Floyd Mayweather Jr claims people want to see him lose because they're racist

Some of the comments in this thread make it seem like anything a black person gets in this country is because a white person let him have it. As if a guy like Mayweather didn't earn what he has, and should be on his knees thanking White America for giving him everything he has.

 

Gotcha. Yeah, I thought so. He didn't say race had no bearing, but of course he thought this was more of the issue. I think it makes sense considering how hated Ben R is. He scores as one of the most hated football players. I've seen him ranked as the highest some where before, but honestly can't remember I think it was a yahoo article.

 

Part of the thing with LeBron is just plain old envy as well... And even though be beat my Celtics I do not dislike him more than Clemens or Roethlisberger. Maybe I am clueless, I always felt in boxing (recent years) that it was an opportunity for any fighter of any race to be the best...I also felt like everyone liked PBF when he first burst onto the scene... It was over the years when he got surly, that the fans started to turn on him... Now I`m still pissed that LeBron lit up the Celts, but I`m not a hater...

 

obama got in because the republicans are morons and don't have a good presidential candidate, its all about the looks and mccain doesn't look like he would last.

 

I was gonna stay out of this thread but this dumbass post just caught my attention!atsch

How in the hell does one person represent a race??? get the **** out of here with that bull****! Should we label all Arabs terriost because of Osama...Can we label all whites as phycopaths because of the likes of Jeffery Dahmer...Can we label all Mexicans bad guys because of Ponch Villa! You're assumptions are way off and you've just made a complete fool of yourself with this dumb stuff you've just posted!:-(

 

Tiger Woods - Not even completely black. Single handedly revived golf and was the face of the sport for a decade+ until the sex scandals. GOD THOSE SPONSORS ARE SO RACIST FOR WANTING A WOMANIZING CHEATER ENDORSING THEIR PRODUCTS!!!

LeBron James - WTF? This guy is only hated by the Ohio area. Other than getting flack for going to Miami, he is not hated by people, much less hated because he's successful and black.

Chad Ochocinco - HUH??? He is generally liked by American and is seen more as a class clown than a nuisance. Of course some of his antics get criticism but what do you expect. The guy is out there. It's not because he's black. FFS the guy raced a horse lol.

Terrell Owens - Deserves it. Biggest ****ing crybaby to ever play football. He's had trouble on pretty much every team he's played for in the NFL. It's obvious his personality is the issue, not the color of his skin.

Michael Vick - Dog fighter. Low life that has millions of dollars and still feels the need to breed, fight, and kill innocent dogs. OF COURSE THE COUNTRY IS GONNA HATE HIM.

Kobe Bryant - Arrogant Jordan wanna-be. You aren't going to be liked when you are clearly a cocky wanna-be of the most admired sports athlete of the last century. Jordan's legions of fans hate Kobe on the sole fact that he's copied Jordan's style. But don't forget, this guy has legions of fans as well. How the hell is he not liked? More people easily like him than hate him. Now I can't comment on whether he really raped the girl or not, but that didn't help his image at all either.


You're a stupid ****. Get off the "succesful black man is hated" bull****. These guys are either goons, or ****ed up in a way so that they deserve to be hated by the public.

As for Mayweather crying about people being racist towards him....

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjiV0hCUpSQ[/ame]

 

:rofl shut up and give me your lunch money

 

I've heard this argument before and I don't entirely agree. People are always going to have problems with stacked teams. However, the negativity thrown LeBron's way is way overboard IMO. Cliff Lee signed with The Phillies to form a loaded rotation. He received nowhere near as much flak. The situations aren't identical, but there is a paralell.

This again goes back to my point. You would expect there to be backlash. However, ESPN did a study on this. LeBron's favorable percentage amongst blacks is over 60%. Amongst whites, it's in the 30's. That's a big difference. To me, that's either a hell of a coincidence, or racial bias played a role in people's opinion of LeBron. That doesn't mean he didn't deserve to get criticized, but it could explain the extent of the criticism.

No, it doesn't. However, it's my opinion that racial bias does play a role and how these athletes are perceived.

 

well I'm mostly defending it because everybody is implying that if you hate Floyd, then you're racist.

Come on now. Floyd doesn't actually think that and he wasn't implying that. Especially since he said that African Americans don't support him enough. It's how everybody is trying to twist his words around that I'm defending

 

Damn media making the black guy look like an *******, amirite?

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01Vb9foQThE[/ame]

They totally made everyone else look good, playing along with the prank. The black guy stuff in the end was edited :rofl:rofl:rofl

 

one person doesnt represent a race, I am saying he is making blacks look bad, just like Osama makes all muslim looks bad, do I believe it, no but that is what the media portrays

 

That list wasn't one that I made up. Those are the athletes with the 6 lowest Q scores. Go here if you're not familiar with Q scores;

[url]http://www.qscores.com/Web/Index.aspx[/url]

 

Regardless, my point is that those guys are not liked because they do things that cause people to dislike them. NOT because they're black.

 

atsch You cant be serious! The media is grilling Floyd Mayweather Jr. not the entire black race!

Be for real and just admit you made a **** poor assumption instead of deflecting the obvious! Floyd Mayweather doesnt represent me as a man..Never have and never will!!!!:-(

 

The guy wanted to fight the bag prank guy! Did they edit him throwing his hands in his face and pushing him around? I don't get what you mean.

Got ya now. Been on the **** tonight..