{"id":17882,"date":"2020-06-02T13:33:09","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T13:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=17882"},"modified":"2020-06-02T13:33:20","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T13:33:20","slug":"floyd-mayweather-offers-to-foot-bill-for-george-floyds-funeral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=17882","title":{"rendered":"Floyd Mayweather offers to foot bill for George Floyd\u2019s Funeral"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Floyd-Mayweather.jpg\" alt=\"Floyd Mayweather offers to foot bill for George Floyd's Funeral\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>American boxing star,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/floyd-mayweather-set-to-make-comeback-in-2020\/\">Floyd Mayweather<\/a>&nbsp;Jr. has offered to pay for George Floyd\u2019s funeral service scheduled to hold in his Houston hometown on June 9, CEO Mayweather Promotions, Leonard Ellerbe disclosed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019ll probably get mad at me for saying that, but yes, [Mayweather] is definitely paying for the funeral,\u201d Ellerbe said confirming the boxers involvement to ESPN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>TMZ\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/amp\/boxing\/news\/12183\/11998946\/floyd-mayweather-offers-to-pay-for-george-floyds-funeral\">Sports<\/a>\u00a0also shared on Twitter a $88,500 cheque from Mayweather to George Floyd\u2019s funeral service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An independent autopsy conducted by George Floyd\u2019s family, has revealed he died of \u201casphyxiation from sustained pressure\u201d as against a previous Hennepin County medical examiner\u2019s autopsy report citing Cardiopulmonary arrest \u2013 heart failure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Floyd, 46, died last week in the hands of a Minneapolis Police Officer, Derek Chauvin who knelt on his neck and is now charged with third degree murder and manslaughter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American boxing star,&nbsp;Floyd Mayweather&nbsp;Jr. has offered to pay for George Floyd\u2019s funeral service scheduled to hold in his Houston hometown on June 9, CEO Mayweather Promotions, Leonard Ellerbe disclosed. \u201cHe\u2019ll probably get mad at me for saying that, but yes, [Mayweather] is definitely paying for the funeral,\u201d Ellerbe said confirming the boxers involvement to ESPN. 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