Boxer Loses Million-Dollar Jewels In Home Robbery

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed)
Sep 7th 2008 at 8:02AM

Boxing champ Floyd Mayweather may be dressing a little plainly lately. Last month burglars broke in to his Las Vegas home, and, according to the pugilist, made off with around $7 million in jewelry. The home was empty when a window between the master bedroom and pool area was smashed and the valuables were stolen. The security camera footage has been little help in ascertaining the identity of the four bandits who broke in.

As David Mayo of the Grand Rapids Press notes, last year on HBO Mayweather demonstrated that he doesn't believe in credit cards and believes in liquidity, shocking the camera crew by showing off $1 million in cash stored in a duffle bag in his bedroom. Mayweather is notoriously spendy, wearing flashy jewelry, giving lavish tips and gambling big on sporting events but after this he will likely be a lot more careful about where he stores his bling.

Tags: boxing, floyd mayweather, FloydMayweather, jewels, las vegas, LasVegas, theft

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Soulbratha Sep 10th 2008 3:23PM

GOOD! STUPID AS HELL!

joe Sep 10th 2008 3:32PM

good way to make some more money from insurance, bet it was an inside job

Scott Sep 10th 2008 3:46PM

That's exactly what I was thinking when I read this article.

Tim Sep 10th 2008 3:33PM

sounds like a insurance scam to me.
He just made an extra $7mil.
And guess who all pays for it?

gary Sep 10th 2008 3:36PM

i love it!!!!!!!!! couldn't happen to a nicer guy. shouldn't be flashin', thats why u got ripped off dumbass. nothin' like bein' young, black and dumb eh. he will be completely broke in a couple of years. and too old to make a comeback. besides he ducked out against all the guys he knew would beat him.

Hype Sep 10th 2008 3:38PM

He plan the whole thing to collect on the insurance policy

murdock Sep 10th 2008 3:41PM

No Problem !! He can always run for president

netta Sep 10th 2008 6:54PM

ok with the racial jokes us blacks can do without them

Skip Sep 10th 2008 3:44PM

$7 million could have rented somebody with a brain to read the definition of STUPID to him...

The world gets dummer ev'r dai...

Styk Sep 10th 2008 3:51PM

He's way too cocky and arrogant anyway. They should've gotten more...

Michael Ramirez Sep 10th 2008 4:12PM

Floyd "MONEY" Mayweather still looking for the limelight in retirement!!!

CyberGyrrl Sep 10th 2008 4:21PM

i wonder whats so wrong in his life and in his mind that he has to be so flashy and braggadocio in order to feel adequate. poor thing...i wanna just pat him on the head and tell him he's relevant in the world because he's a great athelete, not because he's rich. and ever notice that the people that REALLY have it never talk about it? interesting phenomenon, really.

Frank Bodden Sep 10th 2008 4:37PM

Good. Mayweather is nothing but a racist has-been. Frankly, I've got no sympathy for anyone losing millions of dollar in jewelry. But especially someone like him who spits in the face of the people who helped make him famous to own those jewels.

bouncer827 Sep 10th 2008 4:25PM

most of that bling bling crap can be bought at K mart for about $1.98

Tigre Sep 10th 2008 4:25PM

You know considering how flashy he is I don't feel sorry for him at all. If this wasn't an insurance scam then I bet for now if he learned his lesson he'll a little less flashy and watch who he let's into his inner circle. I would like to know why didn't he have a better security system? Just security cameras... no alarms or spotlights outside? What an idiot. If I was making this kind of money security would be my number 1 priority.