A gym in his name in Los Angeles was accused of “modern day slavery”.

Floyd Mayweather is not bankrupt despite being reportedly being unable to pay staff working at a Los Angeles gym in his name their wages; so what is the problem for the gym, which has been accused of “modern-day slavery” in a protest?

Disgruntled employees staged a public demonstration outside of the gym at Highland Avenue after saying they haven’t been paid for weeks, leaving them unable to cover basic living expenses but scared to report the matter because of the risk of being sacked.

We’re out here just letting everybody know that they have not been treating us right,” a protestor told The Daily Mail. “Even if you work for a different company and you ain’t getting paid, you’re scared to show up and say something.

“Because you know how businesses do. They silence you and they fire you because everything’s ‘at will.'”

The 47-year-old’s Mayweather of Boxing and Fitness group has even been accused of breaching California’s Labor Code.

But this is something denied by an insider, who insists it has nothing to do with the fighter himself – something backed up by the protestors too, who admitted they didn’t know if the ex-champion was aware.

“Allegations of non-payment of wages against @FloydMayweather are false,” Rick Glaser posted to X.com, formerly Twitter. “This Mayweather Gym in LA is a franchise that Floyd gets a franchise fee for.

“Floyd himself has nothing to do with the assets or liabilities of this. These reports are misleading, & defamatory.”

Mayweather not short on money

Any claims that Mayweather is bankrupt can simply be laughed off by his recent spending habits after the man nicknamed Money dropped over $402 million dollars to buy 60 buildings in New York City back in October.

It’s the start of his retail estate career and he backed that up by investing an undeclared amount of cash in 601W Companies, who control 18 different assets worth over $10 billion dollars covering 10 million square-feet.

Conor McGregor looks set to return to the boxing ring following his 2017 loss to Floyd Mayweather.

The former UFC Champion stepped out of the octagon and into the ring eight years ago to co-star in one of the most financially successful bouts in history. McGregor was outboxed and stopped by Mayweather in ten rounds.

He has since returned to MMA but failed to find the form he was once so famous for. Having not fought since 2021 – a stoppage loss to Dustin Poirier after suffering a horror leg break – he appears to have turned his attention back to boxing.

Following rumours that the billionaire Ambani family in India were in talks to stage McGregor versus Logan Paul, the Irishman has repeatedly hinted towards the fight being made. Most recently, he posted a message on X, formerly Twitter, to say ‘I’m coming’ alongside a picture of Paul.

Logan is the older brother of Jake Paul, who is much more known in boxing circles, particularly after his last controversial bout against Mike Tyson. Jake has been chasing the McGregor fight for some time, and may still get it in future depending on the showing against his brother.

Logan – who has twice fought UK content creator, businessman and boxer KSI – has had an unscored exhibition with Mayweather. He has since became a household name in the professional wrestling promotion, WWE.

Also in his post, McGregor – who was recently found found liable in a sexual assault civil case – alluded to the rumours that each man will be paid $250,000,000 for the event. More news is expected soon.

Floyd Mayweather’s former training partner claims ‘TBE’ once knocked out a motor-mouthed heavyweight during a brutal sparring session.

Mayweather picked up world titles in five different weight classes from super featherweight to super welterweight during an unblemished 50-0 professional career.

At the peak of his powers, Mayweather walked around at 160lbs but that didn’t stop him from hurting far bigger men than himself in the gym.

Boxer-turned-promoter Dmitry Salita was a part of Mayweather’s set-up for four training camps during his welterweight days and remembers how the Michigan technician once humbled a cocksure heavyweight in the ring.

“We were at the gym just hanging out, it was after one of Floyd’s fights,” Salita told ES News.

“This guy comes into the gym, a heavyweight and said, ‘I wanna get some boxing’ and he was just talking a lot of smack.

“There was no one big enough to spar so Floyd was like ‘Leonard [Ellerbe], get my stuff from the car’.

“Leonard went into the car and got his gear for him.

“Floyd got in the ring with him for 30 seconds and does his shoulder roll and block and just hits the guy with a body shot, and drops him, a heavyweight.

“And the guy could fight. Roger [Mayweather] always said if someone is going to stick it on you in the streets, you ain’t going to say ‘I need to go into a training camp for six weeks.

Something great like Floyd Mayweather doesn’t happen by accident, I witnessed how hard they worked, how hard they trained and the routine they established.”

Salita also recalls how Mayweather sparred four-minute rounds with 15-second rests.

To put that into perspective, on fight night a professional boxer is expected to complete three-minute rounds with a one-minute break after each stanza.

“It was four-minute rounds with 15-second breaks in between,” Salita added.

“I didn’t know how tough it was until I got in the ring with him.

“Floyd gave me a bit of a black eye, and I fought ten days later and still had it a little bit but everyone said ‘Floyd did it’ so it was a bit of a trophy.”

Mayweather was better known for his technical prowess than for his raw knockout power.

As a pro, he had a decent but by no means extraordinary 54 per cent knockout-to-win ratio, with 27 of his 50 wins coming inside the distance.

Most of those occurred during the early portion of his career when he was fighting closer to his natural weight.

However, he did manage to close out his career in style by stopping dual-weight UFC champion Conor McGregor in the 10th round of their crossover clash at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.