Michelle Beadle Rachel Nichols Claim Mayweather Banned Them From Pacquiao Fight

According to ESPN’s Michelle Beadle, she and CNN’s Rachel Nichols have been banned from the fight by Mayweather and his team.

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Nichols grilled Mayweather about his domestic violence history in an interview last September — one in which he tried to sidestep multiple questions.

Beadle has also voiced her opinions on Mayweather, calling him out on Twitter for his pattern of violence.

UPDATE: Kelly Swanson, the owner of the PR firm that represents Mayweather, says no one has banned Beadle and Nichols from the fight.

UPDATE 2: Beadle tweeted her credential through HBO was re-approved last night, but she had already left Las Vegas.

Nichols took to Twitter to tell her side of the story.

SN’s Justin Ferguson contributed to this story.