Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather offers to pay for funeral of George Floyd
- The retired boxing champ has offered to pay for the memorial services
- Death of George Floyd last week has sparked mass protests worldwide
- Mental Health and Psychosocial considerations during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Floyd Mayweather has offered to pay for the memorial services of the slain George Floyd.
The retired pound-for-pound champion has offered to meet the cost of the memorial services of George Floyd who was killed last week.
George Floyd died after having a knee pressed into his neck for more than eight minutes while being detained by a white police officer, Derek Chauvin, and eventually died in Minneapolis last Monday.
According to TMZ, the undefeated pugilist has offered to pay for the funeral of George Floyd in four separate services.
The funeral services will be held in Houston, Minnesota, Charlotte and one further location that is still to be confirmed.
TMZ then posted a picture of a cheque sent from Mayweather to Robert Swearington Fort Bend Memorial funeral home for $88,500, to cover the costs.
George,46, died in police custody in Minneapolis after his arrest for allegedly attempting to use a counterfeit $20 note.
A video emerged online of Chauvin kneeling on Floyd’s neck for more than eight minutes during the arrest.
Floyd pleaded numerous times for Chauvin to remove his knee, complaining he couldn’t breathe.
He passed out at the scene before later dying in hospital, and his death has since sparked violent protests in over 140 cities across America.