Floyd Mayweather could be offered a lifeline by Dana White amid mounting concerns

Dana White has offered to help Floyd Mayweather deal with his increasing issues if the legendary fighter reaches out.

White and Mayweather have been close friends since the boxing icon was in his heyday, and famously worked together on a massive super-fight with Conor McGregor in 2017. They have remained close, and have discussed privately the issues that Mayweather is now facing in his private life.

The multiple-weight world champion was due to face kickboxing legend Mike Zambidis in Athens this weekend to launch a three-bout tour that would culminate in his return to professional boxing. Mayweather was also set to face Mike Tyson before a full comeback against Manny Pacquiao.

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Dana White teases potential Floyd Mayweather lifeline

The boxing media this week have been abuzz with reports of Floyd Mayweather’s many issues outside of the ring. After making himself infamous with his ‘money’ persona, the legendary 49-0 fighter seems to now be facing a number of legal issues relating to his finances.

Dana White claims to have spoken with Mayweather about his woes in private conversations, albeit without a full knowledge of just how serious they are. And speaking after tonight’s Zuffa Boxing event in Las Vegas he noted that it might be possible for the pair to work together again.

“Yeah that’s a tough one,” White said when asked about Mayweather. “I’ve talked to him about it but I don’t know enough about it. You hear all these different stories and I think you have to wait to see how this thing is going to play out in court for him.

“But when somebody works as hard as he did and amasses the type of wealth that he had and then they lose it, or it gets stolen or whatever the deal is it’s horrible and it happens a lot in professional sports. So who knows? Anything is possible and maybe we could do something to figure it out for him.”