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Ex-Champion Mayweather Unleashes Claims: Curmel Moton Seeking Exit
Former Mayweather Promotions world champion Ishe Smith has launched another brutal attack on Floyd Mayweather, claiming prized prospect Curmel Moton now wants out of the promotional company.
Smith, who was once among Mayweather’s most loyal fighters, reacted as questions surrounding Moton and his future begin to surface.
The former IBF super welterweight champion did not hold back.
“Been saying it for years, dude is a piece of s*** and I’m not indebted to you for life,” Smith stated.
Smith continued his attack before adding: “Now Curmel wants out, I tried to f***ing tell yall.”
Moton leaving would represent another significant blow for a promotional company that has already watched several recognizable fighters move elsewhere.
Gervonta Davis became a major star under the Mayweather banner before going his own way. Richardson Hitchins and Jalil Hackett also departed, while J’Hon Ingram publicly sought his release.
If Smith’s claim about Moton proves correct, Mayweather Promotions would lose the young fighter widely expected to become one of the centerpieces of its future.
Smith’s Mayweather Loyalty
The relationship between Smith and Mayweather was once dramatically different.
Mayweather Promotions helped Smith become IBF super welterweight champion in 2013. Two years later, Smith spoke exclusively to WBN before appearing on Mayweather’s final championship card against Andre Berto.
“Floyd has nothing else to prove, he’s done everything he wanted to accomplish in the sport of boxing,” Smith told WBN.
“There will never be another Floyd Mayweather and he will go down in history as Ali and Robinson did. There just won’t be another guy who has done it better than him,” he added.
Something significant changed in the years that followed, with Smith repeatedly criticizing his former mentor and the way fighters have been treated around Mayweather Promotions.
Smith Warned Before Tank Exit
Smith made similar claims when Davis was approaching the end of his Mayweather deal.
In 2022, WBN reported Smith’s criticism as speculation intensified that Davis would leave the company.
“The love isn’t pure. Once you realize that, you separate yourself from people,” Smith said at the time. He was also surprised Davis had remained with the company for as long as he had.
“Tank is a real one, and I said it a while ago. I’m surprised it has even lasted this long, honestly.”
Smith then made a statement remarkably similar to the one he has repeated four years later.
“I don’t owe my life to you.”
Davis subsequently separated from Mayweather Promotions, but Moton appeared determined not to follow him.
Loyal Moton
When WBN addressed the Mayweather Promotions exodus with Moton in 2024, the highly rated prospect made his position clear.
“I’m loyal,” Moton told WBN at the time.
As recently as March, Moton was still publicly praising his relationship with Mayweather and expressing complete trust in his team.
Four years after warning about Davis before his departure, Smith believes another of Mayweather’s most important fighters is preparing to make the same decision.
If Moton does eventually move on, Mayweather Promotions would lose arguably the most important young fighter it still had to build around.
Smith believes he has seen this happen before.
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