Mayweather shoots down any suggestion of money problems: My empire is rock solid and intact!

Mayweather shoots down any suggestion of money problems: My empire is rock solid and intact!

Fight fans have more than likely read about superstar Floyd Mayweather’s request to the IRS to have a little time to pay off his 2015 taxes; with Mayweather reportedly wanting to use the enormous pay cheque he will receive from his August 26 bout with Conor McGregor to settle his debts to the government.

The fact that “Money” asked for a little extra time to settle his taxes inspired suggestions that the 49-0 great is having financial problems. McGregor himself told TMZ Sports that Mayweather “should of paid his taxes and stayed retired and kept my name out of his mouth.” But, in quick time, Mayweather has shot down any notion that he is struggling. Floyd took to instagram to ensure his fans that his empire is “rock solid and intact!”

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You don’t say! “Money” is having money problems? Mayweather asks IRS for time to pay his taxes

You don't say! “Money” is having money problems? Mayweather asks IRS for time to pay his taxes

If superstar/moneybags Floyd Mayweather Junior ever runs the risk, or is currently running the risk, of going broke, then what chance have we mere mortals got! Fans may have read the recent story that informs us how the 40 year old great, who has earned an estimated $700 million during his boxing career – $220 million alone from the 2015 Manny Pacquiao “Fight of The Century” – has asked the IRS for time to pay his 2015 tax bill until after he picks up the expected payday bonanza he will get from his August “Super Fight” with MMA’s Conor McGregor.

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Under-card shaping up for Mayweather-McGregor, Gervonta Davis confirms he will defend his IBF title on the bill

Under-card shaping up for Mayweather-McGregor, Gervonta Davis confirms he will defend his IBF title on the bill

There are plenty of fans who are critical of the upcoming, fast-approaching Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor “Super Fight;” with plenty of these same fans declaring how they will boycott the August event buy not paying for it. Fair enough, if the crossover bout is not your thing, but will a good number of fans find themselves getting pulled in by a stellar under-card?

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Canelo Alvarez is convinced: Rematch with Mayweather would be very different

Canelo Alvarez is convinced: Rematch with Mayweather would be very different

Going into the biggest, or arguably second-biggest, fight of his career, Mexican superstar Canelo Alvarez is still being asked about his solitary career defeat. It is the Floyd Mayweather loss of 2013 – the one fight of Canelo’s that was a bigger deal, certainly financially, than Canelo’s upcoming battle with Gennady Golovkin – that reporters still ask the 26 year old about.

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What would it mean if McGregor defeated Mayweather, KO’d him? The MMA star’s coach says it will happen

What would it mean if McGregor defeated Mayweather, KO'd him? The MMA star's coach says it will happen

The hype surrounding next month’s Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor “Super-Fight” is considerable, huge even, and seemingly everyone has an opinion on what will happen when the two superstars of their respective sports swap punches, not kicks or chokes, on August 26 in Las Vegas.

Mayweather, aged 40 and inactive for almost two full years, will face the much younger McGregor in what will be Floyd’s 50th pro fight; McGregor will be boxing his debut! But, quite astonishingly, McGregor has a great deal of support, from fans who have bet serious money on him winning, and from some experts. It’s largely MMA experts who are backing the Irishman to pull off the monster upset, so that tells you something.

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“Mayweather knew Manny’s shoulder was f****d up, he targeted it”

"Mayweather knew Manny's shoulder was f****d up, he targeted it"

Justin Fortune, Manny Pacquiao’s famed strength and conditioning coach, has been talking to Fox Sports out in Australia, both on tonight’s big (in Australia it’s very big) Pac Man vs. Jeff Horn clash and on the one boxing subject that seems never to go away: Pacquiao -Floyd Mayweather.

As fans probably know, both Pac Man and his trainer Freddie Roach refuse to accept that a rematch is so out of the realms of possibility that it has seemingly zero chance of taking place (Mayweather himself has said many times, the book is “closed” on the matter ). And Fortune himself believes that if there is a second “Fight Of The Century” there is only one winner: Pacquiao.

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Mayweather Jr. vs Pacquaio II? Freddie Roach Sees Signs

Mayweather Jr. vs Pacquaio II? Freddie Roach Sees Signs

The Wild Card boxing gym in Los Angeles, California, has brought many visitors over the years. Boxing enthusiasts, amateur and professional fighters, fans and media, Hollywood actors,  all have visited the famous gym for a variety of reasons. The owner and head trainer Freddie Roach has trained numerous world class fighters in that facility, including Amir Khan, Bernard Hopkins, Miguel Cotto, and who can forget his star pupil Manny Pacquiao. There are countless champions that coach Roach has chiseled, too many to mention.

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Mayweather Vs. Gatti: Floyd at his meanest

Mayweather Vs. Gatti: Floyd at his meanest

Going into the fight that took place 12 years ago today, there were plenty of fight fans bracing themselves for a great fight, a competitive fight. Instead, what we saw when Floyd Mayweather Junior challenged Arturo Gatti for his WBC 140-pound belt was a massacre.

Boxing his pay-per-view debut, Mayweather, aged 28, sporting a 33-0 record and at his blinding peak, dismantled the hugely popular Gatti in every which way. Gatti, who had gone beyond the call in his three wars with Mickey Ward, convinced his fans, most of them anyway, that he would be too rough, tough and hungry for Mayweather. Instead, Mayweather fought one of his most aggressive, ruthless and nasty fights.

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