Floyd Mayweather on Buying the Clippers: 'The Timing Is Right'

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Floyd Mayweather on Buying the Clippers: 'The Timing Is Right'
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Who will buy the Los Angeles Clippers if racist owner Donald Sterling is pushed out, as NBA (http://mashable.com/category/nba/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) Commissioner Adam Silver intends to do (http://mashable.com/2014/04/29/adam-silver-nba-donald-sterling-press-conference-watch-live/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)? Oprah Winfrey and Larry Ellison are among the many well-monied names being bandied about.

But of all the people who might-could-maybe become Clippers owners, one is more fun to consider than all the rest: Bombastic boxing megastar Floyd Mayweather, Jr. (http://mashable.com/2012/05/03/floyd-mayweather-social-media/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), who on Wednesday told Mashable more about his interest in the team.

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The Mayweather-as-owner conversation started (http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/story/_/id/10859477/floyd-mayweather-jr-expresses-interest-buying-los-angeles-clippers) when he spoke to reporters in Las Vegas on Tuesday as part of a promotional appearance ahead of his title fight (http://www.sho.com/sho/sports/events/13/mayweather-vs-maidana) against Marcos Maidana on Saturday night in Las Vegas. Mayweather has long been a regular at Clippers and Lakers home games at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/04/30/floyd-mayweather-clippers/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)

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