Boxing

Life's good when you're on The Money Team ... 'cause one of Floyd Mayweather's proteges tells TMZ Sports the boxing champ hooked him up with a brand spanking new ride worth over $30k!

Okay, it's not a Bugatti or a Ferrari, but Ashley Theophane -- who's 38-6 -- ain't complaining. Theophane tells us he was chillin' at home when Floyd called and said meet him at a dealership.

When he arrived Floyd handed him the keys to a fully loaded 2015 Chrysler 300. Theophane says he needed a car, but had no idea his mentor was hooking it up like this.

AT says it's Floyd's way of showing him love for winning 5 straight fights. He added, "Floyd makes so much money. He likes to take care of his team."

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Boxing legend Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini says Floyd Mayweather is never going to truly be "The Best Ever" ... until he steps in the ring with the most dangerous dude in the sport ... Gennady Golovkin.

Mancini -- a 2015 Hall of Fame inductee -- was outside Ecco restaurant in NYC when he sounded off about Mayweather fighting Andre Berto. Check out the clip ... Boom Boom's NOT impressed

In fact, he says it will be a "terrible" fight ... and explains exactly why. Mancini says if Floyd really wants the boxing world to kiss the ring ... he's gotta face GGG.

It's on ... Floyd Mayweather is officially set to square off with Andre Berto in September ... TMZ Sports has confirmed.

Andre Berto has NOT signed on the dotted line to fight Floyd Mayweather on September 12th ... but they're getting there ... sources connected to the deal tell TMZ Sports.

As we previously reported, Mayweather dropped Berto's name as a possible opponent -- and Berto WANTS to fight Floyd -- but the fact of the matter is the deal has not been finalized.

Our sources tell us ... the two sides have spoken -- but without a firm deal in place, we're told Mayweather's camp is still reaching out to other potential opponents in case Berto falls through.

That being said, our sources tell us it's pretty likely the two sides WILL come to an agreement -- this isn't at all like the Pacquiao situation which took FOREVER to close.

We're told there should be some significant movement in the next few days.

Interesting cameo in that viral video of the bully who was forced to get into a boxing ring after picking on kids at school -- ex-NFL star Willie McGinest was there egging on the action.

The video has roughly 3 MILLION views ... and the family has been praised for teaching the kid an impactful lesson in humility after learning he had picked on a fellow classmate.

But we noticed that while the kid was getting his face blown up by more experienced boxers at the Jack Rabbit Fitness gym in Long Beach, Willie was there ... taking part in the tough love.

You can hear Willie shouting at the kid, "C'mon tough guy!" over and over ... while recording the beatdown on his phone.

FYI -- we're told the kid has trained at the gym before ... and the boxers he was fighting weren't pros, just more experienced. His family wanted to show him that being picked on by someone who's bigger and stronger sucks.

By the way, lesson learned.

We're told Willie insists he just happened to be in the gym that day ... and had no role in organizing the event.

Just because someone's "on drugs," doesn't mean they're a "drug abuser" -- so says Floyd Mayweather who claims his baby mama is making a drug mountain out of a drug molehill.

It all has to do with Floyd's $20 MILLION legal war with his ex Josie Harris -- who sued Floyd for defamation over comments he made about their domestic violence incident during an interview with Katie Couric.

In her lawsuit, Josie said Mayweather labeled her as a "drug abuser" who had to be restrained during the 2010 dom. violence incident.

But now, Mayweather is firing back -- saying he NEVER called Josie an "abuser" during the interview, just someone who was "on drugs" at the time of the incident. He insists there's a big difference.

For the record, Floyd was convicted of domestic violence and spent two months in jail for the attack -- and there was no mention of Josie being "on drugs" in any police report we've seen.

Manny Pacquiao's manager Bob Arum is declaring war on Floyd Mayweather's promoter -- claiming the guy is "rigging the boxing industry" ... and taking aim at everyone, including Jay Z ... this according to a lawsuit obtained by TMZ Sports.

Arum's Top Rank boxing promotions company just filed a $100 MILLION lawsuit against Al Haymon -- who many consider the most powerful man in boxing.

According to the suit, Top Rank claims Haymon has been using unsavory tactics to monopolize the boxing industry -- including illegally blocking fights, blocking venues and freezing out other promoters, including Top Rank and Jay Z's Roc Nation Sports company.

Top Rank claims Haymon -- who "famously runs his empire from an old school flip phone" -- is leveraging his impressive client list (which includes Mayweather, Adrian Broner, Danny Garcia and more) to monopolize the boxing industry.

For example, Top Rank claims Haymon cajoled one of his fighters -- Peter Quillin -- to turn down a $1.4 million payday in 2014 (the biggest payday of his career) because Jay Z had won the right to promote the fight and Haymon didn't want to let Roc Nation get his foot into the boxing game.

Top Rank is going after Haymon and his financial backers, the Waddell & Reed investment group for fraud and conspiracy.

Blac Chyna's still not banging her boxer/boyfriend J'Leon Love ... and this time the reason for the sexual time-out is down right holy.

Chyna was leaving Ace Of Diamonds strip club in L.A. Monday night when we asked if carnal activities had commenced between she and her love now that the Money Team member is no longer in training. You'll recall, she had previously said he was in a no-sex zone for 30 days before a fight.

Then Chyna hit us with the bad news ... J'Leon is a Muslim ... and is forbidden to do the horizontal mambo during the holy time of Ramadan ... which happens to be going on right now.

Ramadan lasts until July 17th.

Godspeed, Chyna.

