‘No person acquired behind me’: Floyd Mayweather slams Conor McGregor over ‘dance boy’ racism row as boxing icon backs Black Lives Matter

5-weight world champ Floyd Mayweather has recalled Conor McGregor’s order for him to “dance for me” throughout their acrimonious boxing tour in 2017, revealing that he was subjected to racist slurs within the aftermath of the jibes.

Mayweather was shadow-boxing in entrance of McGregor on the Staples Heart in Los Angeles when the ex-UFC champion interrupted a sometimes hot-tempered promotional occasion to mock his opponent, laughing as he advised him to carry out for him whereas gesturing as if he was slapping the unbeaten middleweight’s behind.

Leaping off his stool in entrance of grinning UFC president Dana White, the suited McGregor had his microphone lower whereas Mayweather stopped boxing and marched previous him to offer a speech within the build-up to essentially the most profitable boxing match in historical past.

Recalling the ruckus in a chat with rapper Fats Joe on Instagram, retired Mayweather stated: “When Connor McGregor stated disrespectful stuff speaking about ‘dance boy’, [people] referred to as us monkeys.

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“No person acquired behind Floyd Mayweather. That is so loopy. When it is racism amongst blacks it is referred to as colorist. So it is racism amongst individuals proper now.

“That’s why day-after-day once I stand up I’m completely happy as a result of I did it for myself and for my youngsters. I made sacrifices.” 

McGregor had fired the identical barb at Nate Diaz earlier than his loss to the American at UFC 196 the earlier 12 months.

Floyd Mayweather Snr regarded shocked when he was requested whether or not the incident was racially motivated after the incendiary press convention at which his son had stated he was preventing “for all of the blacks all over the world.”

“I do not know what that is acquired to do with racism,” he replied. “It is a boxing match.”

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McGregor flatly denied that his intention had been racist, dismissing any reference to what he referred to as a “dancing monkeys” fitness center scene from the movie Rocky III.

“I by no means labeled him a monkey or any African American or anybody a monkey,” he advised ESPN on the time, calling Mayweather a “rat and a weasel.”

“I might not disrespect any race like that. And his individuals know that. And you understand what? He is aware of that, too. He is aware of that deep down, too.”

“[He] tried to twist and manipulate. All I can say, if anybody was offended, is I apologize. Nevertheless it was not meant in that means in any respect.

“He is aware of it, his individuals comprehend it. It’s a weak transfer on his half, it’s a weasel transfer on his half.”

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Mayweather knocked McGregor out within the 10th spherical of what proved to be the ultimate official battle of his profession to this point, asserting his retirement afterwards by saying: “This was my final battle.

“I selected the fitting dance accomplice to bop with.”

He is a passionate advocate for fighters being judged on their data moderately than their ethnicity.

“All of us needs to be equal,” he stated, including that the Black Lives Matter marketing campaign mirrored “what individuals are preventing for now”.

“Don’t choose me for the colour of my pores and skin and I received’t choose you for the colour of yours.”

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He additionally identified that an “even enjoying area” required boxers to endure drug testing measures of the type laid out by his promotion, The Cash Group, earlier than his unanimous determination victory over Manny Pacquiao in 2015.

“Bear in mind, I used to be a pioneer of random blood-in-urine testing for all athletes,” he stated, taking a swipe at Pacquiao’s continuation of his profession on the age of 41, a 12 months older than Mayweather was when he beat McGregor.

“I’m a businessman now. I already proved years in the past that I used to be the most effective – interval.

“I made extra [money] with McGregor. My colleges and every part else comes first. Your well being is your wealth.

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“Now Pacquiao fights as a result of he has to. I battle if I wish to. So there’s the distinction.”

Mayweather cruised to a first-round win over kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa in Japan on New 12 months’s Eve 2018 and seems to have one other exhibition occasion in Tokyo lined up after incomes $ 9 million from his first go to, though his plans have been placed on maintain by journey restrictions through the pandemic.

Pacquiao received a title greater than a 12 months in the past with a welterweight win over Keith Thurman and seems to be eager on a scrap with McGregor, who fancifully claimed to have retired in June however has strongly hinted this week that he’s able to return.

The Filipino is an outsider to face the previous two-weight title holder, with McGregor anticipated to renew his UFC profession towards considered one of his established rivals within the Octagon.

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