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Speaking on the matter of running back for the Baltimore Ravens, Ray Rice and recent accounts of him punching his wife (fiancée at the time) in the face. Video of the account has been widely circulated.

NFL overreacted on Ray Rice, Floyd Mayweather says - ESPN

LAS VEGAS -- Floyd Mayweather Jr. says he believes the NFL should have stuck with its original discipline of Ray Rice, saying the league was overly influenced by new video showing Rice knocking out his then-fiancee in an Atlantic City, New Jersey, casino elevator.

The boxing superstar -- who has had his own domestic abuse issues -- said Tuesday that he didn't think the original two-game suspension should be changed because of the video.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. -- who has had his own domestic abuse issues -- said Tuesday he didn't think Ray Rice's original two-game suspension should be changed by the NFL because of video.

"I think there's a lot worse things that go on in other people's households, also," Mayweather said. "It's just not caught on video, if that's safe to say."

Mayweather, who spent two months in a Las Vegas jail in 2012, still maintains his innocence even after pleading guilty to reduced domestic abuse charges stemming from an attack on his former girlfriend while their children watched. Had Mayweather not taken the plea bargain, he would have gone to trial on felony charges that could have gotten him up to 34 years in prison.

Mayweather also was named in a civil lawsuit last week by his former fiancee, who said the fighter assaulted her and kept her from leaving his Las Vegas mansion. In addition, Shantel Jackson said the boxer publicly humiliated her by posting online a sonogram showing her pregnant with twins and then claiming she aborted them.

Mayweather said he has been falsely accused many times.

"Like I've said in the past, no bumps, no bruises, no nothing," Mayweather said. "With O.J. and Nicole, you seen pictures. With Chris Brown and Rihanna, you seen pictures. With (Chad) Ochocinco and Evelyn, you seen pictures. You guys have yet to see any pictures of a battered woman, a woman who says she was kicked and beaten (by Mayweather). So I just live my life and try to stay positive, and try to become a better person each and every day."

Mayweather made his remarks before a small group of reporters at the MGM Grand hotel, where he made a formal fight week arrival for his rematch Saturday with Argentina's Marcos Maidana. Mayweather won a majority decision over Maidana in May but was roughed up at times in perhaps the toughest of his recent string of fights.

The unbeaten 37-year-old also said he plans to fight just twice more after Maidana, finishing his career next September. He didn't specifically dismiss Manny Pacquiao as an opponent for one of those bouts -- as he has repeatedly done in the past -- although he said reports there had been talks on a possible fight were completely false.






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Listen, pal, if you are going to do a post a least get your facts straight. Money May did not say hitting women is cool.

But on the subject of Ray Rice. I think Mayweather is bang on correct and I agree with him when he says the NFL have over-reacted.

Rice has been released by the Ravens in the prime of his career and they don’t even want any other NFL team even giving him a shot.

Taking away a man’s livelihood ?

They are pretty much trying to destroy the guy.

They have also completely ignored the fact that Hope Solo, goal keeper for the women’s U.S. National Soccer team, is back on the playing field after being in court to answer for domestic violence charges against her.

Again Floyd is 100% bang on the money when says worse stuff goes on behind closed doors that people do not know about.

Check out Rice’s wife now on instagram saying his getting cut from the team is “horrific”.

Sounds to me, like even she's feels a bit guilty for this. Shame on TMZ.com for releasing this.

Don’t misunderstand me - I’m certainly not advocating men beating their wives or girlfriends for no reason at all.

But what you'll get more and more is women blocking a man’s way out of a potentially volatile situation or attack him in a space where an exit is not readily available, such as a moving automobile or an elevator a la Solange and Jay Z.