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Floyd Mayweather uniting all fans against him with various remarks

By Zach Arnold | September 18, 2009

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A couple of days ago, Junior was crying in the media that if he was white he would be a bigger star — a comment that was roundly dismissed by sportswriters of all colors. That’s a rare feat.

“If you’re rich, you’re a rich n—–,” Mayweather said. “If you’re poor, you’re a poor n—–. If you’re smart, you’re a smart n—–. At the end of the day, they still look at me as a n—–.”

Mayweather went on a real tirade. He accused the media of covering up Oscar De La Hoya’s misdeeds — namely De La Hoya’s two children out of wedlock, and the lawsuit he settled with an 18-year-old who accused him of rape. Mayweather said he’d be more beloved if he were from a different country, and, having not embarrassed himself enough, he called famed trainer and HBO boxing analyst Emanuel Steward an “Uncle Tom.”

Now, Mayweather has stepped up his ‘black hero’ persona by going after other Black people in boxing — including Emanuel Steward, who he called an Uncle Tom. Avoid Floyd if you want meaningful dialogue on race in America, wrote CBS Sports.

What a way to hype up a fight. Steward has taken the high road and praised Mayweather going into his fight against Juan Manuel Marquez.

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16 Responses to “Floyd Mayweather uniting all fans against him with various remarks”

  1. Fluyid says:

    That whole clan of Mayweathers must be an absolute joy to be around.

  2. jr says:

    Floyd has received good endorsements like AT&T and acts like he’s a victim

  3. A. Taveras says:

    Why is Steward a ‘Tom’? For being a clean cut professional who excels at his craft without running his mouth?

    Well give this to Floyd, he knows how to get in the headlines.

  4. Mark says:

    I can’t believe people take Mayweather seriously. He has clearly been working the public as a heel for 4 years. He hits all the classic heel tactics: playing the bragging about his wealth card, the coward card, the insulting the fans card, and lately he’s played the racial tensions card. Maybe he really means this. Maybe Tyson really wanted to eat Lennox Lewis’ children that he knew didn’t exist.

    The “white people can’t box” line was guaranteed to get a negative reaction for maximum press. Most sports writers are white and it’s a sore spot to a lot of them when someone brings up race in sports. And Steward is one of the few universally-loved figures left in boxing, so of course insulting him will get you thousands of columns hyping your fight for free. He probably doesn’t mean it, he’s just treading on Ali’s insult to Smokin’ Joe for supporting Richard Nixon anyway.

    Until people stop wanting to pay to see assholes get their comeuppance, Mayweather will continue his gimmick.

  5. 45 Huddle says:

    I’m not so sure Mayweather is purely an act. I think a lot of it is who he is. He isn’t well educated. He he shows it in interviews with the dumb comments he makes. He spends money faster then he earn it. He proves it as he is in trouble for not paying all of his taxes and other financial issues.

    With that said, he is right about the media favoring ODLH. They have done it for years. The guy they protect that annoys me to no end is Shaq. He can be a complete a-hole to people, and they they completely turn the cheek.

    The funniest thing about Floyd is that during the 24/7 for his fight with Ricky Hatton…. It was easier to understand the thick British accent then it was the ghetto accent.

  6. liger05 says:

    Mayweather makes me laugh. After watching the three episodes of 24/7 I was wondering where the ‘real’ mayweather was. Now his out in force and its great. I don’t agree with what he says but its entertaining. His a joker.

    If PBF and Pacman win the 24/7 shows for there fight will be amazing. Non stop dissing of Pacman and Roach. It will be classic stuff.

  7. Bob says:

    Zach,

    “write”: “white” or “right” 1st line

    Ed. — Fixed the typo. Thank you!

  8. Ivan Trembow says:

    Mayweather is (usually) a joy to behold inside of the ring if you enjoy boxing, and (almost always) a joke outside of the ring.

  9. James says:

    Lets see.

    Muhammad Ali

    Michael Jordan

    Tiger Woods

    What do these three men have in common?

    If your answer is that they’re all black athletes who are beloved in America and all around the world…

    Floyd Mayweather Jr and Kanye West are the worst kind of black celebrities. They made it big and have more money than they’ll ever need… yet it’s not enough and because they feel personally slighted it’s of course because they’re black.

    You know, as if they’re the only ones or worse… they think all black athletes/artists have been held down.

    Whatever. Fuck them.

  10. Mark says:

    In his day, Ali was more hated by white Americans than 50 Kanye Wests. He’s probably the most historically-revised American this side of the founding fathers. In the 60s, Ali was a villain in the media: he was affiliated with the Nation of Islam, was the posterboy for draft dodging and the media couldn’t get rid of him because he kept winning. Even little things he did like boasting in interviews that he was “pretty” were shocking in the 60s, since it was an unwritten rule that black media figures not claim to be attractive. They only show Howard Cossell media footage in Ali documentaries because it was basically the only positive coverage he got. He didn’t pose on the cover of Esquire magazine being mock-executed for nothing.

    Of course now history showed he was right to oppose the Vietnam War and civil rights isn’t a radical concept 40 years later so now it’s re-written that Ali was the most loved athlete ever. Plus it probably helps that he can’t speak anymore. What if he wasn’t handicapped? I’m sure he’d have some opinions on the war on terror that wouldn’t sit well with a lot of people.

  11. 45 Huddle says:

    I blame ESPN partially for over glorifying Ali. They have constantly called him the greatest boxer ever, and sometimes the greatest athlete ever. And yet, when you come back to reality…. Ali wasn’t the best boxer ever. Heck, he wasn’t even the best Heavyweight Boxer ever.

