are still coming: a Mike Tyson exhibition in December, then a Manny Pacquiao rematch in 2027, where he says he will be guaranteed $110 million. A man who made a career out of never getting hit says the biggest shots landed outside the ring, on paper.