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50 CENT, TOMMY SUMMERS, AND THEIR FAILED ATTEMPT TO BREAK UP FLOYD MAYWEATHER AND AL HAYMON
By Ben Thompson | October 12, 2012

Until now, the circumstances surrounding the discord between long-time friends Floyd Mayweather and 50 Cent have been unclear. When news about the formation of The Money Team [TMT] Promotions first broke back in July, we were led to believe that the company was created as a joint business venture between both men. As Mayweather was serving the remainder of his jail sentence, 50 Cent was moving quickly to sign fighters, like Yuriorkis Gamboa, Andre Dirrell, and Billy Dib. Presumably, he was acting on Mayweather's behalf, representing TMT Promotions as a partnership that would change the sport of boxing. However, FightHype.com has discovered that was not the case at all. What was once described as a "breath of fresh air" actually turned out to be an attempted coup by those once considered to be close to Mayweather.

Sources have informed us that 50 Cent and former Mayweather associate Tommy Summers, A.K.A. Tommy Smalls, tried to take advantage of Mayweather's incarceration in an attempt to oust long-time advisor Al Haymon in hopes of gaining control of Mayweather's career, both in and out of the ring. With the help of the influential Haymon, Mayweather has built a brand that has made him the highest-paid athlete in all sports. Their working relationship has allowed him to shatter pay-per-view records and generate revenue like no other fighter has ever seen before. One would think that Mayweather's achievements speak volumes about his working relationship with Haymon and their ability to succeed. Apparently, 50 Cent and Tommy Summers didn't see it that way. Ultimately, greed may have been the single solitary factor that caused long-time friends to go their separate ways.

FightHype.com was able to attain images of a letter (see below) that was sent by Tommy Summers to Floyd Mayweather during his incarceration. Shockingly, Summers embarks on a plan to try and convince Mayweather that he would be better off cutting ties with Al Haymon to instead partner with he and 50 Cent. According to Summers, if Mayweather did so, he could potentially make between $500 million and $1 billion dollars before he retires, raking in a whopping $100 million to $200 million per fight. Summers alleges that Haymon, Golden Boy Promotions, and HBO were all in cahoots, hiding money from Mayweather in a deal that was "cut under the table" with MGM Grand. It's unclear whether or not 50 Cent actually encouraged Summers to contact Mayweather with the alleged information, however, there's no denying that both men were working together to some degree, as evidenced by the mention of his name in the letter and the photo that was taken of Summers, 50 Cent and Manny Pacquiao at the September 17 press conference to announce Pacquiao vs. Marquez IV.

Although 50 Cent now claims his original vision of TMT Promotions was a joint partnership between himself, Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao, our source informs us that Mayweather never had any intention whatsoever of starting a new promotional company, which makes sense considering that he already owns Mayweather Promotions. Furthermore, Pacquiao continues to be under contract to Top Rank promotions, a company that Mayweather himself broke free of years ago with the intent of never doing business with its founder, Bob Arum, ever again. In fact, until Todd DuBoef takes over the reigns at Top Rank, the likelihood of Mayweather and Pacquiao doing any type of business, let alone starting a joint promotional venture, has proven to be unlikely.

Judging from the letter that was sent to Mayweather while he was incarcerated, postmarked July 24, 2012, which was exactly 4 days after it was revealed that TMT Promotions was formed, it would seem that the newly created promotional company was more of a joint venture between 50 Cent and Tommy Summers. Furthermore, given his instructions in the letter to "tear this up when you finish reading", it should be clear that, at the very least, Summers was definitely up to something. Apparently, as they spoke to fighters, they painted a picture that Mayweather was indeed on board, when in reality, he really wasn't. The notion that Mayweather was involved is one of the reasons why IBF featherweight champion Billy Dib was quick to sign with TMT Promotions, only to later find out that the facts were misrepresented to him. There was also an attempt to move former WBA featherweight champion Celestino Caballero to TMT Promotions, despite the fact that he was already signed with Mayweather Promotions.

Several sources have noted that Tommy Summers is notorious for making questionable back-alley deals on behalf of other fighters, like Mike Tyson and Zab Judah. It now appears that his latest decision to partner with 50 Cent may have cost him a close friend in the process. If the goal was to separate Floyd Mayweather from Al Haymon in hopes of reshaping the landscape of boxing, they should have known well in advance that whatever plan they concocted was not going to work based solely on how loyal Mayweather himself is to his team. Considering that 50 Cent has absolutely no experience whatsoever in boxing, one can only imagine why Tommy Summers decided to partner with a business man who's battling to keep his own sales up in the ultra-competitive rap industry. In fact, one can't help but wonder if 50 Cent's plan to align himself with Mayweather and venture into the business of boxing was simply an attempt to remain relevant, especially considering that he has a new album due to hit stores some time in mid-November, which just so happens to coincide with his original plan to promote the first event of TMT Promotions on November 17. After all, exactly what was 50 Cent going to bring to the table for Mayweather, who is already considered to be the biggest name in his own industry?
I was just about to post this. 50 Cent hanging with Summers is reason TMT didn't pop. Mayweather wasn't feeling that at all. They tried to do some Suge Knight to 2 Pac crap with Mayweather in jail. The hand written letter with sharpie. lol..
 

