Overview
- CSI Sports Events filed a 34-page complaint in federal court claiming it advanced $4.65 million to Mayweather for exclusive promotion of a planned Mike Tyson exhibition and a Manny Pacquiao rematch, and that Mayweather breached the deals by taking other engagements.
- The $4.65 million sum includes roughly $4.5 million paid to Mayweather’s management company, Frist Apex Ventures, and $150,000 reportedly delivered for pre-fight medicals, according to the complaint.
- CSI is asking the court for an injunction to stop Mayweather’s June 27 exhibition in Athens against Mike Zambidis and to enforce contract language that Tyson must be Mayweather’s next opponent before any Pacquiao rematch.
- Commercial partners have already pulled back after the filing, with reports that DAZN removed the Greece event from its schedule and Ticketmaster paused ticket sales, increasing the likelihood the show will not proceed while the case is pending.
- The suit adds to Mayweather’s year of legal and financial troubles — including a reported $7.3 million IRS lien and recent felony check charges — and a court ruling could reshape plans for the proposed Pacquiao rematch and any Netflix or third-party deals.