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In a surprising move, undefeated boxer, Floyd Mayweather, has come to the defense of female UFC fighter, Ronda Rousey. If you can recall, at the ESPY’s after beating Floyd out for best fighter of the year, Ronda said, “I wonder how Floyd feels being beat by a woman for once.”
The remarks were made a year after a July 2014 interview with Mayweather, in which he said of Rousey, “I don’t even know who he is.”
“Since then, Rousey and Mayweather have taken jobs at each other on various other topics, including wealth and Rousey’s comment that she could beat Mayweather in a no-rules mixed martial arts-style fight in the Octagon.”
Earlier this week, 50 Cent posted a meme on his IG and said Floyd told him to post it. Floyd debunks that rumor below:
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“That’s not true at all. I haven’t really spoke to anyone about the Ronda Rousey situation, just to set the record straight,” he told Fight Hype. “I don’t have anything against MMA fighters. It’s just like boxing; you win some, you lose some. A true champion can take a loss and bounce back.”
The champ also spoke out against the memes and gifs on social media:
“I don’t think it’s cool how everyone is trolling her on social media. Certain things you have to learn. People will love you on Friday and then Sunday morning, it’s nothing but negative comments and people making jokes and people making fun about you, which I don’t think is cool. I’ve never been on the other side, so I don’t know how it feels. I’m pretty sure she’s a very, very strong person, but we still have to take into consideration that she has feelings.”
Floyd also believes that she will make a comeback in time:
“Everything happens for a reason. This was already written. Listen, if God says, ‘In Floyd’s career, I don’t want him to lose,’ you know what? I wasn’t going to lose. That doesn’t mean that I haven’t took a loss before. I’m not talking about boxing; I’m just talking about life,” he said. “When you lose a loved one, that’s taking a loss. I think that everything is just a learning experience.”
“In due time, she’ll be able to bounce back and make some noise again in mixed martial arts,” he added optimistically.
Well.. Floyd is certainly a bigger person than I, after coming to the defense of someone who verbally attacked him unprovoked…