Floyd Mayweather almost got fined by police this weekend ... and he couldn't have cared less.

The boxer and his entourage were rollin' down Hollywood Blvd. late Friday night in a caravan of expensive cars ... Floyd was driving his Bugatti, flanked by SUVs with another Bugatti and a Rolls Royce in the back.

Our law enforcement sources tell us ... at one point during the joy ride, Floyd stopped his car in the middle of the street, stood up inside of it and played up to the cheering crowd.

Cops approached Mayweather and told him he needed to move the car ASAP (because traffic in that area SUCKS) or else they would ticket Floyd or impound his car.

Floyd's reply -- "It's not like I can't afford it."

BTW, he's right ... Mayweather was just listed as #1 on Forbes' highest paid celebrities list.

How do you upgrade from a $3.8 million Ferrari?? Easy ... you get a $4.8 MILLION super car to take its place ... at least, that's what Floyd Mayweather's planning to do ... TMZ Sports has learned.

Sources close to the boxer tell us ... he's thiiiis close to closing the deal on an ultra-rare sports car called a Koenigsegg CCXR Trevita ... one of only THREE of its kind in the entire world.

The car is lightning fast ... 0-60 in 2.9 seconds ... and tops out at 250 miles per hour!

Our sources tell us Floyd has had his eye on the car for a while -- but now, he's finally pulling the trigger ... and we're told his car guy Obi Okeke at Fusion Luxury Motors has already imported it to his L.A. showroom specifically for Mayweather.

Chris Brown just jumped on a private jet destined for Haiti ... but it's no vacation -- we're told he's putting on a free concert to help out the locals ... and it's all thanks to boxer Andre Berto.

Berto and Brown have been friends for a while and Andre -- a Haitian American -- is passionate about the current crisis between Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

FYI -- The D.R. is currently cracking down on Haitian migrant workers living in the Dominican, deporting them by the thousands ... and the Haitian Prime Minister called it a "humanitarian crisis" because many of those people don't know where they're going to live, work, etc.

So Berto asked Brown if he would fly to Haiti to put on a concert to lift the people's spirits -- and Brown obliged.

We're told the crew is on the jet right now.

Oscar De La Hoya would be a complete FOOL to come out of retirement and fight again at 42 ... so says legendary boxing promoter Bob Arum who's telling Oscar -- DON'T COME BACK!!

De La Hoya has been flirting with the idea of getting back in the ring and fighting Gennady Golovkin ... but Arum says it would be a "terrible, terrible mistake."

"He had a great career ... when it's over, it's over."

Arum says Oscar should learn from guys like Sugar Ray Leonard ... who tried to come back at 40 years old ... and looked like crap.

"I don't think Oscar is fool enough to do that."

Are you rich? Like REALLY, REALLY rich???

Well, good news ... 'cause Floyd Mayweather says if you drop $3.8 MILLION to buy his ultra-rare Ferrari Enzo ... he'll throw in a picture with you FOR FREE!!!

We already told you Floyd's been getting serious interest in the car from legit billionaires -- but they all seem to have special requests to sweeten the deal ... from photo ops, to video shoots ... one guy even wants to spar with Floyd.

So, when we shot Floyd out in NYC after he finished up some jewelry shopping Wednesday ... we had to ask if he was down for a photo op with whoever buys the car.

Rocky Balboa fought until he was 60 ... so, it's probably not a shocker that Sylvester Stallone says he's all about an Oscar De La Hoya comeback fight!

The 42-year-old fighter has been talking about coming out of retirement lately ... and told us he wants a piece of human wrecking machine Gennady Golovkin (Triple G).

So, with Stallone being a huge boxing fan ... and a fan of old people making comebacks ...we had to ask Sly how he felt about ODLH.

He gave up sex with his girlfriend Blac Chyna for WEEKS ... but J'Leon Love's vow of celibacy paid off BIG TIME 'cause he won his fight Sunday ... and now Blac Chyna is ready to rumble at home!

As we previously reported, Love -- a member of Floyd Mayweather's "The Money Team" -- swore off sex for more than a month so he could focus on fighting Jason Escalera in Vegas.

Well, he won the fight in the 7th round ... but he wasn't able to collect his real prize right after the fight ... 'cause his GF was out of town (in Pittsburgh) on business.

But sources close to B.C. tell us ... "She plans on seeing him this week, and when she does he is going to be very VERY happy. He will get the big win again."

Sooo .... congrats!

Three different BILLIONAIRES have thrown their hats in the ring to buy Floyd Mayweather's $3.8 MILLION Ferrari ... so says Floyd's car guy ... but the buyers have all asked for special favors to "sweeten the deal."

We broke the story ... Floyd put his ultra-rare Ferrari Enzo up for sale last week -- and now, his personal car dealer at Fusion Luxury Motors, Obi Okeke, tells us the response has been INSANE!

"People have been calling from all over the world ... countries like Australia, Japan, Great Britain, Germany, Austria, India, South Africa, Nigeria and the United States."

But the best part of the story ... Okeke says several people have made full-price offers -- but they each come with interesting caveats.

"I got some crazy request from a 60-year-old man who wants to buy the car -- but only if he can lace up some gloves and spar in the ring with Floyd in his gym."

Here's a list of some of the other requests coming from people who made a full-price offer:

-- Buyer wants a 1-on-1 dinner with Floyd
-- Buyer wants a video shoot with Floyd and the car
-- Buyer wants Floyd to make himself available to take a picture with buyer's entire family

Okeke says 3 of the potential buyers are people who have made Forbes' Billionaires List ... though he says he's going to keep the names private for now.