Two high-profile journalists who have called attention to boxer Floyd Mayweather's issues with domestic violence said Saturday they have been banned by Mayweather's camp from attending his fight against Manny Pacquaio in Las Vegas.

But a spokesperson for Mayweather told the New York Daily News on Saturday that the reporters were wrong.

The Washington reported this morning: "Less than 12 hours before his Fight of the Century with Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather has objected to the presence of two reporters assigned to cover the event. His camp has informed producers for CNN's Rachel Nichols and ESPN's Michelle Beadle that they were blocking their credentials.

"Promoters for the fighters control the event and can, presumably, decide who can and cannot cover it. And it probably isn't a coincidence that Nichols and Beadle, unlike other reporters, have chosen not to let Mayweather's past domestic violence incidents go unmentioned."

Kelly Swanson told the Daily News: "They have always been credentialed. I don't know where this story is coming from," Mayweather spokesperson Kelly Swanson told the Daily News. "Michelle has always been credentialed through HBO. Rachel has always been credentialed through CNN. CNN gets one seat in the arena, they can choose whoever can sit there — including Nichols."

The complete Daily News report is here.

Swanson also explained the situation to USA Today in this report.

Nichols had tweeted this morning:

Beadle tweeted:

After a plea bargain in 2012, Mayweather was sentenced to three months in jail after pleading guilty to a domestic battery charge. He served two months before being released.