Boxing – Mayweather may also suggest women – Süddeutsche.de

• Floyd Mayweather Jr. is the richest athletes in the world – in the century battle he meets Manny Pacquiao
• That he beaten with fondness his girlfriends, is widely ignored by the public and the associations..
• remorse shows Mayweather none.

From Saskia Aleythe

It’s not hard to take part in the life of Floyd Mayweather Jr., the Boxer is an open journeyman. Especially if he can present his riches. Of course, only in passing, he has so much money that it can him yes again not care. He posts a picture of himself in bed on Instagram, are just a few money pile next to him, or his living room table is buried in dollar bills. Normally provide.

On May 2 he rises against Manny Pacquiao in the ring, as “Century fight” advertised event, did not hear any of the more than those who do not have a TV. For months, the Boxer of journalists in the United States are accompanied in their preparation, it is this rare about boxing, usually it comes to “Money” Mayweather’s wealth. Fans get stories of expensive cars and watches dished. This is an accessible topic

Hardly ever it comes.. Mayweather’s penchant to hit his girlfriends

Five times the boxers in the past 14 years is due to domestic violence been charged or arrested in judgment. Melissa Brim, the mother of his first child, he proposed in 2001 the face several times, leaving behind this significant bruising, which is apparent from the court records. It also states: The mother of his three other children, Josie Harris, Mayweather attacked in 2010, he hit her several times with his fist on the back of the head, even threatened to kill her – in front of the children. And Shantel Jackson, Mayweather’s next girlfriend, his violence was also felt.

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Before the “Fight of the Century”, the counterparty Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao show extremely confident and very focused.

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Now not it so that the subject of the message was never in America, but now it’s gone remarkably strong behind all the bling bling of the boxer. Perhaps because the consequences for Mayweather were manageable. . He got the end of 2011 a sentence of 90 days missed, this could however take until two months later than originally planned – the Court granted postponement so Mayweather could still deny his next fight

It is also remarkable: from boxing Mayweather was suspended for not one of his punches. The competent Sport Commission in Nevada reserves in their own rules, athletes to revoke the license, which infringed the applicable law, except for only small traffic offenses. And the Commission is quite agile: The mixed martial arts fighter Jon Jones wants to avoid just the license, having run over a red light, rammed three cars and then had committed hit and run

“A court. has already imposed his sentence, we respect this decision, “said Pat Lundvall from the competent Commission case Mayweather. A private action can be seen in Nevada do not.

Mayweather is the best paid athletes on the planet. Whopping $ 105 million (84.5 million euros) he collected throughout 2014 two battles – around $ 24,305 per battle second. Now he will generate $ 400 million with sponsorship, tickets and TV money in the fight against Pacquiao. Nevada like the

In this domestic violence by athletes is quite an issue which the Americans moved the last few months. The Footballer Ray Rice was destroyed by the public after a video has been known in which he his girlfriend unconscious kicks in an elevator. The running back was suspended by the league and presented for months as a penitent, in the hope of a second chance.

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Quite different Mayweather dealing with the past: When he was recently asked by a ESPN -journalists to his violence, he did not answer, but only applied his fight. In another interview he says: “If I have actually done what they accuse me, they would have shot pictures of me, but there are no pictures and no evidence.”

Perhaps this is actually the answer to When asked why America react so differently to the bat Rice and Mayweather. Rice was initially banned for two months after the emergence of the video, he flew out of the team. Without images no outrage. What can not be shown, does not exist. That’s why the dollar bills are probably so a grateful story.