Floyd Mayweather used a homophobic slur after accusing Conor McGregor of racist comments during the media tour to promote their Las Vegas fight.
Mayweather will face UFC lightweight title-holder McGregor in 12 rounds under boxing rules in August.
“He called black people monkeys,” said the American, 40, during a news conference at Wembley Arena on Friday.
Mayweather then addressed McGregor as: “You punk. You faggot. You ho.”
In response to accusations of racism, McGregor has said that he is a “multicultural individual”.
The 29-year-old is alleged to have made racist comments during the third stop of the tour in New York on Thursday.
“He totally disrespected black women,” added Mayweather. “Then he spoke disrespectfully to my mother and he spoke disrespectfully to my daughter.”
Former five-weight boxing world champion Mayweather and his opponent McGregor have conducted a series of press conferences in recent days to promote their fight, with stops in Los Angeles and Toronto before the trips to New York and London.
Source-BBC
