Rachel Nichols grills Floyd Mayweather about domestic violence on CNN (Video)
By Mike Dyce
Domestic violence has taken the spotlight in the sports world in the wake of the Ray Rice incident, which rose to a new level after TMZ released the video. Undefeated boxer Floyd Mayweather has a long and troubling history of domestic violence, which Deadspin chronicled.
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So to promote his fight Saturday against Marcos Maidana, Mayweather went on CNN’s Undguarded. Rachel Nichols took the chance to ask Mayweather about his long history of domestic violence, and Mayweather does his best to dance around the questions.
Nichols at one point asks if he’d donate any of the over 30 million dollars he’ll make Saturday night to and organization that raises awareness and educates about domestic violence.
This is jut all in all a disturbing interview that shows what kind of person Mayweather really is.
Here is the transcript, with the help of Deadspin:
Nichols: Okay, you are someone with a history of domestic violence yourself. You have even been to jail for it, why should fans root for you with this kind of history?
Mayweather: Everything has been allegations. Nothing has been proven. So, you know that’s life.
Nichols: The incident you went to jail for the mother of your three children did show some bruises, a concussion when she went to the hospital, it was your own kids who called the police, gave them a detailed description of the abuse, there has been documentation?
Mayweather: Uh-huh. Once again, no pictures. Just hearsay and allegations. And I signed a plea-bargain. Once again, not true.
Nichols: But the website Deadspin detailed seven physical assaults on five women that resulted in arrest or citation, are we supposed to believe all the women are lying including the incidents when there were witnesses like your own kids?
Mayweather: Everybody actually, everybody is entitled to their own opinion. When it is all said and done, only God can judge me.
Nichols: We have seen, the public wants domestic abuse in the country addressed would you consider donating any of the $30 million that you will make this weekend to an organization that educates against abuse?
Mayweather: This weekend, what I will do with that millions and millions of dollars be saved for my children because my children are who I love and that’s who I care about.