UFC star Floyd Mayweather has delivered the ultimate backhanded compliment to former UFC women's Bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey in a rant about racism in the sport, saying her to be "a good looking woman, when she put it on".
Mayweather stated this as an attempt to explain why he believes black athletes are being treated differently in boxing and mixed martial arts by comparing Rousey's incredible rise to fame with former female champion boxer Laila Ali, reports News.com.au.
But the UFC star ventured into dangerous territory when discussing the appearance of both women fighters saying Ali to be naturally beautiful while Rousey needs to put the beauty on.
Mayweather continued his selective narrative on the race issue by comparing himself to new UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor.
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