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Rumors abound: Floyd Mayweather a suspect?
By Rob Calonge | June 17th, 2008
When a big story hits, rumors begin to flow. Here at TFDS, we are normally picking through the rumors of the mainstream press in order to find corroboration to an Oakland Raiders story. While doing this, I stumbled upon a site that I’m not familiar with, spouting a rumor that is almost too good to pass up.
The Blog is called ‘Buzzer Beater‘ and the writer is Mike Seely. In his Blog, he claims to have a friend that is a co-worker with Javon Walker’s best friend. This best friend was reportedly with Walker in Vegas on the night/morning of the assault. The following is a direct quote from this Blog, so take from it what you will:
“Evidently, Walker was at a club drinking and a well-known boxer (Update: Spy On Vegas’ party roundup puts Floyd Mayweather at the scene, so yeah, that’s who our tipster’s talking about here) was at another table. Walker ordered 5 bottles of Vodka, so the boxer orders 10 bottles of vodka trying to one-up him. Walker then orders another 5 bottles for his entourage. Evidently, both groups were pretty hammered and words were exchanged. When Walker leaves to go back to their hotel, they are followed by some chick. Walker jumps out of the cab at the traffic light and gets in with the chick following behind. That was the last they saw of Walker. Evidently, another vehicle was following behind the chick and ran the chick off the road and beat the heck out of Walker. Reports haven’t been released that the boxer was involved, so we’ll see what transpires. As you know, the boxer lives in Vegas and it’s his town. His thugs probably beat the heck out of [Walker] and stole his watch and wallet, making it look like a robbery. They left him in some alley. They say Walker may never play again as his face sustained multiple fractures.“
Now, I’m not going to read too much into this story. Like any story that you may hear from your friends when alcohol is involved, the real picture gets cluttered. If, however, this story turns out to be more ‘truth’ than ‘rumor’ then it would be fair to say that Walker has made a very awful mistake in judgment.
By Rob Calonge | June 17th, 2008
When a big story hits, rumors begin to flow. Here at TFDS, we are normally picking through the rumors of the mainstream press in order to find corroboration to an Oakland Raiders story. While doing this, I stumbled upon a site that I’m not familiar with, spouting a rumor that is almost too good to pass up.
The Blog is called ‘Buzzer Beater‘ and the writer is Mike Seely. In his Blog, he claims to have a friend that is a co-worker with Javon Walker’s best friend. This best friend was reportedly with Walker in Vegas on the night/morning of the assault. The following is a direct quote from this Blog, so take from it what you will:
“Evidently, Walker was at a club drinking and a well-known boxer (Update: Spy On Vegas’ party roundup puts Floyd Mayweather at the scene, so yeah, that’s who our tipster’s talking about here) was at another table. Walker ordered 5 bottles of Vodka, so the boxer orders 10 bottles of vodka trying to one-up him. Walker then orders another 5 bottles for his entourage. Evidently, both groups were pretty hammered and words were exchanged. When Walker leaves to go back to their hotel, they are followed by some chick. Walker jumps out of the cab at the traffic light and gets in with the chick following behind. That was the last they saw of Walker. Evidently, another vehicle was following behind the chick and ran the chick off the road and beat the heck out of Walker. Reports haven’t been released that the boxer was involved, so we’ll see what transpires. As you know, the boxer lives in Vegas and it’s his town. His thugs probably beat the heck out of [Walker] and stole his watch and wallet, making it look like a robbery. They left him in some alley. They say Walker may never play again as his face sustained multiple fractures.“
Now, I’m not going to read too much into this story. Like any story that you may hear from your friends when alcohol is involved, the real picture gets cluttered. If, however, this story turns out to be more ‘truth’ than ‘rumor’ then it would be fair to say that Walker has made a very awful mistake in judgment.
Whatever happened, it does not sound like a bunch of fun.
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