Floyd Mayweather has responded to claims that a press conference for his next exhibition bout was intentionally held on the same day as Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis and Rolando Romero.
Davis posted on social media a tweet, now deleted, to capture the advertiser describing him as ‘envious’. Things seem tumultuous in their relationship with the lightweight star rumored to be a free agent following his next battle against Romero on May 28, under the banner of PBC Promotions and Mayweather.
In an interview with FightHype, Mayweather rarely refers to Davis by his first name and often describes him as a ‘boxer’. The celebrity explains why the press person for his exhibit against Don Moore on a helipad in Dubai clashed with Davis-Romero.
“I never tried to step on anyone’s toes. That was not my idea. I don’t even want the press conference to be on the same day. I wouldn’t do it on Thursday, but they paid me a million dollars to do it.
“Anderson Silva (player with the bottom card) had to fly out of Miami late Thursday night or early Friday morning. If I’m not mistaken, he went to Brazil so we couldn’t hold the press conference any other day. I asked if they could do it any other day, they said absolutely not. I wouldn’t ask a man to reschedule me. It’s about compromise. ”
The 45-year-old, considered by many to be one of the greatest men to wear a pair of gloves and win world championships in five different weight divisions also spoke about how he hit Davis’ corner while In his opinion others do not.
“We seem to have forgotten that I am the same person who got on the podium not long ago, and went out to fight for my boxer. I was also the one who went up to the podium and said why my boxer Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis wasn’t on the weight-to-weight list. When my boxer wasn’t building weight and the media was throwing stones at my fighter, I was the only one who went out to the front line and fought for my fighter. These are the things that we seem to forget.
“When nobody knew who my fighter was and he didn’t have many fights, I took him and put him on a pay-per-view card and made sure his fight was shown. for millions of people around the world. That’s the guy I am and always will be.”
