Mayweather Camp Denies Banning Reporters Who Covered His Domestic Violence
Floyd Mayweather’s publicist denies banning two reporters who have covered his history of domestic violence from covering tonight’s boxing match between Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao.
Both CNN’s Rachel Nichols and ESPN’s Michelle Beadle said they were banned from covering the fight before the publicist, Kelly Swanson, took to Twitter to deny it.
CNN’s Rachel Nichols didn’t back down from Mayweather’s violent past in an interview she conducted with him in September, after the Ray Rice video footage was released. And ESPN’s Michelle Beadle once publicly apologized for not being tough on Mayweather when she interviewed him at the ESPY’s, ending her apology with the hashtag #nomayweather.
Mayweather Promotions did not immediately respond to Boston.com’s requests for comment by email and social media.
Deadspin has noted that Mayweather has been arrested or cited in cases involving five different women. Here are details on the cases. He has pleaded guilty to both battery and misdemeanor domestic assault, and harassment.
Asked about the incidents, Mayweather has often responded with “no pictures,’’ suggesting that the lack of public photographic evidence means nothing happened.
Before Swanson’s denial, Deadspin reported that two other writers who have not shied away from Mayweather’s past, Gawker’s Hamilton Nolan and boxing writer Steve Kim, were also denied credentials.
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