Floyd Mayweather: Ronda Rousey Ring cover 'looks bad'

Feud rumbles on as UFC superstar Rousey becomes the first non-boxer to appear on the cover of the famous fight magazine

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Rousey in the ring with Brazilian Bethe Correia. After knocking Correia out 34 seconds into the bout, Rousey told her opponent "Don't cry" - a line Correia had used at their fractious pre-match weigh-in.
(Image credit: Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)

Boxer Floyd Mayweather has continued his feud with UFC superstar Ronda Rousey by claiming that her appearance on the front cover of The Ring magazine makes his sport "look bad".

He made the comments in an interview with the website FightHype, in which he also claimed that the decision to feature Rousey was part of a plan by the magazine's owner, Oscar De La Hoya, to persuade Rousey to join his stable of fighters.

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