McGregor and Mayweather are trying to sell the fight, so things are going to be over the top.
There have to be some lines that can’t be crossed and one of those lines in 2017 is calling a black man “boy” regardless of intent or not.
That shows ignorance on McGregor’s part which is why he corrected himself for it immediately. Trash talk all you like, let’s just make sure we aren’t saying things that are cringeworthy in 2017.
In the video below provided by TMZ, you can see that Mayweather is taking it in stride, but realizes the comment was too much.
Flip the page to see his response to that….