Floyd Mayweather is back in court, this time as a defendant in a fresh lawsuit tied to two proposed blockbuster fights. Court records show CSI Entertainment filed the case on June 18 in federal court in New York against Mayweather and Frist Apex Ventures LLC. The claim centers on money CSI says it advanced for exclusive rights connected to a Mayweather exhibition with Mike Tyson and a rematch with Manny Pacquiao.
CSI sues Floyd Mayweather over stalled Tyson and Pacquiao agreements
The dollar figure in dispute is $4.65 million. CSI alleges Mayweather took the money, approved the arrangement, and then moved in other directions anyway, including a separate event with Mike Zambidis and a separate streaming plan for a Pacquiao event. The suit seeks damages and, based on published accounts of the complaint, also asks for court action that would stop conflicting events from moving forward in violation of the claimed exclusivity terms.
That filing gets more attention because Frist Apex Ventures is already at the center of Mayweather’s own legal claims from May. In that case, Mayweather alleged he was defrauded out of $175 million by former adviser Jona Rechnitz, Ayal Frist, Frist Apex Ventures, and attorney Alexander Seligson through a string of real estate, investment, refinance, and asset transactions. Mayweather accused the group of diverting settlement proceeds, refinance proceeds, and other funds into accounts tied to Frist Apex, while also raising issues involving jewelry, a property deposit, and the sale of his Gulfstream jet.
CSI says millions were paid to Frist Apex Ventures as part of the Tyson and Pacquiao deal structure, while Mayweather has already argued in a separate case that Frist Apex and its associates mishandled or diverted large sums tied to his business affairs. In plain terms, one lawsuit says Mayweather took money and broke a deal, while the other says people around Mayweather and Frist Apex were already running a scheme inside his financial world.
CSI is not a new name in fight media. It has long held boxing and combat sports rights, including past international rights tied to major Mayweather events. CSI also says it signed a worldwide K-1 agreement in 2024, which is part of why the company has remained visible in combat sports business circles beyond boxing.
For now, the public record confirms the lawsuit was filed, but a court ruling on the underlying claims has not happened. That means the allegations from CSI and the allegations in Mayweather’s separate fraud case remain claims, not findings, while his legal calendar keeps getting more crowded in a year that has already included a $175 million suit, other civil disputes, and a federal tax lien.
