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Floyd “Money” Mayweather has spent the past few months touring the world. Finally back in the U.S. with his promoter hat on, Mayweather spoke to Ben Thompson on the sport’s current ailments, racism and the young fighters who aren’t spoken about enough. Guess who made the list?
“If Andre Ward was my fighter, you know, I’m not here to speak bad about anyone, but he would have never fought on BET, Mayweather said. “I don’t have anything against the BET network. I love BET. I will always love Black Entertainment TV, but we’re talking about as far as boxing, and if we’re just talking about as far as boxing, I don’t think BET is a good look. It’s just not a good look. Like I said before, if Andre Ward is over there doing business with HBO, then why didn’t they ask Triple G (Gennady Golovkin), ‘Are you going to move up and fight Andre Ward?’ They never ever asked him that. Why? They’d rather see Andre Ward get beat than see Triple G get beat. I’ll say it again, I’m not racist, but racism still exists.
“If Andre Ward was my fighter, you know, I’m not here to speak bad about anyone, but he would have never fought on BET, Mayweather said. “I don’t have anything against the BET network. I love BET. I will always love Black Entertainment TV, but we’re talking about as far as boxing, and if we’re just talking about as far as boxing, I don’t think BET is a good look. It’s just not a good look. Like I said before, if Andre Ward is over there doing business with HBO, then why didn’t they ask Triple G (Gennady Golovkin), ‘Are you going to move up and fight Andre Ward?’ They never ever asked him that. Why? They’d rather see Andre Ward get beat than see Triple G get beat. I’ll say it again, I’m not racist, but racism still exists.