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Floyd mayweather

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Mulch · 27/08/2017 05:35

Repeated accusations and charges of violence towards women. Not a single mention in media, millions of followers, highly paid. If your successful enough people will over look being a woman beater or is it women are so poorly regarded it's not something that can effect career or reputation. Bit of both maybe. Anywho sick of all this fight hype

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Oswin · 27/08/2017 14:39

Yeah he has. Two months he got I think. Scumbag. Hate how popular he is.
Just shows how much people don't actually care if women are abused. People say they do but when it comes to it they will always care about the man more.

AgeingArtemis · 27/08/2017 15:14

Floyd is a vile piece of scum, and I find it absolutely sickening Angry
It somehow makes it even worse that he is a great boxer- if he's able to completely pulverize 99.99% of men, a woman has absolutely no chance.

For the record, I'm not against fighting sports. I train casual amateur level MMA. I have to say my gym has a really good atmosphere- there's a significant number of women (and we are actively trying to recruit more), and it's made very clear that egos are left at the door.

All the "regulars" are genuinely really nice, kind people. They know how to hold back on brute strength, and use technique to win instead, especially when with a woman, a teenager, or anyone smaller than them. From time to time we get a newcomer who is too agressive/has a bad attitude, but it doesn't last long. Either he "mellows" as he copies the good example of the more experienced guys and realises he has nothing to prove, or he finds a different gym.

But clearly not all gyms are like mine. And fighting sports do attract inherently aggressive people (I am quite aggressive, but in a competitive way, and I keep it in the ring) so I wouldn't be suprised if the incidence of domestic violence was higher

MulhuddartDrive · 27/08/2017 15:41

There was a piece in the Irish Times back in June and I saw something in the Washington post last week, but I'm not at all surprised by the lack of acknowledgment of the problem.

Mide7 · 27/08/2017 16:00

I think any link between combats sports and DV is risky to talk about. It's missing the point in my opinion, it's not combats sports that's the problem. Same way as it's not alcohol or drugs.

It's the abuser.

tribpot · 27/08/2017 16:08

I would agree, Mide7 - I know several people who do cage fighting and/or martial arts and they are all extremely gentle and laidback. I would think, however, that a sport like boxing would want to dissociate itself from people who are violent outside the ring.

OlennasWimple · 27/08/2017 18:01

Frank Maloney (boxing promoter, now Kellie Maloney) tried to strangle his wife and only stopped because their two young girls ran into the room. Hmm

Ereshkigal · 27/08/2017 18:06

Another incidence of male violence no one gives a fuck about as they are falling over themselves to proclaim Kellie a laydee.

quencher · 27/08/2017 20:23

I think anyone who supports him needs their head examined. His violent past has been known from the beginning of his career. Boxing has a problem and it's never dealt it. It's almost looked at as part of the sport or the assumption that we people should be able to understand.

With Floyd's history, he should have a restraining order against him stoping him from contact with any breathing female. He comes across as unhinged and psychotic. Anyway, money and misogyny talks sometimes race.(when it comes to fans)

This article was written in 2015 and it's absolutely chilling. He should be in jail for longer but for the money he earns, the boxing worlds are willing to turn a blind eye to it all. Or maybe it's not turning a blind eye but it's accepted behaviour they are confident it can be swept if it got too heated.

"Ironically, the story begins with Mayweather claiming to be a champion for battered women. In 2001, Mayweather fought what was then the biggest fight of his career, against the favored Diego “Chico” Corrales. Corrales, a deeply troubled but usually benevolent soul, was facing an impending jail sentence for assaulting his wife. Mayweather, always eager to get under his opponents’ skin, pounced on it. He dedicated his performance to “all the battered women in the world” and even entered the ring to music bashing violence against women. It worked.

Floyd Mayweather is a misogynist. And not just a misogynist, but a batterer, and a serial batterer at that. This is a statement of fact that you will rarely see or hear from the professional boxing media, many of whom remain hopelessly dependent on the reigning box office king’s goodwill for access. It’s certainly not one you will hear from any of the assembled talking heads on Showtime, the CBS-owned cable network to which Mayweather is contractually wed. And while it may be easy enough to guess why the boxing media has been so willing to cover for Mayweather’s sins, it’s less obvious why so many others are so willing to look the other way.

Floyd Mayweather’s history of misogyny, expressed—as he is wont to do—through violence, is well-documented and reprehensible. It extends over a dozen years and includes at least seven separate physical assaults on five different women that resulted in arrest or citation, as well as several other instances where the police had to be summoned in response to an actual or perceived threat from Mayweather.

It’s clear enough that Mayweather is a serial batterer of women, but even that is an oversimplification. To truly place these repeated acts of brutality in context requires a broader exploration of Mayweather’s attitudes and actions toward women.

It’s no secret that Mayweather, who goes by the nickname “Money,” loves his possessions; according to Harris, Mayweather prizes his trophies of wealth above his in-ring accomplishments. “That is the reward. He prides himself off that more than the belts,” Harris told Yahoo. “He loves that he can hop on a private jet or buy any watch or buy any ring.” It doesn’t take a huge inferential leap to see that Mayweather both views the women in his life as little more than property and expects them to unhesitatingly share that view.

deadspin.com/the-trouble-with-floyd-mayweather-1605217498

Mulch · 28/08/2017 12:25

Didn't know that about kellie either, suppose it doesn't catch headlines quite the same

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MotherPeresA · 30/08/2017 21:13

It's literally never reported or mentioned

Actually, it's quite a regular topic of conversation. The briefest google demonstrates years of debate on the issue with a great many people within the both the sport and the media extremely concerned. Even the usually appalling Sun newspaper carried an article recently.

There are many reasons why there's been little in the way of action, however. Money, of course, is one. Mayweather also remains an idol to many in the black community. However, a real distinction from other sports is the lack of a governing body.

www.thesun.co.uk/sport/4320095/josie-harris-floyd-mayweather-ex-girlfriend-mother-children-jail-attack/

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