Floyd Mayweather releases statement after being attacked and chased by mob in London
Floyd Mayweather has released a statement after a video emerged of him being attacked while out shopping in London. The boxing icon was spotted visiting a jewellery shop in Hatton Garden when he was ambushed and chased by a mob. Mayweather was pursued while out jewellery shopping in London Mayweather looked furious as he and his security team were pursued by a large crowd of people. ‘Money’, who was wearing a green jacket, was escorted out of the shop and bundled into a black 4×4 car. The Sun report that he was targeted over his support for Israel amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza. One witness told the British newspaper: “There were maybe about eight to ten people involved in going after him, and about 20 or 25 watching on. “Mayweather’s security team were outnumbered. Someone said that Mayweather had been shopping when he was asked why he supported Israel. “He doubled down and said he was proud to support the Jews. “Then someone took a swing at him because of that. It looked very targeted. “He was bundled out of the shop but by then there were multiple people trying to hit him, and pushing his security guards… “Floyd took a few hits during it, but his security was trying to push people back. “I couldn’t really see Floyd trying to throw any punches back. His guards were just trying to get distance between him and them. His security bundled him into a black 4×4 while an angry mob gave chase “They got him into a car and tapped the roof two times, then it sped off. Clearly they were desperate to get him out of there. “It was over within two minutes.” However, Mayweather has since come out and declared that nobody landed a blow on him. “Let me set the record straight… there is no truth to the rumours going around,” Mayweather wrote on Instagram. “I wasn’t punched or touched in any way. What you are seeing is just my security doing their job to keep things under control. “I was in the UK for a quick 48-hour stop to do some shopping and unfortunately, people let jealousy and negativity fuel false stories. Mayweather looked absolutely furious Mayweather posted this message to his millions of followers in response to what happened in London “I’m perfectly fine and there is really nothing more to it.” Mayweather is widely considered to be one of the greatest boxers of all time. During an illustrious professional career stretching from 1996 to 2017, Mayweather compiled an unblemished 50-0 record, picking up world titles in five different weight classes in the process. After hanging up his gloves, with his final bout coming against Conor McGregor where he is said to have picked up at least $100m, Mayweather now competes in exhibition bouts. He has fought content creators, reality television stars and everything in between on what has turned out to be another lucrative fight career. Usyk vs Fury 2 LIVE on talkSPORT The highly anticipated rematch between Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury will be live on talkSPORT on 21 December. The first fight saw the Ukrainian win via split decision and become the first undisputed heavyweight champion since 1999. He will now put his WBA, WBO and WBC belts on the line in Riyadh.
Floyd Mayweather has released a statement after a video emerged of him being attacked while out shopping in London.
The boxing icon was spotted visiting a jewellery shop in Hatton Garden when he was ambushed and chased by a mob.
Mayweather looked furious as he and his security team were pursued by a large crowd of people.
‘Money’, who was wearing a green jacket, was escorted out of the shop and bundled into a black 4×4 car.
The Sun report that he was targeted over his support for Israel amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza.
One witness told the British newspaper: “There were maybe about eight to ten people involved in going after him, and about 20 or 25 watching on.
“Mayweather’s security team were outnumbered. Someone said that Mayweather had been shopping when he was asked why he supported Israel.
“He doubled down and said he was proud to support the Jews.
“Then someone took a swing at him because of that. It looked very targeted.
“He was bundled out of the shop but by then there were multiple people trying to hit him, and pushing his security guards…
“Floyd took a few hits during it, but his security was trying to push people back.
“I couldn’t really see Floyd trying to throw any punches back. His guards were just trying to get distance between him and them.
“They got him into a car and tapped the roof two times, then it sped off. Clearly they were desperate to get him out of there.
“It was over within two minutes.”
However, Mayweather has since come out and declared that nobody landed a blow on him.
“Let me set the record straight… there is no truth to the rumours going around,” Mayweather wrote on Instagram.
“I wasn’t punched or touched in any way. What you are seeing is just my security doing their job to keep things under control.
“I was in the UK for a quick 48-hour stop to do some shopping and unfortunately, people let jealousy and negativity fuel false stories.
“I’m perfectly fine and there is really nothing more to it.”
Mayweather is widely considered to be one of the greatest boxers of all time.
During an illustrious professional career stretching from 1996 to 2017, Mayweather compiled an unblemished 50-0 record, picking up world titles in five different weight classes in the process.
After hanging up his gloves, with his final bout coming against Conor McGregor where he is said to have picked up at least $100m, Mayweather now competes in exhibition bouts.
He has fought content creators, reality television stars and everything in between on what has turned out to be another lucrative fight career.
Usyk vs Fury 2 LIVE on talkSPORT
The highly anticipated rematch between Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury will be live on talkSPORT on 21 December.
The first fight saw the Ukrainian win via split decision and become the first undisputed heavyweight champion since 1999. He will now put his WBA, WBO and WBC belts on the line in Riyadh.
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