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Defiant Floyd Mayweather speaks out over video of angry mob trying to jump him while he was jewellery shopping in London
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DEFIANT Floyd Mayweather Jnr denied being “touched in any way” during a melee with angry pro-Palestine yobs who tried to jump him while he was shopping.
The US boxing great, 47, was chased from London’s posh Hatton Garden jewellery quarter on Tuesday evening – after doubling down on his public support for Israel’s war in Gaza.
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We first told how the undefeated ex-champ was hounded by a mob of ten accusing him of endorsing “genocide”.
The confrontation spilled into the street where the bling-loving ace’s bodyguards bundled him into a black 4x4 car and sped away.
Mayweather was also heard furiously screaming “I’ll get these motherf***ers” as he was taken to the car.
The boxer yesterday insisted his ring prowess helped him dodge the attack as he denied any of the crowd had laid a finger on him.
He said online: “Let me set the record straight. There’s no truth to the rumours going around.
“I wasn’t punched or touched in any way.
“What you’re seeing is my security doing their job to keep things under control.”
“I was in the UK for a quick 48-hour stop to do some shopping.
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“I’m perfectly fine and there’s really nothing more to it.”
Yesterday a Hatton Garden trader revealed Mayweather, who won 50 pro bouts including a TKO win over Conor McGregor, was being “berated” by the mob moments before the scuffle.
They said: “There was a lot of shouting and people berating him.
“People were screaming ‘yahud’ at him – which is Arabic for Jews – so it seems like it was pretty anti-Semitic.
“They wouldn’t do that to a random Orthodox Jewish guy walking down the street.
"They’re doing it because they want to be the guy that fights Floyd Mayweather.”
The Met Police said the incident was not reported to cops, adding they would not launch a criminal probe.
The tussle came days after Mayweather pledged to donate a toy to every orphan in Israel – which he branded his “home away from home”.
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It’s understood Mayweather will continue to publicly back Israel and is planning to return there soon.
He previously met the nation’s PM, Benjamin Netanyahu, and hosted a barbeque for IDF troops fighting terror thugs Hamas.
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