OPINION:
There’s no doubt that Floyd Mayweather fought a great fight last weekend, but some of the best fights can be fought without pay-per-view. It’s obvious Mr. Mayweather has an image problem.
His money-over-everything persona could use a bit of softening. If I were his publicist I would advise him to pay the $500,000 bond for Allen Bullock, a Baltimore teen who is in jail now and is facing life in prison for rioting and malicious destruction of property following participation in a protest over the death of Freddie Gray. Mr. Bullock turned himself into police and has admitted what he did was wrong.
It’s unfair that Mr. Bullock’s bail was set higher than that of the six Baltimore police officers who were charged in the death of Freddie Gray. Mr. Mayweather could benefit from some much-needed positive publicity and help an African-American youth in the process. Now that Mr. Mayweather has proven his greatness inside the ring, it’s time he proves how great he can possibly be outside the ring as well.
WILLIAM J. BOOKER
Park Forest, Ill.
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