Floyd Mayweather is facing a lawsuit for "battery, tortuous assault, false imprisonment, negligent hiring, training, supervision and retention and unjust enrichment" by sons of former heavyweight champion, Hasim Rahman, says a report by Kevin Lole in Yahoo Sports.
Sharif, 18, and Hasim Jr. 23, both are seeking "damages for invasion of right of intrusion upon name or likeness, false light and defamation, battery, tortuous assault, false imprisonment, negligence and intentional interference with potential economic advantage," to quote the Guardian report.
This stemmed from an August 21 sparring session in Floyd Mayweather's gym where the 18-year-old Sharif was told to engage with British boxer Donovan Cameron for rounds lasting up to 5 to 7 minutes. When Sharif requested for shorter rounds and tried to leave the ring, Mayweather told Cameron and others "to beat his [Sharif's] ass outside the ring. The older Hasim Jr, after learning what happened, went to the ring instead and challenged Donovan which resulted to a 31-minute, allegedly no-break sparring session.
According to the lawsuit,Floyd Mayweather held bets during the spar exchanges and even won large sum after "against Hasim". Aside from the incident, the Rahmans were not told the sparring session was filmed. Said session was later on featured in the September 6 episode of the All Access show of Show Time Production, as prelude to Mayweather's September 13 fight against Maidana.
Respondents to the lawsuit were Mayweather Gym, All Access, and Show Time production, all owned by the undefeated boxer.
The said episode even had Floyd Mayweather saying spiels like his gym is a 'dog house' and 'guys fight to the death,' referring to the sparring session the Rahmans were not privy of.
The Nevada State Athletic Commission has already ordered Floyd Mayweather to appear before them to explain the incident. Earlier, he was told to clarify on reports of marijuana use in one of All Access's segments.