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a lot of people have bhop ranked higher on the ATG list. of course some of that is subjective but personally I think hopkins has a better resume and he took on far greater challenges and risks throughout his career.

Most Middleweight title defenses in the history of boxing (20). Fought undefeated Glen Johnon (32-0), undefeated Joe Lipsey (25-0), undefeated Felix Trinidad (40-0), undefeated Kelly Pavlik (34-0), undefeated Joe Calzaghe (44-0), undefeated Jermain Taylor (23-0), 40-1 & #1 contender Howard Eastman, #1 contender William Joppy, #1 contender Keith Holmes, #1 contender Antwun Echols, #1 contender Robert Allen, #1 contender Segundo Mercado, fought lineal light heavyweight champ in Jean Pascal and became the oldest champion in boxing history at age 47, moved up two weight classes and fought the lineal light heavyweight champ in Antonio Tarver at age 41 and that's not including solid wins over Oscar (first & only person to knock him out), Winky, etc.
Sorry man I know what they both done and its not even close in my book. Floyd is in my top 10 all time if not higher. Bernard is a hall of afmer but nowhere near the top 10 all time. I just dont see it. People that have him ranked higher than Floyd is smoking bad shit in my book. I think its more hate than anything. Floyd may be the most hated fighter ever. Got Em!!
 
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What in the hell are you talking about?? B-Hop is a bottom feeder always was and always have been. What prime ATG 160lber has Hopkins beat? Roy Jones Jr beat both James Toney and Hopkins. Who has Hopkins beat again?? WW Oscar and WW Tito? Or overrated Taylor and Pavlik?? Hopkin had a good run and HOF career but ATG he is not. This guy almost lost to Winky Wright for good sake.. How can you hurt my feelings when again and again I prove you wrong. Just stop it already clown..
lol @ bottom feeder. Hopkins fought every big name there was to fight and every single #1 contender in his weight classes. And some of those guys he was 40 years old or above (Taylor, Tarver, Winky, Calzaghe, Pavlik, Pascal). No one in history has done what Hopkins has done.

Undefeated & Prime Trinidad was also a Middleweight champion when Hopkins fought him (Tito was a 7-1 favorite to beat Hopkins) so you cut that noise about him being a welterweight. Tito is a bigger win than anyone on Floyd's resume, by far. Hopkins also went down in weight to fight Oscar - Hopkins went down to 156 pounds, Oscar weighed 155 (one pound north of what he was used to fighting at) so apparently using your logic Hopkins should have been massively weight drained, and yet he still KO'd Oscar.

Pavlik was undefeated and Hopkins was 43 years old. No one has schooled Pavlik like Hopkins has and that was before Kelly was an alcoholic and he mentally ruined Pavlik. (Just like he did Tito and a number of other guys).

To say Hopkins isn't an all time great shows how badly your feelings were hurt. Every single respectable boxing historian has Hopkins ranked in the top 100, which is what is considered an All Time Great. He's also a top 5 middleweight of all time which is one of boxing's deepest divisions in history.

Here is a couple:

ESPN:
ESPN.com: ALL-TIME GREATEST BOXERS

Mayweather #48
Hopkins #47
Jones #46

Bert Sugar:
Roy Jones #88
Hopkins #91
(Floyd not on the list)

The Ring (this was from 2002 so obviously hopkins would have moved up even more, floyd not on the list yet):
Hopkins #50
Jones #44

So obviously you have no idea what you're talking about or you're so mad someone said Hopkins' career is better than floyd's (which is subjective anyway since they are in different weight classes).
 
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Sorry man I know what they both done and its not even close in my book. Floyd is in my top 10 all time if not higher. Bernard is a hall of afmer but nowhere near the top 10 all time. I just dont see it. People that have him ranked higher than Floyd is smoking bad shit in my book. I think its more hate than anything. Floyd may be the most hated fighter ever. Got Em!!
It's simply impossible for Floyd or anyone from today's current age to be listed in the top ten. Not with Floyd's resume my man. BTW, when people say "all time great" they typically mean top 100.

Anyways, Floyd can't crack the top 10 unless he did something crazy like beat Pacquiao, Martinez, move up to 168 and beat Ward or some crazy shit like that. His resume is too thin too match up with the current top ten guys:

Sugar Ray Robinson
Henry Armstrong
Muhammad Ali
Joe Louis
Willie Pep
Harry Greb
Sugar Ray Leonard
Benny Leonard
Sam Langford
Roberto Duran

It's simply not possible for Floyd or any modern fighter to crack this list man. These above fighters accomplishments are nearly impossible to do today.

