Floyd Mayweather Jr. shouts racism in light of Conor McGregor and Ronda Rousey’s success

By Russell Ess - January 4, 2016

Although retired from the sport of boxing, Floyd Mayweather Jr. is definitely staying relevant in the media. From his flashy lifestyle to his vocal opinions, Mayweather has never been one to shy away from speaking his mind.

Ronda Rousey Conor McGregor

Recently, Mayweather spoke with Fight Hype on how he “truly believes” racism exists in the sport of boxing, and expanded it to MMA.

“But you look at things like this, Ronda Rousey, you know, I think she fought somewhere like 11 or 12 fights, which is not a bad thing. Laila Ali went undefeated and was dominating too. After Ronda Rousey fought I think 9, 10, 11 fights, it didn’t even take that long, she got all types of endorsements, movies, and everything. Laila Ali did the same thing in better fashion. Ronda Rousey, she’s a good looking woman when she put it on. Laila Ali is a drop-dead gorgeous woman; I mean a naturally beautiful woman and can kick ass, but you never heard them [the media] saying when she had I think somewhere around 10, 11, 12 fights that she was the baddest woman to ever fight on the planet. And what’s so crazy, I don’t really know the McGregor guy; never seen him fight. I heard his name actually from one of the runners that works for our company; a little kid named Ken Hopkins, he’s a runner and takes care of a lot of the daily business. Whatever we need, he takes care of. He’s a cool little kid, I like him, and he does MMA. He told me about the guy McGregor. They say he talk a lot of trash and people praise him for it, but when I did it, they say I’m cocky and arrogant. 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.”

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