Floyd Mayweather Jr. and rapper 50 Cent have been associated for years, and their public falling out received equal publicity. Their issues began when 50, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, entered the boxing promotion game and tried to lure Mayweather into his stable.
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Floyd refused, and their tensions grew. That said, Mayweather's trying to squash any lingering hard feelings if they even existed.
"Just as a man, I respect him, I love him," Mayweather said of 50. "There's a lot of my friends, a lot of my associates, that I don't speak to on a daily basis. That doesn't mean that I wish anything bad toward them."
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He went on to address some of the nastiness on social media directed his way by 50, and chalked it up to a low point any normal friendship goes through. "You can't be my friend on Monday and then not my friend on Tuesday. Real friends go through ups and downs," Mayweather explained.
"I can't say in November, a guy's my friend and I love him, and in December I hate him. Sometimes, things can be miscommunication. A lot of times, media can play a major role. Things can get said that's not true." He then seemed to extend an offer of a semi-partnership with the rapper.
"50 Cent's a great guy, he's always invited into my gym. If his fighters want to come to my gym and work, they can come work in my gym also," he said.
That's an interesting offer, considering 50 Cent's highest profile boxer is Yuriorkis Gamboa, a polarizing figure that divides fans much like Mayweather's "lil bro" Adrien Broner does. While Gamboa doesn't partake in the outlandish acts Broner does, he does not fight regularly and is relatively untested by quality opposition.
He's been linked for months to a fight vs. Mikey Garcia, but nothing's materialized so far. Should that get made, Gamboa should consider trying to spar with "Money" himself-it couldn't hurt.
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