Mayweather Jr praises Filipinos' love for Pacquiao, criticizes "Black America"

You sound foolish homieboy!!!! Andre Dirrell, Andre Berto, Tim Bradley, Derek Alexander,Mosley, Hopkins, Berto, Judah, FLOYD etc etc. We have plenty of black boxers to follow and be fans of!!!!

 

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Oh good Floyd, more racism, that's what we need...

 

If Pac behaved like Floyd, The filipinos would **** on him far worse than america ever did on Floyd.

 

Im sad to say racism gets the better of some british fans

 

thats how America is, they chew you up as fast as they can then spit you out. Staying relevant is very hard to do in the U.S! I see this happening to Floyd!

 

Mayweather isn't criticizing "black America," in my opinion, he's criticizing America. The point is that if you're a black athlete, America doesn't have your back like the Philippines has Manny's back. Whether or not you agree with Floyd, that seems to be the point.

Here's the problem for Floyd, and someone pointed this out in post #30 here: Floyd chose a deliberate marketing strategy (make it rain, loud, etc) that catered to a subset of the population while alienating a large part of the population. And it's worked out pretty well for him: Check the PPV numbers.

However, every choice has its consequences. And it looks like Floyd is beginning to realize the consequences of his marketing choices.

George Foreman was fairly well liked when he did the American flag thing at the Olympics. Still, George was regarded as a brooding Angry Young Man type for the first part of his career.

When George made his comeback, he changed all that. He was funny, he was outgoing, he was amiable. So, people changed their outlook on him. And the older population was behind him.

You know the rest. George is beloved today.

Floyd could probably do the same thing. It would take time, but he could probably do it.

However, getting into trouble with the law and going after the most beloved figure in the sport, and the sport's best fighter, isn't helping Floyd out any. So if he's going to change his ways, he's going to have to do so drastically, IMO.

 

Floyd's **** attitude and borish behavior are why he is unliked. Not his skin color.

 

I actually mentioned this when someone made a thread on why Floyd still has fans. I said that most of them share the same skin color with Floyd. Then a lot of *****s attacked me as if what I said is not true.

 

There are evidence that says that "speech" is not actually real and is a hoax...

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PBF's comments are dumb. It has nothing to do with race - or at least not the way he thinks it does.

Boxing is not as popular here in the US. Pac is like Joe Louis + Ali to Filipinos right now. There is a sense of national pride that transcends sports celebrity with Pacquiao and the Filipinos. There are so many things higher in the list of things for the general American public - basketball, football, baseball, Obama, wars, etc - that boxing and its main American star barely registers unless he has a major fight. Even then he barely transcend sports celebrity status like Jordan or Manning did/does. So to compare his status to Americans and Pac status to Filipinos is myopic. It ignores so many factors that is just the sign of the times and has nothing to do with race.


Race might be factor but it not the only factor.

Some people have to stop living in the 19th century.

 

Not to mention the whole, "FLoyd is playing the villain to hype the fight"...that line of garbage. Floyd made his bed, got crumbs in it, and is now complaining about it. atsch

 

He was complimenting Filipinos for their loyalty to Paquio. How did this become about race?

 

Yep, I agree. Whether or not Floyd thinks it's fair, the way he is perceived, he chose to dive head-first into the caricature of himself he created (or not to shield from the public who he really is, take your pick). That was his choice.

 

I think you made some great points.

Also I would like to add that if you look back at history FMJ and RJJ couldn't sell a fight to save their lives UNTIL they became the guy people loved to hate. Truth is that America seems more interested in NOT liking a Black champion than relating to and accepting him as one of their own. "He" doesn't represent "me"!

The same BS can be seen in the Presidency of Barack Obama. The dude has been President for 2 years and people are STILL trying to make the case for him not being "one of us". It is just the vile legacy of racism.

 

True. Although I don't RJJ ever became a big ticket seller during his career, even late.