--- description: Mayweather has been charged with a number of counts of domestic battery since 2002 title: Ruby Rose Under Fire For Instagram Photo With Floyd Mayweather image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Ruby Rose Under Fire For Instagram Photo With Floyd Mayweather by [Sam Frizell](/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 27, 2015 12:40 PM CUT by [Sam Frizell](/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 27, 2015 12:40 PM CUT _Orange is the New Black_ star Ruby Rose has come under criticism from her fans after posing for a photo with professional boxer and convicted domestic abuser Floyd Mayweather Jr. The photo, which Rose posted on Instagram. shows Mayweather with his arm around the actress, and has the capition “The champ!” reports the [Independent](http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/ruby-rose-criticised-by-fans-after-posing-with-champ-boxer-floyd-mayweather-10416635.html "undefined"). Rose has spoken before of wishing to see Mayweather during a fight, and met the boxer in Las Vegas when he was training for his fight against Andre Berto. Mayweather has been charged with a number of counts of domestic battery since 2002, has been convicted several times and was sentenced in 2011 to 90 days in prision after he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery and domestic violence. Fans on Twitter expressed disapproval, saying the photo made them feel “attacked” and “disappointed,” with another saying she was “disgusted.” \[[The Independent](http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/ruby-rose-criticised-by-fans-after-posing-with-champ-boxer-floyd-mayweather-10416635.html "undefined")\] ### See Roles You Didn't Realize Orange Is the New Black Stars Played  Before Taylor Schilling played Piper Chapman on Orange Is the New Black she starred as Beth Green in The Lucky One. Netflix; Warner Bros.  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