Floyd Mayweather: Did He Really Sign With Don King?

While surfing for some Mayweather news, I found something that made my mouth drop, if it's true:

There were sources and tweets that reported that Floyd Mayweather signed with Don King.

I feel that will be the end of what's left of the Team Mayweather empire.

None of us wants to feel the sting of a snakebite but, since I'm not Floyd Mayweather, I'm not going to suffer from a snakebite.

He will instead see a hole in his pockets. All that bragging about the iced-out wallet, watches, chains, and whatever else Mayweather has draped in gold or silver is what he should enjoy now.

He might be smiling, but we'll see more frowns from him in the future after the "Don" gets through with him.

Has anyone asked Mike Tyson how King darned near ruined his life and cheated him out of his money?

Look at it this way: If this is true, signing with King was a bad move.

The "Great Seducer" is the only one who can help put together Mayweather's fight against Manny Pacquiao.

Don King is no fool. He smells the ducats from all directions, which includes the pay-per-view, gate receipts and HBO revenue.

I hope this isn't true and they're bluffing.

Does that mean the remaining employees at Mayweather Promotions are out of a job?

You can add them to the unemployment ranks as well. I want to hear if the signing is true when I watch the Devon Alexander fight Saturday night on HBO's "Boxing After Dark."

I need to hear it from the horses themselves, whether it's Mayweather, King or both of them.

Bob Arum wanted this superfight to happen, and maybe he didn't trust Al Haymon as his negotiating counterpart.  He won't screw around with King. And how much input did HBO's Ross Greenburg have in trying to get King involved?

Stealing Mayweather from Leonard Ellerbe, Roger and Floyd Mayweather and company is like someone stealing your car while you're watching.

This would be the biggest steal, in my book, since the New York Yankees stole Babe Ruth from Boston.

We don't need that in boxing now, don't you think?

No, we don't need any greedy promoters pushing their fighters front and center in the name of chasing millions of dollars.

I haven't heard of Don King or Bob Arum taking blows to the head as boxers because I doubt if they ever stepped in the ring to fight.

This could be the biggest business mistake in Mayweather's career, if he really made a deal with the devil.

So, does it really comes down to hooking up with a super promoter to speed up the negotiations for the fight that the world wants to see?

We will know our answer sometime over the weekend.