And no it's not hating to have Hopkins listed above floyd it's about resume & accomplishments. Which, honestly Hopkins has done more. Is he a better, pound 4 pound fighter? Probably not, but that's not how you rank fighters or else guys like Pernell Whitaker or Roy Jones would be the GOAT. Resumes, body of work and accomplishments are what count the most to historians. Now, Floyd is still fighting and he can easily step over Bernard with a couple more big wins, most noticeably Pacquiao. Bottom line is Hopkins & Floyd are both All Time Greats, unlike bigface falsely claimed otherwise. Where you place them in that list is largely subjective.
 
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Top rank and golden boy need to put that bullshit aside and do business, lots of great fights can be made. Bradley is smart for turning down that Peterson fight., don't be arums bitch!
I wanna see mayweather vs Bradley hella bad! Get money may on the phone asap
 

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It's simply impossible for Floyd or anyone from today's current age to be listed in the top ten. Not with Floyd's resume my man. BTW, when people say "all time great" they typically mean top 100.

Anyways, Floyd can't crack the top 10 unless he did something crazy like beat Pacquiao, Martinez, move up to 168 and beat Ward or some crazy shit like that. His resume is too thin too match up with the current top ten guys:

Sugar Ray Robinson
Henry Armstrong
Muhammad Ali
Joe Louis
Willie Pep
Harry Greb
Sugar Ray Leonard
Benny Leonard
Sam Langford
Roberto Duran

It's simply not possible for Floyd or any modern fighter to crack this list man. These above fighters accomplishments are nearly impossible to do today.

And no it's not hating to have Hopkins listed above floyd it's about resume & accomplishments. Which, honestly Hopkins has done more. Is he a better, pound 4 pound fighter? Probably not, but that's not how you rank fighters or else guys like Pernell Whitaker or Roy Jones would be the GOAT. Resumes, body of work and accomplishments are what count the most to historians. Now, Floyd is still fighting and he can easily step over Bernard with a couple more big wins, most noticeably Pacquiao. Bottom line is Hopkins & Floyd are both All Time Greats, unlike bigface falsely claimed otherwise. Where you place them in that list is largely subjective.
All of that sounds good but I form my own opinions man. Floyd is undefeated. How many of those top 10 fighters u listed are undefeated? Also rank them by how many people I think couldve beat them and I dont think anyone, maybe Ray Leonard couldve beaten Floyd. He is that damn good! Him in his prime against anyone and my money is on Floyd period. So with that said he is maybe the greatest fighter I have ever witnessed thus he gets a top 10 ranking in my book. Got Em!!
 
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Calzaghe & Sven Ottke retired undefeated does that make them top 10? Hell no. Like I said it's about resume, body of work & accomplishments.

Like I said floyd is an all time great. He's awesome. No doubt about that. But top 10? Not even close. And that's no diss on Floyd it's just it's so hard to do what those guys have done (most of those guys I bet you know very little about, which is why boxing historians hold much more weight over some average fan's opinion).

At the end of the day, who is the best opponent Floyd beat? Castillo? Corrales? Cotto? Oscar? That's literally nothing compared to the guys the top 10 beat. Floyd's resume really isn't that great, historically speaking.

All of the top 10 guys lost fights because they fought so much more fights typically and way better opponents. Floyd is lucky he didn't have to go through Leonard's era for example - Marvin Hagler, Tommy Hearns, Roberto Duran, Benetiz (or if stays lower in weight Aaron Pryor, alexis arguello). no way in hell floyd goes undefeated. He almost lost to Castillo imagine if that was a prime Duran (who beat Leonard the first time) or a prime alexis arguello, who were both much, much better fighters than Castillo.
 
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H The competition now is no where near what it was in the 80's, but we can only speculate.
Exactly. Nor was in the 50's, 60's, and 70's. Even the bums back then were bangers. That's why these guys from the earlier generations get so much credit - they fought more (often over 100 times) they typically fought better opponents, there were only 8 weight classes which meant often times these guys fought guys 20-40 pounds bigger than them sometimes more (see henry armstrong, etc.).

And I think floyd would give some of those guys good fights, not all. Tommy Hearns obvioulsy would have destroyed floyd (just way too big & powerful). Leonard was also too big. Hagler obvioulsy way too big. So I think realistically floyd would have had to stay at 140 pounds, fight guys like alexis arguello & aaron pryor. Which jeez, those are both really, really tough fights stylistically for floyd.
 
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Andre Ward-Kelly Pavlik in Play For February 23rd, HBO

By Rick Reeno

Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum has confirmed to BoxingScene.com that there are ongoing discussions to make an HBO televised fight between WBA/WBC super middleweight champion Andre Ward (26-0, 14KOs) and former middleweight king Kelly Pavlik (40-2, 34KOs).

