Floyd Mayweather detained in Dubai due to gambling debts?

[LUCKMCFLY]

The truth is that this type of News usually Impacts us a lot , because he is a world Star , I don't know why they start doing this type of thing , in part it is an example for Many and the fact that it comes to this type of event Because if it damages his respect, something that I admire about this boxer is the number of Bodyguards he has, they are men who some exceed 2 meters, and of a lot of weight , but he does not have that need. , these types of Influential People must set a good Example , there are many children who want to be like him, and with this type of thing it is not right , I hope his situation is resolved, this Boxer has never been to my liking, but still He is a Representative of the Sport.

[Mahanton]

The truth is that this type of News usually Impacts us a lot , because he is a world Star , I don't know why they start doing this type of thing , in part it is an example for Many and the fact that it comes to this type of event Because if it damages his respect, something that I admire about this boxer is the number of Bodyguards he has, they are men who some exceed 2 meters, and of a lot of weight , but he does not have that need. , these types of Influential People must set a good Example , there are many children who want to be like him, and with this type of thing it is not right , I hope his situation is resolved, this Boxer has never been to my liking, but still He is a Representative of the Sport.

He's known and popular on world of boxing but we do know that when it comes on how to spend their money or their millions then its none of our business on how they would really be doing it.
It would really be impossible that they wont really be thinking about their reputation or image towards their fans or boxing or into the world. Well, they do have the money that they could spend through gambling
and just like with other those sports legends who do become a gambler and spend out tons of millions on losing it out but still that not messing up their image with and people do still accept them.

In this case then we do know that Mayweather is a rich man due to his accomplishments and he might really just that tending to spend up his fortune on playing gambling
Debts? We cant tell whether he would be easily be able to repay those amounts or totally that he had been wrecked by it... No one really knows.

[Kemarit]

It does not matter if this is an old news or not. What is interesting about the is that our celebrities have a gambling problem. Well some are known others are hidden from the public. Or at least for now I know of Micheal Jordan problem I also know of drake's gambling problem. I cannot categorically tell if they are struggling with gambling addiction, however what is clear is that there is a problem they have with gambling.

Still matter though, I mean why would someone brought it up? It's because they want views and clicks and most it could be fake because as others have pointed out, Floyd is rich and like Dana White who admitted that he has gambling addiction, they can do anything with their money to begin with.

Of course it just shows that everyone could really fall into gambling addiction, sport personalities and average joe. But what's this people got that we don't have is that they have more money to gamble and they are in the spotlight and so there could be several individuals who are going to take advantage of their gambling and post it in their social media. I check Tank Davis Twitter account and I don't see him saying anything about Floyd's gambling.

[wheelz1200]

It does not matter if this is an old news or not. What is interesting about the is that our celebrities have a gambling problem. Well some are known others are hidden from the public. Or at least for now I know of Micheal Jordan problem I also know of drake's gambling problem. I cannot categorically tell if they are struggling with gambling addiction, however what is clear is that there is a problem they have with gambling.

It's actually very common that these sports stars are gambling addicts.  Most of them are competition junkies so when they leave the sport they played their whole lives they need the action to fulfill that part of their adrenaline rush.  Those are some of the noted ones but most actually are gambling fiends.

[goaldigger]

It does not matter if this is an old news or not. What is interesting about the is that our celebrities have a gambling problem. Well some are known others are hidden from the public. Or at least for now I know of Micheal Jordan problem I also know of drake's gambling problem. I cannot categorically tell if they are struggling with gambling addiction, however what is clear is that there is a problem they have with gambling.

It's actually very common that these sports stars are gambling addicts.  Most of them are competition junkies so when they leave the sport they played their whole lives they need the action to fulfill that part of their adrenaline rush.  Those are some of the noted ones but most actually are gambling fiends.

They didn’t learn the lesson yet from several sports starts especially with Mike Tyson when he went bankrupt because of spending recklessly, well if there’s too much hype they might be push to gamble more. These boxers are trying to live on a big hype and yeah spending a lot of money to gambling, which I think is too alarming considering they all have the money to hire accountant and also financial manager, hope Floyd will not ended up into a big mess, gambling is not good at all.