    And Jordan…. Don’t even get me started on him and his legacy. Watch some of his playoff games, and tell me the NBA wasn’t helping him win. The guy won basically every single close game in the playoff during his 6 championship runs. That isn’t be accident. Yes, he was clutch, but the refs helped out a LOT. Multiple times he would get fouled, and yet wasn’t even touched while taking the shot. Many people have claimed NBA refs are corrupt…. It doesn’t shock me.

  12. Chuck says:

    And don’t forget about Tiger Woods and him not contending the Augusta Golf Club’s practice of not allowing women into the club. He said, and I quote;

    “Well if that’s the rules, there’s
    nothing I can say about it.”

    You know, with his stardom and position, he could have contended this and the Augusta Golf Club would probably have seen Tiger’s way and let women play.

  13. 45 Huddle says:

    Here is a swooping generalization…. Black’s don’t give back what they expect of others when it comes to discrimination.

    For years, the black community has fought for equal rights. And yet stuff like Tiger pulled shows no favor in return for equality in women. Or when it comes to gay rights, blacks are easily over 50% in favor of not allowing gay marriage. It’s hard to feel bad for a group that discrimates against others but then asks for you to not look at the color of their skin.

    Not to mention all the other minority groups such as Asian and Indians (I know technically they are Asian too), who come over to this country and absolutely prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that it is possible to be a minority in the US and to be a perfectly functioning part of society.

    Nobody is giving any favortism to these cultures, and yet they are constantly outperforming everybody else in America. They aren’t offing each and making the inner cities unsafe. They aren’t a burden on the system financially. They come to this country and become productive parts of society.

    No group in America has demanded more and done so little to earn it then African Americans. Obviously, that is a major generalization, as just like any sub group in America there are good and bad people. But at some point I wish the media would call a spade a spade and actually look at the hypocracy of the black culture in America…..

    End of rant (I’m sure I might get some backlash for this one)….

  14. Chuck says:

    I see what you are saying, but you can say the same about other groups and you would be only correct in the smallest way possible. Like Southeast Asian groups being poverty stricken and being parts of gangs (just watch Gran Torino) or Latino groups, etc. There will ALWAYS be people in specific groups that will bitch and moan and do nothing to better themselves or others. It’s not just a group thing, it’s a people thing. I’ve heard people bitch from all sorts of racial, ethnic, religious, etc. groups about prejudice and discrimination, and most of them never even experienced any of it. One person who’s father is Jewish (and technically, by Jewish law, you are only Jewish by way of your mother) who bitches about the fact that there are more Muslims and Christians in the world than Jews, and says the Holocaust was responsible for that. Yes, the Holocaust is possibly the worst atrocity in human history, but 6 million Jews were killed, and there are only about 12 million Jews on the planet, and a billion Muslims and a billion Christians (I think, but somewhere in the ballpark) so do the math.

    I’ve been discriminated against. I’m Middle Eastern but I have been discriminated against for other reasons. My sister allegedly was speeding near a construction zone while I was in the car with her a few years ago, and one construction worker said she was with “her black boyfriend”. Me being “the black boyfriend”. School teachers have said to me “Are you blah blah blah Vazquez?” or whatever other Spanish names. It’s irritating. I’ve also gotten the rap for “being too white” or whatever, it sucks and its irritating. But I try not to bitch.

    But the funniest thing? People ask me what I am, and I say “guess”. The guessing games are hilarious, and show a smidgen of someone’s prejudices.

  15. Mark says:

    I don’t think it’s right to look down on another race since you can never walk in their shoes so I’m not getting into that debate except to say if your belief is black people should go to college more because Asians can do it, Asian families don’t have nearly as many broken homes, impoverished living standards or dreadful inner city school systems (since large Asian communities are generally in the suburbs with much better education systems) that black communities do. But I don’t think that debate should ever be on a mixed martial arts website.

    It was wrong of Woods to turn his back on that misognystic golf club, especially since a few golf clubs had to take their “no blacks allowed” rules that were still on the books in the late 1990s for Tiger Woods’ PGA games when he was a rookie. But Tiger Woods is one of the most apolitical people on the planet so it’s really not surprising. The media made a far larger deal of him breaking down the race barrier in golf than he ever did, he really seemed like he couldn’t care less and probably vaguely knew who Jackie Robinson was. I don’t think anyone knows of any opinion he holds beyond “Nike is awesome” and “You should buy Gillette razors.” I’m convinced he’s actually a cyborg made to do commercials by way of dominating golf.

    Jordon on the otherhand is a 3 dimensional person. A little too much for his sponsors sometimes. He had one of the best public relations teams on the planet in the 1990s who sculpted him as the all-American perfect role model goody two-Air Jordan shoes. But the real Michael Jordan wasn’t as squeaky clean: he battled a gambling addiction, was notorious behind the scenes for his womanizing while professing what a great family man he was, and by lots of accounts he was one of the biggest pricks in sports, but the NBA, his PR team and various sponsors never let it get out. Maybe Mayweather should look into putting his PR team back together if he isn’t purposely acting out for PPV buys.

  16. Black Dog says:

    A lot of dead-on comments here, and not just about Mayweather. I can’t comment with any authority on the generalizations that have been made about Jordan and the others.

    As for Mayweather, which is the crux of this article: his comments come off as those of an immature, unprofessional and spoiled brat.

    As talented as a fighter he is, it’s sad that Mayweather sounds so insecure; sure, I think some of what he says is an effort to stir the pot, crank the hype, etc. But a lot of what he’s said is emotional, and it’s obvious he really believes a lot of what he says.

    Mayweather needs to grow up, straighten up and show some respect to others such as Steward, but also to himself.

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