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Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather talked a massive amount of trash today but things got a bit awkward when in the heat of the moment Conor yelled out “dance for me boy” before quickly correcting himself.
Conor McGregor to Floyd Mayweather "Dance for me boy" https://t.co/558X5lGmLV
— Gifdsports (@gifdsports) July 11, 2017
Many on Twitter took notice of Conor’s slip of the tongue and called him out on it.
https://twitter.com/1freebandkc/status/884898674819641346
Conor called Floyd "boy" and told him to dance for him like he was a coon or something lol anybody going for him officially racist
— Hawthorne James 🏁🐍 (@Kontra402) July 11, 2017
https://twitter.com/EuazoX2/status/884899274777088000
Conor told Mayweather to "dance for me boy" that's racist as hell…
Floyd gotta drop em for the culture
— Tundun (@Cos_or_Jefe) July 11, 2017
Conor McGregor is already getting the racial tension started on this promo tour with that "Dance for me, boy." line.
— future stepdad of the year candidate (@BleakSuperior) July 11, 2017
https://twitter.com/1freebandkc/status/884898674819641346
I missed this, sounds like a pretty racist comment from Conor to me https://t.co/DNXPx3YISs
— Mike Coppinger (@MikeCoppinger) July 11, 2017
"Dance for me, boy!" Ohh, ohh. Does he know what he just said?
— Chris Broussard (@Chris_Broussard) July 11, 2017
McGregor has been criticized in the past for his borderline racist comments at press conferences but considering the way he reacted to the slip up I don’t believe he was intentionally being racist here.