Mayweather Bans Rachel Nichols, Michele Beadle From Fight

Floyd Mayweather Jr. has requested that CNN reporter Rachel Nichols and ESPN reporter Michelle Beadle not cover Saturday night's “fight of the century.” Why? Per Deadspin...

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Because Floyd Mayweather —unabashed misogynist and unrepentant batterer of women—doesn’t want her there. After the Mayweather camp learned that Beadle had publicly condemned Mayweather for his history of violence against women, they—via their network, the CBS-owned Showtime—denied Beadle a press credential for the fight. Mayweather/Showtime also revoked a press credential to CNN’s Rachel Nichols, who relentlessly grilled Mayweather over his history of domestic violence last year. A source closely connected to these events tells Deadspin that Mayweather’s publicist, Kelly Swanson, told producers there’s “no way” Nichols gets in.

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Here's an interview Rachel did with Mayweather back in September about domestic violence...



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