Donald Trump Inauguration: Floyd Mayweather Will Be Among Celebrities Attending Event
Plenty of athletes have been outspoken against President-elect Donald Trump, but Floyd Mayweather isn’t one of them. The boxer will even be in attendance when Trump gets sworn into office.
TMZ caught up with Mayweather, who told the publication he plans to attend Trump’s inauguration in Washington D.C. on Jan. 20.
“I like everybody,” Mayweather told TMZ. “I don’t have nothing against nobody. He’s never been mean to me. Donald Trump came out to support me for the Manny Pacquiao fight, and I was appreciative for that. A lot of times what we do is we judge people that we really don’t know. We judge people that we really don’t know. So I’m not here to say nothing negative about nobody. Barack Obama was a good president, and hopefully, Donald Trump is a good president.”
Trump, however, hasn’t always been on Mayweather’s side. Two years ago when the boxer kept his undefeated record with a victory over Marcos Maidana, Trump went on a Twitter rant regarding the decision, calling it a “disgrace.”
“The ring announcers are working hard to justify the Mayweather victory,” Trump tweeted. “They should be ashamed of themselves! A TOTAL JOKE.”
Mayweather didn’t endorse Trump before the election, but he did meet with the President-elect shortly after he defeated Hillary Clinton. Donald Trump Jr. posted a picture of the meeting on social media.
Trump’s team has reportedly had difficulty securing celebrities to appear at his inauguration. The likes of Elton John, Andrea Bocelli and Charlotte Church have declined to perform at the event.
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