On Thursday, Floyd Mayweather, Jr. submitted a statement under the penalty of perjury, to a New York court that is considering whether to allow Mayweather's exhibition fight to take place on Sautrday in Athens.Here is what Mayweather said:
"I am generally familiar with the allegations against me in this case. It is my understanding that [CSI Entertainment and related companies] claims I received advances that were allegedly paid by them to [a company named] Frist Apex Ventures LLC in August 2025 ($2 million advance) and November 2025 ($2.5 million advance). That is not correct. I did not receive either the $2 million payment or the $2.5 million payment from Frist Apex, Plaintiffs, or anyone acting on their behalf. I am informed and believe [CSI] has filed proof showing that those payments were made to Frist Apex. I do not know what Frist Apex did with those funds.
"After I spoke with [CSI's] Richard Milele and informed him that I had not received the $2 million or $2.5 million payments, Mr. Milele and I agreed to execute a letter of direction for future payments. I requested that protection because I had not received the prior CSI payments and because of concerns that funds paid to Frist Apex had been misappropriated and/or stolen. I have requested from Frist Apex a reconciliation of all payments received or made in connection with my boxing events, including any CSI-related payments, but I have not received that reconciliation to date.
"In late February or early March of this year, I completed my medicals for the fight with Mike Tyson. The plan was for the fight to happen in the spring of 2026. I was ready, willing and able to participate in the exhibition fight against Mike Tyson this spring. I am informed that Plaintiffs also allege that I accepted a $2.75 million advance from EverWonder and took a $5.8 million advance from a third-party lender against a contract with EverWonder. Neither statement is correct. To the best of my knowledge, those advances or loan proceeds were paid to Frist Apex or others, not to me or Mayweather Promotions. I did not receive those funds and do not know what was done with them.
My former manager Jona Rechnitz hid information from me and misled me about a lot of things, including the deals he was negotiating with CSI for fights against Mike Tyson and Manny Pacquiao. Unfortunately, I still trusted him at the time because I did not know about his shady dealings. When Jona asked me to sign an inducement letter, he did not tell me specifics regarding the deal between Frist Apex and Plaintiffs. Because of my trust in Jona at the time, I signed the inducement letter without knowledge of the deal terms. After I discovered evidence that Jona was taking advantage of, lying to and stealing from me, I hired Walter Jordan to be my business manager in February 2026."
