Floyd Mayweather News: 'Money May' Questions Praises For UFC Champ Conor McGregor, Cries Racism
Retired undefeated boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. believes that racism still exists in boxing today.
After almost 20 years inside the ring, "Money May" retired from professional prizefighting in September of the past year after facing former world champion André Berto. Mayweather defeated Berto via a wide unanimous decision margin, holding a record of 49-0, with 26 victories by knockout.
Despite being retired, Mayweather Jr. has managed to keep himself relevant as he has been constantly mentioned in various reports from different media outlets around the world. Most recently, he spoke to Fight Hype, where he sounded off his opinions on the current state of boxing as a sport.
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First, he questioned why undefeated middleweight Andre Ward was ranked number four on the top pound-for-pound list. For Floyd Jr., Ward's undefeated slate should have landed him the number two spot. Then, Mayweather went on a lengthy rant about how racism still exists in the sport of boxing.
The first example he gave was when Bernard Hopkins chose to fight the likes of Oscar De La Hoya, Felix Trinidad, and Shane Mosley, all of whom were "smaller" opponents.
"When the guy Triple G does it, they don't say sh*t," Mayweather said in the interview.
Floyd Jr. also went on to question how he believes many other African-American fighters are being overlooked. Some of the names he mentioned were that of Kell Brook, Adrien Broner, Timothy Bradley, Adonis Stevenson and Deontay Wilder, just to cite a few.
For Mayweather, because the majority of the said fighters he mentioned were also affiliated with promoter Al Haymon, he believes they are often being overlooked by people and are not getting the attention they deserve.
Mayweather finally spoke against everyone who was showering praises over UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor. According to the man once touted as boxing's pound-for-pound king, it has been a different case whenever "The Notorious" would talk trash against his opponents.
"They say he [McGregor] talk a lot of trash and people praise him for it, but when I did it, they say I'm cocky and arrogant," Mayweather said. "So biased!"
"Like I said before, all I'm saying is this, I ain't racist at all, but I'm telling you racism still exists," he added.
