Floyd Mayweather Jr. is set to chronicle his life and career as a champion boxer through a new docuseries, titled “The Goat,” after inking a life-rights deal with Hidden Empire Films’ Deon Taylor and Roxanne Avent Taylor.
“Now is the perfect time to share my story with the world and let viewers in on my journey from early days of hardships to overcoming adversity to become the athlete and entrepreneur I am today,” Mayweather said in a statement announcing the deal. “As someone who owns his own brand, I can’t think of better partners than Deon, Roxanne, Robert F. Smith — the wealthiest African American in the world — and Hidden Empire Films, a prolific Black-owned production company. This is going to be incredibly special!”
Under the new pact, Hidden Empire Films gains exclusive access to Mayweather’s personal library of never-before-seen footage, including hundreds of hours of video and audio...
“Now is the perfect time to share my story with the world and let viewers in on my journey from early days of hardships to overcoming adversity to become the athlete and entrepreneur I am today,” Mayweather said in a statement announcing the deal. “As someone who owns his own brand, I can’t think of better partners than Deon, Roxanne, Robert F. Smith — the wealthiest African American in the world — and Hidden Empire Films, a prolific Black-owned production company. This is going to be incredibly special!”
Under the new pact, Hidden Empire Films gains exclusive access to Mayweather’s personal library of never-before-seen footage, including hundreds of hours of video and audio...
- 10/6/2022
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Floyd Mayweather Sr. beat the criminal charge ... but now he's being sued by the woman who accused him of punching her after the 1st Canelo-ggg fight last year. In the lawsuit obtained by TMZ Sports, Marsha Byrd claims she got into a verbal altercation with Mayweather Sr. on September 17, 2017 outside T-Mobile Arena in Vegas ... which she says turned physical. Byrd says Floyd Sr. dragged her out of his car and repeatedly punched her with a...
- 10/11/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Floyd Mayweather Sr. is now a married man -- TMZ Sports has learned the 65-year-old tied the knot in a low-key ceremony back in February ... and we've got the pics to prove it! Sources connected to the situation tell us ... Floyd and Lois Ann Roberts hit up the Stained Glass Wedding Chapel in Vegas on February 4 and swapped "I Dos" in a very quick and quiet ceremony. The place offers special Elvis-themed weddings -- but...
- 7/30/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Floyd Mayweather has a brand new baby sister -- this according to a DNA test which shows the boxer's famous father, Floyd Mayweather Sr., is the daddy to a 1-year-old girl! 65-year-old Floyd Sr. -- who famously trained his son during his legendary career -- has been in a paternity dispute with a woman named Purisa Farris, who filed for child support earlier this year. Now we've learned, as part of the case ... Floyd took...
- 6/30/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Floyd Mayweather Sr. is off the hook in his battery case -- after a judge found him Not Guilty of attacking a woman after the Canelo vs. Ggg fight ... TMZ Sports has learned. As we previously reported, Floyd Mayweather's father turned himself in after a woman claimed the former boxer grabbed her and then punched her in the leg after the boxing match at T-Mobile Arena in Vegas in Sept. 2017. The 65-year-old had adamantly denied...
- 6/27/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Moment of honesty from Floyd Mayweather? The leader of The Money Team was leaving the NBA All-Star Game in L.A. surrounded by Tmt crew when we asked about Conor McGregor's new statement ... that Floyd has ended Mma fight negotiations. Floyd told us straight-up, "I don't know" -- weird considering he's been on a P.R. offensive to drive up interest in a potential Conor vs. Floyd Ufc fight. Remember the Mma cage videos he's made?...
- 2/19/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Floyd Mayweather Sr. adamantly denies attacking a woman after the Gennady Golovkin-Canelo Alvarez fight ... pleading not guilty to a battery charge in a Las Vegas court. In case you missed it ... cops say Sr., 65, got into a heated confrontation outside T-Mobile Arena after the fight. They say Sr. grabbed the woman before punching her in the leg. Sr. was charged with battery and a warrant was issued for his arrest. Floyd turned himself Tuesday ... and the warrant was canceled.
- 1/25/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
[[tmz:video id="0_6p6ndfwc"]] TMZ Sports broke the news to Bob Arum about the warrant out for Floyd Mayweather Sr.'s arrest -- and the boxing Hall of Famer could hardly believe it ... insisting Floyd's a really nice guy. As we previously reported, Mayweather is facing battery charges in Vegas after he allegedly punched a woman in the leg following the Ggg vs. Canelo fight back in Sept. Arum -- who was Manny Pacquiao's promoter for the big...
- 1/24/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin weren't the only two people fighting at T-Mobile Arena back in Sept. ... cops say Floyd Mayweather Sr. attacked a woman that night and now there's a warrant out for his arrest. But, Floyd Sr. says the allegations are 100% not true. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ Sports ... the alleged incident went down in Vegas the early hours of Sept. 17 ... following the big Canelo vs. Ggg fight. We're told the alleged victim...
- 1/24/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
[[tmz:video id="0_zqsj9g3g"]] He's 64 years old ... but if a white supremacist steps to Floyd Mayweather Sr., the boxing veteran says he won't hesitate to beat that ass. Floyd Sr. was flying back to Vegas after a whirlwind trip to L.A. when we asked if he was worried about his own safety with the rise of white supremacist rallies all over the country. "I'm telling you right now ... if it comes to the point, where I gotta take care of my business,...
- 8/18/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
[[tmz:video id="0_mf5d08hn"]] Floyd Mayweather Sr. says he doesn't see anything racist about Conor McGregor telling his son to "dance for me, boy" during the news conference ... despite outrage on social media. "Racist? I don't know what that got to do with race," Floyd Sr. told TMZ Sports moments after the news conference at Staples Center. "This is a boxing match. I don't know what that got to do with no racists." Of course, referring to a black...
- 7/12/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Conor McGregor's got Two Mayweathers threatening to beat his ass -- with Floyd's famous father vowing to knock out the Ufc superstar himself ... for a fraction of the price! 64-year-old Floyd Mayweather Sr. -- who was a pretty good pro fighter himself -- put it very bluntly, "I'll Put His Ass To Sleep!" Floyd's dad unloaded on McGregor to FightHype.com -- spelling out exactly why "Notorious" would get crushed in a fight where...
- 11/21/2016
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
There's about to be a brawl...up in here, up in here. E! News confirmed George Zimmerman will face-off against rapper Dmx in the ring for a Celebrity Boxing Match next month as Floyd Mayweather Sr. referees. The thought of going head-to-head in the ring was actually Zimmerman's idea, telling Radar Online last month that boxing is his hobby. Once celebs caught wind of the event, a number of celebs volunteered to go against Zimmerman, who stood trial for murder but was acquitted last year for shooting unarmed Trayvon Martin. Especially rapper The Game who made it known he was more than willing to box him. When a fan asked the celeb on Twitter today whether he was picked to fight, Game tweeted back,...
- 2/5/2014
- E! Online
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