[Rruchi man]

It does not matter if this is an old news or not. What is interesting about the is that our celebrities have a gambling problem. Well some are known others are hidden from the public. Or at least for now I know of Micheal Jordan problem I also know of drake's gambling problem. I cannot categorically tell if they are struggling with gambling addiction, however what is clear is that there is a problem they have with gambling.

It's actually very common that these sports stars are gambling addicts.  Most of them are competition junkies so when they leave the sport they played their whole lives they need the action to fulfill that part of their adrenaline rush.  Those are some of the noted ones but most actually are gambling fiends.

Although this news has been debunked, it does not take away the truth from what you have said.

Sports stars are prone to gambling, so during or close to their retirement years, there should be rehabilitation programs set up for them to help them not turn into addicted gamblers that will gamble away all their fortune.

[stompix]

The truth is that this type of News usually Impacts us a lot , because he is a world Star ,

And how did it impact you "a lot", you went to the hospital because you had a heart attack because of that? You got fired from your job because Floyd is a gambler? Did your plane crash?
What impact do you talk about, he's a just a celebrity like 1000 more, we are 9 billions on this earth, I'm pretty sure yeah,  people in Ukraine and Palestine or Myanmar are for sure "affected' by those news, suddenly their life changed! /s

I have no doubt that we are facing fake news, a guy like Floyd Mayweather would not be playing in a casino to the point of losing a lot of money, he must have financial advisors who give him advice and these advisors would not allow him to play with a lot of money,

Leaving that aside, what casino would give a $100 million credit line to somebody and only at exactly 100 million would start asking for money? 
And how would they even give him that loan, just verbal stuff? Promises on twitter?  with no contract for a sum that is more than what most casinos make in profit over a year?

[Viscore]

According to various posts on the internet, he has a net worth of at least $400 million, so being unable to pay $100 million seems strange. If the news is true, he just needs to sell some of his mansions and other assets, so it shouldn't be a big problem. FYI, he earned $300 million fighting McGregor in 2018 and more than $1 billion in his entire career.

Regarding gambling in Saudi Arabia, perhaps he played with oil kingpins. Since he is a U.S. citizen, there's little chance of him getting punished.

That's a lot of money but he gambles on his will so he need to pay that amount. With his net worth, that's  25% less, that would hurt. Probably Floyd came not bringing huge money as he is expecting to win, and in the middle of gambling things got heated on him and bet a huge amount, as a result he owed $100 million, that's just my speculation though, but regardless, if this news is really true, then he needs to pay as he is capable of paying.

[coin-investor]

This is old news. Floyd was already released several weeks ago. I don’t think his detention had anything to do with gambling debts. The YouTube channel you linked to is full of fake stories. A lot of that channel's recent videos have photoshopped thumbnails of Floyd in a jumpsuit and have the most sensational titles which are completely made up. Floyd is not in prison, he was just in LA giving away thousands of dollars to homeless people. As crazy as it sounds, that story is actually true. https://www.tmz.com/2024/05/02/floyd-mayweather-gifts-homeless-men-money-before-clippers-mavs-nba-playoff-game/

When it comes from vloggers and not from popular media channels, expect additional hype or fake news to make the video go viral. This is where vloggers make a lot of money thriving on creating speculation based on he says, she says.

I cannot find a video or an article from his official spokesperson about this issue; the video even mentioned the $100 million is a settlement from what he has done to a woman and to avoid legal problems in UAE.
But that article from TMZ has proof that he is already out, and there's a tweet from one player that he is watching their game.

I hope the truth will come out, but before that happens many vloggers will take this opportunity to create fake news to make money from what Gervonta posted.

[cabron]

This is old news. Floyd was already released several weeks ago. I don’t think his detention had anything to do with gambling debts. The YouTube channel you linked to is full of fake stories. A lot of that channel's recent videos have photoshopped thumbnails of Floyd in a jumpsuit and have the most sensational titles which are completely made up. Floyd is not in prison, he was just in LA giving away thousands of dollars to homeless people. As crazy as it sounds, that story is actually true. https://www.tmz.com/2024/05/02/floyd-mayweather-gifts-homeless-men-money-before-clippers-mavs-nba-playoff-game/

When it comes from vloggers and not from popular media channels, expect additional hype or fake news to make the video go viral. This is where vloggers make a lot of money thriving on creating speculation based on he says, she says.

