Two reporters say Floyd Mayweather had them banned from Mayweather-Pacquiao fight
Floyd Mayweather's history involving domestic violence has been well documented this week. To summarize:
2001: Mayweather allegedly punched a mother of one of his children in the face and slammed her face in a car door. He pled guilty on two counts of domestic batttery.
2003: Two more counts of domestic battery were added to his history after he assaulted two women in Las Vegas and was found guilty.
2010: Mayweather punched the mother of three of his children and, despite being sentenced to a 90-day jail stint, served only two months.
Here is Deadspin with an account from Mayweather's son as he witnessed his father hitting and kick his mother. Here is Grantland discussing the issue as well.
Rachel Nichols of CNN and Michelle Beadle of ESPN were credentialed for Mayweather's fight Saturday night with Manny Pacquiao, with both reporters having been rather vocal about Mayweather's past previously. Mayweather responded to Nichols' questioning in 2014 on his history of violence by claiming that without pictures or video, his crimes are "just hearsay and allegations."
Nichols and Beadle announced today that they had been banned by Mayweather from attending tonight's event.
Many are calling for both outlets to pull all media coverage in response. However, a Mayweather representative t
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that "Nobody was banned from the arena."