After the first stop of a four-city, world tour promoting his mega-bout with Floyd Mayweather Jr., some called Conor McGregor a racist for telling Mayweather to “dance for me, boy.”
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Now it’s Mayweather catching heat after using an anti-gay slur to insult McGregor during Friday’s stop in London.
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This is cringeworthy. Is @ShaunKing going to talk about how Floyd is a bigot now? #MayMacWorldTour pic.twitter.com/aUmhU0I0nJ
— Josh Sánchez (@jnsanchez) July 14, 2017
LGBT activists quickly reacted to Mayweather’s actions.
"Athlete Ally strongly condemns the homophobic slur used by Floyd Mayweather," Hudson Taylor, executive director of the LGBT group Athlete Ally, said in a statement. "The response given by Mayweather’s representative is equally troubling. If Mayweather truly has the utmost respect for the LGBT community, he wouldn’t resort to using slurs that perpetuate anti-LGBT stigma and hate."
The press tour was entertaining for four days, but it’s time to actually put on gloves and decide things in the ring on Aug. 26.