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NEW YORK, New York (LifeSiteNews) – A “Fighter of the Decade” is standing up for the right of a former Rookie of the Year to make his own decisions about the COVID-19 jab. 

Boxing champion Floyd Mayweather, Jr. took to social media on Monday to defend Kyrie Irving’s decision not to get the experimental inoculation despite being pressured to do so.  

Mayweather posted a heartfelt video on Twitter in which he spoke to Irving directly, praising the athlete for his different roles in life and commending him for his “integrity.”

 

“You only wanted to be treated fair,” said Mayweather.  

“A free mind makes his own choices and a slave mind follows the crowd. Stand for something or fall for anything,” he continued.  

“One man can lead a revolution, to stand up and fight for what’s right. Once choice, one word, one action can change the world.”  

Mayweather concluded the video by saying, “I hope your actions encourage many others to stand up and say enough is enough. Respect to you, Kyrie, and power to the people.” 

The video was posted with a caption that read “Choice is defined as an act of selecting or making a decision when faced with two or more possibilities. America gave us the choice to take the vaccine or not take the vaccine. As time moves on, that choice is gradually being stripped from us.”  

Mayweather also took to Instagram to discuss the matter, saying “It’s sad people are hated, punished, teased, and discriminated against for not taking the vaccine, for making their own choice, standing up for what they not only think is right, but know is right for them and their families.” 

He continued, saying, “A person should be free to make the decision best suited for themself. If we can’t make our own decisions, we are not truly free. Our forefathers fought for our freedom as our soldiers, first responders, and patriots continue to do to this day. Why is it when someone decides to do something differently from what we are told, it is right we condemn them? Condemn them for making a choice, choosing to be free, choosing not to conform to the norms society tells us not to conform to.” 

Irving, a player for the New York Nets and the NBA’s 2011 Rookie of the Year, was suspended by his team for the remainder of the 2021-22 season for refusing to get the jab. Similar incidents have occurred in other sports leagues, such as the NFL, where teams with unjabbed players that test positive for Covid will face severe penalties.  

In January 2020, Mayweather was declared the winner of  the Joe Louis Fighter of the Decade award by the Boxing Writers Association of America.

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