I cannot find a video or an article from his official spokesperson about this issue; the video even mentioned the $100 million is a settlement from what he has done to a woman and to avoid legal problems in UAE.
But that article from TMZ has proof that he is already out, and there's a tweet from one player that he is watching their game.

I hope the truth will come out, but before that happens many vloggers will take this opportunity to create fake news to make money from what Gervonta posted.

That article where Floyd gave $30k to a homeless person was 3 weeks ago. This news was just 2 weeks I think. They are saying Floyd is still in Dubai. Not really sure about the truth but nothing is being said in the news where Floyd is but in Dubai still. By now, there should have been a reaction video of Floyd about Usyk vs Fury fight but none has circulated.

Floyd is an attention grabber, he will say something as long as he gets a camera on him, but nothing so far. People will ask him reaction of of Usyk vs Fury, people care about his opinion as this guy is undefeated skilled boxer.

[coin-investor]

I am subscribed to many popular sports channels like DAZN and Sky Sports boxing and groups about boxing, but this one never came out. I found out it's based on Vloggers who just want to make viral videos to monetize. This kind of news will harm Floyd Mayweather, and I prefer not to believe it unless it's covered by the sports media and personalities I'm following.

But if this is true, Floyd Mayweather can solve this issue. He has huge money and can easily make more money by just doing an exhibition; he has a coming exhibition match against Pacquiao, and this alone can make a lot of money for Floyd Mayweather.
Whatever the truth on this matter, it will come Floyd only needs to make an announcement it seems he has many haters like Gervonta.

[TopTort777]

Floys isnt able to pay his bill or debt - that sounds fake. I will never believe that he isnt able to pay a debt, but I can believe in him being greedy and simply not wanting to pay what he owes Ive seen celebrities acting like everyone owes them and they can take and get everything for free. For example going to restaurant, eating and walking away without paying. Because it was an honour for restaurant owner to feed them. I assume something similar happened with Floyd.

[Antotena]

The news started a week ago but there was really no real information about it, most of the speculation only comes from Tank Davis since Tank is talking to someone who was with Floyd in Saudi and the information Tank gives sounds a lot worse. According to some other reports, Floyd is held by the Saudi Government but he can go somewhere else in the country but not fly his private jet.

Just to have a simple discussion, the Saudi government allow a few people to gamble and invite Floyd? Just one of the things we don't know, peasants could get hanged in public if they gambled and were caught.

Why does he media sound like they are trying to get Floyd Mayweather by all means. First, the headline and the message doesn't sound like a news headline, this is sounding like some part who hate him so much and the minute they got the detail about his arrest, they were quick to spread it like usual but I know man is coming out strongly, he is not the first and he will not be the last, who knows the media is even hyping it the amount for views.

Come to think of it, why wait for a whole years for him to accumulate millions of debts and them decide to nab him when everything is now pile up, why not ask when everything isn't upto half the original amount, why not sue him before now. Something isn't adding up here if you ask me.

[Beparanf]

Floys isnt able to pay his bill or debt - that sounds fake. I will never believe that he isnt able to pay a debt, but I can believe in him being greedy and simply not wanting to pay what he owes Ive seen celebrities acting like everyone owes them and they can take and get everything for free. For example going to restaurant, eating and walking away without paying. Because it was an honour for restaurant owner to feed them. I assume something similar happened with Floyd.

This is possible to happened since he is gambling overseas which means if the OP number for debt was right, He will need time to liquidate assets in able to pay that kind of debt and wired to Saudi casino account.

But yeah we all know that Floyd has a lot of cash which he always flaunts in social media. I’m doubtful too that smart guy like him with overflowing cash will gamble irresponsibly on foreign country. It’s not even possible to have that kind of credit line in an overseas casino.

[AmoreJaz]

Floys isnt able to pay his bill or debt - that sounds fake. I will never believe that he isnt able to pay a debt, but I can believe in him being greedy and simply not wanting to pay what he owes Ive seen celebrities acting like everyone owes them and they can take and get everything for free. For example going to restaurant, eating and walking away without paying. Because it was an honour for restaurant owner to feed them. I assume something similar happened with Floyd.

