Boxing legend Floyd Mayweather has offered to cover the costs of George Floyd’s funeral following his death while in police custody last week.
Mr Floyd’s death in Minneapolis has since sparked protests across the globe with a video going viral showing police officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on the 46 year old’s neck.
Mr Chauvin has since been charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter.
The 43 year old retired boxer has since offered to pay for three funeral services for Mr Floyd in Houston – his hometown – as well as Minnesota and Charlotte.
Mayweather is not keen to speak about the gesture, but Leonard Ellerbe, the CEO of Mayweather Promotions, told ESPN the former five-division world champion has been in touch with the family of Floyd, and the family has accepted the offer.
In 2011, Mayweather covered the funeral expenses of former boxer Genaro Hernandez, who he beat to win his first world title at junior lightweight in 1998 when he died of cancer at the age of 45.