As the boxing world watches the hotly anticipated fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao—two fan favorites meeting for the first time—there are a few people who won't be there: The sports reporters who've spoken openly about Mayweather's history of domestic violence, and have publicly questioned or spoken out against supporting him as an athlete.

With an event as closely covered as this one, it's shocking that veteran reporters from major outlets like HBO, ESPN, and USA Today would be banned from the bout—especially when their colleagues have been approved. Beadle has in the past promoted a #BoycottMayweather tag tied to one of his previous fights, while Nichols has confronted him openly about his history.

Mayweather has had at least seven domestic violence incidents that resulted in arrests and citations against five women, including an arrest in 2010. He pled guilty in March 2002 to two counts of domestic violence for striking the mother of his children in the face with a car door in front of their family, and punching her repeatedly.

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