RadioOnFire.com - TMZ reports that Soulja Boy has scrapped Floyd Mayweather Jr. from his corner for his anticipated boxing match against Chris Brown. There was reason to speculate that Mayweather would be dropped when earlier this month, Soulja Boy took to social media to express discouragement over how long the process was taking to get all of the logistics hammered down under Mayweather Promotions. It appeared as though Floyd and 50 Cent went silent after the SODMG rapper released a series of tweets in which he threatened to upstage the world champion boxer turned promoter, by throwing and selling the fight all by himself.
According to TMZ, Soulja Boy's camp has reached out to Evander Holyfield to train him, in an effort to keep a demand for the event going. With Mike Tyson claiming to be in Chris Brown's corner, the inclusion of Holyfield would stoke the memory of nostalgic boxing fans, who remember their bloody 90's rivalry, in which Mike infamously bit a piece of Evander's ear off.
How likely it remains that the fight will actually take place at this point is anybody's guess. It is unclear at this point whether the move signifies a change of promotion for the event or if Holyfield is simply replacing him as trainer. In Soulja Boy's tweets he did mention that he'd throw the fight under a "Soulja Boy Promotions" banner. If this is the case, it would be the third time the fight's promotion has changed hands after it was passed off from Adrien Broner to The Money Team boss. Mayweather obviously had the exclusive Las Vegas connections to have it be a celebrity boxing event of the grandest magnitude. Tyson and Holyfield may have a couple of friends of their own who might be interested in carrying it through, but the more hands that get involved, the more promising a sell of the fight would have to be.
Source: TMZ
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