Seems that the allegations was not true. I believe they now have personal feud, hence, throwing some bad blood to each other. Also, I don't believe he had debts why he was detained for some reason. He has big name and a lot of money, I don't think he will be treated such in Dubai. Your thoughts on this situation is more likely to happen, as we know he is a greedy rich individual.

Mayweather's response to Davis is that he posted photo enjoying Dubai's coastline.
Floyd Mayweather responds to Gervonta Davis allegations with breaking news

[LUCKMCFLY]

And how did it impact you "a lot", you went to the hospital because you had a heart attack because of that? You got fired from your job because Floyd is a gambler? Did your plane crash?
What impact do you talk about, he's a just a celebrity like 1000 more, we are 9 billions on this earth, I'm pretty sure yeah,  people in Ukraine and Palestine or Myanmar are for sure "affected' by those news, suddenly their life changed! /s

I have an 8-year-old son who also really likes soccer and boxing, where he practices both sports, he admires Mayweather a lot, and really that act that the boxer did is not a good example for him, for me that It has an impact because I had to talk to my son about it so that he doesn't imitate something like what he did in his life, so if it impacts my life, although it is not something so relevant for others, it does for me.

[OgNasty]

I'm surprised I haven't heard something about this if it is true.  You'd think it would be big news that's plastered all over the internet.  Holding someone hostage, especially a celebrity would seemingly be gossip worthy.  However, it wouldn't surprise me if this were actually true.  Floyd Mayweather may be insanely rich and flaunts it like nobody else, but he's also been accused of not paying his debts plenty of times.  I think most recently with Logan Paul, where Logan claims he still hasn't been paid everything that Floyd owes him and it's been years...

[0t3p0t]

According to various posts on the internet, he has a net worth of at least $400 million, so being unable to pay $100 million seems strange. If the news is true, he just needs to sell some of his mansions and other assets, so it shouldn't be a big problem. FYI, he earned $300 million fighting McGregor in 2018 and more than $1 billion in his entire career.

I did not see anywhere that says he is in gambling dept of $100 million. I only saw $$$$ and the amount was not stated. Where did you see $100 million?

That is not a small amount of money. $100 million is too much enough to be used for a business. This is an addiction that I am seeing in the man if true.

Definitely an addiction of course as if it was true that he spent $100M in his gambling activities that's really terrible well yeah given the fact that he is a millionaire that amount seems to me so easy for him to find but to be honest this is my first time hearing Mayweather gamble that huge amount of money pretty impressive!

[cabron]

I'm surprised I haven't heard something about this if it is true.  You'd think it would be big news that's plastered all over the internet.  Holding someone hostage, especially a celebrity would seemingly be gossip worthy.  However, it wouldn't surprise me if this were actually true.  Floyd Mayweather may be insanely rich and flaunts it like nobody else, but he's also been accused of not paying his debts plenty of times.  I think most recently with Logan Paul, where Logan claims he still hasn't been paid everything that Floyd owes him and it's been years...

There is no news actually about Floyd anymore. I tried looking up more information about this but nothing so far.
Rick Glaser however confirmed this information that Floyd is in Dubia still detained. Here is one of his tweets about it backed by an article about it. https://x.com/RealRickGlaser1/status/1784876149568417911
https://www.marca.com/en/boxing/2024/05/18/6648a465ca4741a8698b45e8.html

Not sure why there is not much talk in the media but I think there is politics behind this.

[348Judah]

It is said that the Saudis detained Floyd due to gambling debt. While we assume this country doesn't allow gambling, the report says that this casino is an invite-only for high rollers and that Floyd "Money" Mayweather is possibly in debt of $100M and he ain't going home until he settles the amount. I think he has already broken the record for the biggest gambling losses that celebrities have made. Mike Jordan and Tiger Woods's loss is nothing.

I don't know maybe some of these celebrities are doing this to make more fame or they are just making a display of their chronic gambling addictive nature, how on earth will someone have that kind of money to gamble with, when there are other interesting investment he could have use the money for and improve lives, there is no doubt that on the buzz of the news event over his debt circular and trends alone will yield him more money as income because everyone hearing about this will like to go online to read more further on how it all happened, am sure where he is now, he is not being scared for paying them back because of his capacity to do so, but this entire act is uncalled for.