Floyd Mayweather is well known for his legendary boxing career and winning multiple titles, but according to him, cable network Showtime did not compensate him enough for his fight winnings.
According to recent reports, Mayweather has filed legal documents accusing Showtime of owing him $340 million, and he wants them to pay.
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Floyd Mayweather sues Showtime for millions in fight revenue
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Mayweather filed a $340 million lawsuit against Showtime on Tuesday, February 3, in California state court. In the filing, the boxer alleges that Showtime participated in a multi-year scheme of “financial manipulation and self-dealing” led by Mayweather’s ex-manager Al Haymon.
According to Mayweather, Showtime and Haymon “intended to steal huge sums of money from him by funneling fight revenue into secret accounts he did not control,” according to the outlet. Mayweather claims both parties committed breach of fiduciary duty and fraud.
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Mayweather lawsuit details Showtime’s alleged role in his fraud
In 2013, Mayweather left rival cable network HBO for Showtime for a multi-year contract that was at the time the most lucrative in boxing history.
Instead of a direct payment to Mayweather, Showtime transferred the boxer’s fight winnings to a separate account over which he had no control. Mayweather blames the loss of his Showtime boxing earnings on money stolen from him by Haymon, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Mayweather got new management in 2024, and during that time he asked to see the breakdown of his earnings for specific fights, but said Showtime refused to show them, according to the lawsuit.
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Although Haymon is the only person accused of stealing from the boxer, he is not named in Mayweather’s lawsuit, in which he said the cable network should have known about Haymon’s theft because his behavior was not consistent with that of a “typical manager.”
Paramount, which owns Showtime, responded to Mayweather’s lawsuit with a statement. “These baseless allegations have no legal or factual basis. We strongly reject them and will respond accordingly through legal proceedings,” the company said.
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Showtime was previously sued over its hit series “Yellowjackets”
In November 2024, a lawsuit was filed against Showtime regarding the network’s hit horror drama series “Yellowjackets,” due to claims that the series stole its premise from the 2015 film, “Eden,” according to Entertainment Weekly.
However, the following year, in April 2025, Showtime emerged victorious from the legal battle when federal judge Dean Pregerson dismissed the lawsuit, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
In accordance with Judge Pregerson’s decision, he found that “the plots, characters, themes, and settings of the two works are not sufficiently similar to constitute copyright infringement.”
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“Instances of competition, tribalism and factionalism in disaster scenarios or in response to resource scarcity are almost as common, from ‘The Tempest’ to ‘Survivor’ to much of the post-apocalyptic genre, such as the ‘Mad Max’ films or any of the many zombie stories, to, more archetypically, ‘Lord of the Flies,'” the judge wrote in his ruling in favor of Showtime.
Floyd Mayweather’s Upcoming Boxing Match Against Mike Tyson Sparks Doubt Due to Social Media Post
Floyd Mayweather and Mike Tyson sent boxing fans into a frenzy when it was announced last year that the two would face off in a boxing match. However, this highly anticipated confrontation raises doubts.
According to Yahoo! Sports, former kickboxer Mike Zambidis announced an upcoming fight with Mayweather thanks to a poster where Zambidis called himself “Iron Mike”, which is Tyson’s widely known nickname. The move left fans eager to see Mayweather vs. Tyson confused.
In September 2025, Mayweather and Tyson were confirmed to compete in a CSI Sports/Fight Sports exhibition match scheduled to take place in March, according to ESPN.
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“I’ve been doing this for 30 years, and no fighter has been able to tarnish my legacy,” Mayweather said via a press release at the time. “You already know that if I do something, it will be big and legendary. I am the best in boxing. This exhibition will give the fans what they want.”
Mayweather’s alleged financial problems have recently made headlines
“Money Mayweather,” as he has long referred to himself, is in financial difficulty, according to a lengthy report from Business Insider, which the boxer had already sued for defamation for publishing inaccurate information about his finances.
Mayweather has claimed that he is more than financially stable, as evidenced by the fact that he repeatedly flaunts his wealth on social media.
