Boxing icon Floyd Mayweather has broken his silence on reports claiming that he was attacked while out shopping in London.
The former world champion, 47, was spotted visiting a jewellery store in the famous Camden area of Hatton Garden in north London.
Video footage on social media appeared to show a large crowd of people moving towards him and his security team as tensions threatened to boil over.
Mayweather, who was wearing a green jacket, was escorted out of the shop and into a 4×4 black car waiting outside, while some member of his security team remained the scene.
According to an eyewitness account in The Sun, he was confronted by a group of between eight and 10 people.
It is reported that Mayweather was targeted due to his views on the Israel-Palestine conflict, having allegedly said he was ‘proud to support the Jews’ when quizzed on his stance.
However, Mayweather has set the record straight by claiming there was ‘no truth’ to the reports concerning the reported attack.
“Let me set the record straight… there is no truth to the rumours going around,” Mayweather wrote on Instagram.
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