Arum, and Ward's promoter Dan Goossen, are discussing a potential date of February 23rd.

"That's accurate. We're talking with Dan. I think the likelihood of it happening is good. [Manager] Cameron [Dunkin] likes the fight. Kelly likes the fight," Arum told BoxingScene.com.

One of the sticking points has already been agreed upon, says Arum - Ward is willing to do the fight, if it gets done, outside of his hometown of Oakland, California.
 
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Resume-wise Floyd can't be top ten, but in terms of the way styles match up and who beats who, its hard to not have him top ten.
Again I think he has a good resume whether its worthy of top 10 who knows but thats not all I base it on. I dont think many if any could beat Floyd, I think he is that great of a fighter so thats why I have him ranked very high. What else do I have to say?

Also there are other fighters that are undefeated like Calzaghe but he is nowhere near the fighter Floyd is in my book so no he isnt ranked anywhere near Floyd plus he retired way to early. There are a few fighters out there in today's game that would mop up Calzaghe let alone all time greats. Big difference. Got Em!!

Andre Ward-Kelly Pavlik in Play For February 23rd, HBO

By Rick Reeno

Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum has confirmed to BoxingScene.com that there are ongoing discussions to make an HBO televised fight between WBA/WBC super middleweight champion Andre Ward (26-0, 14KOs) and former middleweight king Kelly Pavlik (40-2, 34KOs).

Arum, and Ward's promoter Dan Goossen, are discussing a potential date of February 23rd.

"That's accurate. We're talking with Dan. I think the likelihood of it happening is good. [Manager] Cameron [Dunkin] likes the fight. Kelly likes the fight," Arum told BoxingScene.com.

One of the sticking points has already been agreed upon, says Arum - Ward is willing to do the fight, if it gets done, outside of his hometown of Oakland, California.
Good Pavlik if it happens. He been trying to get back into a big money fight and he couldnt get no bigger than this at the moment. He will lose and it will hurt him in making future big fights unless he makes it look good and makes it a close fight which I dont see happening. Ward is just to good. Got Em!!
 
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Calzaghe & Sven Ottke retired undefeated does that make them top 10? Hell no. Like I said it's about resume, body of work & accomplishments.

Like I said floyd is an all time great. He's awesome. No doubt about that. But top 10? Not even close. And that's no diss on Floyd it's just it's so hard to do what those guys have done (most of those guys I bet you know very little about, which is why boxing historians hold much more weight over some average fan's opinion).

At the end of the day, who is the best opponent Floyd beat? Castillo? Corrales? Cotto? Oscar? That's literally nothing compared to the guys the top 10 beat. Floyd's resume really isn't that great, historically speaking.

All of the top 10 guys lost fights because they fought so much more fights typically and way better opponents. Floyd is lucky he didn't have to go through Leonard's era for example - Marvin Hagler, Tommy Hearns, Roberto Duran, Benetiz (or if stays lower in weight Aaron Pryor, alexis arguello). no way in hell floyd goes undefeated. He almost lost to Castillo imagine if that was a prime Duran (who beat Leonard the first time) or a prime alexis arguello, who were both much, much better fighters than Castillo.
Mayweather's titles

Lineal/ ring titles:
Lineal Super Featherweight Champion (130 lbs)
The Ring Lightweight Champion (135 lbs)
The Ring Welterweight Champion (147 lbs)

World titles:
WBC Super Featherweight Champion (130 lbs)
WBC Lightweight Champion (135 lbs)
WBC Light Welterweight Champion (140 lbs)
IBF Welterweight Champion (147 lbs)
WBC Welterweight Champion (147 lbs)
WBC Light Middleweight Champion (154 lbs)
(2) WBC Welterweight Champion (147 lbs)
WBA Light Middleweight Champion (154 lbs

People Mayweather beat al champions coming nto the fight and all winners other then Judah ad he beat the guy that beat Judah:

Genaro Hernández #1 at 130lb
Corrales #1 at 130 and #5 Ring Magazine's p4p list
Castillo #1 at 135lb
Gatti #2 at 140lb
Baldomir#1 at 147lb/Judah # 5 at 147lb
ODLH #3 at 154lb
Hatton #1 lineal champ at 140lb,WBA 147lb champion, and #10 on P4P list
Marquez #1 at 135lb and #2 on Ring Magazine's P4P list catchweight 144lb
Mosley #1 at 147lb and #5 on Ring Magazine's P4P list
Ortiz #2 at 147lb
Cotto #1 at 154lb

Mayweather's resume looks pretty damn good to me. Mayweather takes out the #1 guy moving up in weight. Unlike most who fight the weakest champion of the division or for a vacant title.