50 Cent to promote Money Mayweather?

Leonard Ellerbe, the right-hand man of Floyd Mayweather and CEO of Mayweather Promotions has said that he is excited about rapper 50 Cent moving into the boxing game.

The 'Get Rich or Die Tryin'  star, who boxed himself as an amateur, is a long-term friend of the pound for pound great and has recently acquired a promoter's licence in the state of New York.

"I think that Floyd and 50 coming together is great for boxing," Ellerbe said; "You have two smart guys and when great minds work together, you can have nothing but great results."

50 Cent has formed a company called TMT Promotions - which stands for "The Money Team" and this week embarked in a war of words on the social networking website Twitter with Oscar De La Hoya.

"I don't gamble, Floyd do, but I bet you that you won't be promoting Floyd Mayweather no more. TMT PROMOTIONS," the rapper tweeted to the Golden Boy Promotions boss.

Mayweather is due to be released from Clark County Detention Centre, where he has been serving a domestic abuse charge, on August 3 and it looks like 50 Cent will be involved in the promotion of his next contest.