Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been busy. Mayweather, who is gearing up for round two against boxer Marcos Maidana, apologized to the NFL for comments made about their handling of the Ray Rice incident. Mayweather also said that he aspires to knockout Maidana in order to make a statement and announced he would be retiring after three more fights, according to USA Today.
Mayweather, who has also had issues with domestic abuse, and said Tuesday that he felt Rice’s original suspension of two games shouldn’t have been changed because of a video obtained by TMZ of him assaulting his then fiancé Janay Palmer in an elevator. Mayweather said, “Whether they saw the tape or not, I truly believe a person should stick to their word. If you tell me you’re going to do something, do what you say you’re going to do. But once again, I’m not in the NFL, so I can’t really speak about the situation.” He then went on to say, “I think there’s a lot worse things that go on in other people’s households, also.”
“It’s just not caught on video, if that’s safe to say. You know I wish Ray Rice nothing but the best," he went on. “"I know he's probably going through a lot right now because football is his passion, football is his love. It's no different than with me being in the fight game, if they told me, 'Floyd, you've got the biggest deal in sports history,' and then a couple months later, they say, 'You know what, your deal is taken away from you. Oh man. It's not really just the money, it's just the love of the sport, the passion," Mayweather said after admitting to seeing the video.
Mayweather has since recanted his statement saying he hadn’t seen the video because he was training for a fight, according to TMZ. "If I offended anyone, I apologize," Mayweather said.
Mayweather didn’t address his comments, but did say, “I'm not perfect, I make mistakes and I don't condone that at all."