Boxer Floyd Mayweather made headlines last month when he hurled an anti-gay slur at UFC fighter Conor McGregor in front of 10,000 fans at London’s Wembley Arena.
Cameras at the July 14 press event, which was intended to drum up excitement for the pair’s Aug. 26 boxing match in Las Vegas, captured the moment for posterity.
While some questioned whether or not the verbal attack had been staged, many Twitter users branded the 40-year-old boxer a homophobe.
Days after the clip went viral, Mayweather’s rep attempted to do damage control, telling TMZ that his client felt compelled to lash out at McGregor because the UFC fighter had addressed him with racial slurs, including “monkey,” offstage.
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