It is unlikely that Beadle and Nichols would just make this up.
I, along with @Rachel__Nichols, have been banned from the MGM Grand Arena for the fight tonight by the Mayweather camp. #TheFightGame
— Michelle Beadle (@MichelleDBeadle) May 2, 2015
No fight for me or @MichelleDBeadle. Mayweather's team told my producer the camp was blocking my credential. https://t.co/JTjjXadPp8
— Rachel Nichols (@Rachel__Nichols) May 2, 2015
But for the record Mayweather’s PR is saying they had nothing to do with and both are still credentialed for the fight.
No one including ME banned @Rachel__Nichols from covering the fight. She is already credentialed. #Facts
— Kelly Swanson (@kellyswanson1) May 2, 2015
And @MichelleDBeadle isn't even on the press list. She's credentialed through @HBOboxing. Yes credentialed. #Fact#2
— Kelly Swanson (@kellyswanson1) May 2, 2015
Here is what I believed happened. Only 100 journalists are being allowed inside the MGM Grand Arena. Beadle and Nichols were not on that list and if they wanted to watch the fight would have to do so in the media room. I don’t know that as fact but just speaking to a few people I believe that to be the case. Did Mayweather’s team make that decision? They said they did not. Just a crazy situation as we are just a few hours from the fight.