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The four-day, four-city press tour for Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather’s August 26 mega fight was a doozy. It created all of the hilarious, intense, and memorable moments we hoped for. Unfortunately, it also created a few less savoury moments, as some of McGregor’s comments were deemed racist<\/a>, and Mayweather uttered a homophobic slur<\/a>.<\/p>\n

According to McGregor’s father, Tony McGregor, however, any opinions that the Irish mixed martial artist is racist are inaccurate. The elder McGregor defended his son on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cConor McGregor is not racist,\u201d he said (h\/t Marc Raimondi of MMAFighting.com)<\/a>. \u201cThis fight is not about race, this fight is about skill and technique. In fact, I don’t think any fight is ever about race. The color of skin is immaterial. It\u2019s the victory that Conor is looking for. It’s imperative, that\u2019s the only thing I’d say in that.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\u201cConor is absolutely, unequivocally not racist,\u201d he added. \u201cIt\u2019s not about skin color. No two combatants would ever get into a ring and the issue would be the color of their opposing skin. No, absolutely not. It\u2019s a fight issue, not a race issue.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

Mayweather, however, wasn’t so sure about some of McGregor’s comments. Speaking to the media backstage after one event, he acknowledged that he absolutely found some the Irishman’s words off-putting<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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\u201cHe totally disrespected my daughter, he disrespected the mother of my daughter, he disrespected black women and he called black people monkeys,\u201d he said. \u201cWhat I want to say is this: I\u2019m proud to be a black man. I\u2019m proud to be an American, and I love everybody. And I have a diverse team.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cYou can’t do that. Conor McGregor, you cannot disrespect black women, you can’t disrespect black people — period. We\u2019ve been through a lot.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

What do you make of this ordeal? Was Conor McGregor out of line?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 7\/17\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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