Michelle Beadle and Rachel Nichols made headlines Saturday for saying they had been denied credentials for the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Manny Pacquiao fight, something Mayweather’s promoters have denied.
“There are emails,” Beadle said to Sports Illustrated. “They lie. It’s their job. But I was banned.”
Nichols later said on Twitter that while she received media access to cover events leading up to the fight, she was denied credentials to attend the actual fight.
Have had a bunch of folks asking questions about the Mayweather issue. Here’s what happened: After asking tough questions of Floyd Mayweather on my program, I was not offered press credentials to cover tonight’s fight.