It is just so disappointing, here is a good looking black male with all kind of skills that has tunnel vision. He has all this god given talent in the ring but chooses to be a jerk outside of it.
I like to compare and contrast the paths taken by Floyd and Oscar. Sure Oscar is or was a man whore but he knew how to conduct business in and out of the ring. With the right handlers he became the face of boxing a multi multi multi millionaire. Love him or hate him this man was a warrior in the ring sans Bernard Hopkins fight.
Now we have Floyd he makes his 20-40 million or so and chooses to give his donations to the strip club and casinos. Nothing wrong with that I guess but he doesn't invest back into the sport that gave him so much wealth. I liked him better before I heard him speak. I guess we can blame 24/7 for that. He has left at least 50 million on the table not fighting DLH the second time and backing down with a fight against Pac. I believe the fight against Forbes scared Mayweather from fighting Oscar a second time, but that is not neither here nor there.
Bottom line I think us Black Americans are more disappointed than anything else. He could be an ambassador to boxing but he chooses to more of a buffoon outside the ring. A product of the hip hop culture, perhaps - more bling than substance.
It's a generational thing. Most younger people like Floyd.. Older folks don't like his brashness....But that was the same with Leonard, Ali, Robinson etc....There will always be supporters and haters of great athletes despite their ethnicity....It is what it is....But everybody gives props to Floyd for his skills
What are you talking about? There's probably more white people that like Floyd than there are black people, in America ofc.
And yes there are. At my gym there were always debates weather Floyd was the greatest between black coaches. Some even were offended that Floyd claimed he was better than SSR and Ali. And you should have been there during the Mosley-Mayweather prior the fight...
One thing about boxing man is that there are no colors. This sport has real fans who put skills and greatness before color and favoritism. When I say this I'm describing the real world not members inside of boxingscene.
I agree,this tread is rather insulting!!I couldn't possibly care less about Floyd!!
Mexicans are the biggest haters.
I can't co sign this. That would mean all people of Mexican decent are haters.
I think what it is people let Floyd antics outside of the ring blind them(which is his fault. If he would stop acting like a d1ck head it wouldn't be so bad). Whether black, white, brown or yellow. Sh1t look at Vick. Dude having a good season people still bring up the dog situation. But nobody bring up been rapistburger trying to take puzzy from young college students. We got to be fair. If we going to keep Vick away from dogs, we should keep been away from females. I mean it only right, right?
Mexicans are the biggest haters.
yeh i know I thought Asians were bad but Mexicans take the biscuit it's understandable tho I can see why they whud dislike Mayweather
that fuc ker is a negroid wannabe. He is a white man that is brainwashed. All that rap crap s hit.
i dnt mean to be rude but im gunna have to ask u to kindly leave my thread since ur not black
I don't know WTF he is talking about. The majority do just like Tyson. Some just don't like the way he acts but you better believe they will be rooting for him in his fight.
And mike had manny take that test in march we wouldn't be talking about the same sh1t.
I never said the majority didnt like him just there are those that don't.
I know you post on sohh and since you from NY ill hit you with this analogy:
Some people didnt like Jay-Z when they thought he was claiming he was better than Biggie. You just had a lot of fans of Big that found it kinda insulting.
Same sh1t with the guys I know. Some of those dudes were raised off of SRL and others and to hear some dude who doesnt even test himself, claim he is better than Ali, Robinson, and Leonard...that really gets some people heated. Again those dudes had a huge impact back in the day and for some new dude to come and diss their legacy....it's only understandle that they may have issues with that.
Again those are there words not mine....and it's not alot that think that way just some (older boxing heads that I know).
wow you have no idea i'm really shocked man usually the blacks i interact with all love Floyd
Well blacks are really divided in there thinking and opinions depending on their location, age etc. That's why Ive always thought it was foolish to claim theres a spokes person for blacks or to think a few represent the majority.
FWIW...A lot of them are older heads that don't like the fact he tried to sh1t on legends in an attempt to make himself look better, yet at the same time he doesn't challenge himself to be great.
wow you have no idea i'm really shocked man usually the blacks i interact with all love Floyd
I don't know WTF he is talking about. The majority do just like Tyson. Some just don't like the way he acts but you better believe they will be rooting for him in his fight.
And mike had manny take that test in march we wouldn't be talking about the same sh1t.
What are you talking about? There's probably more white people that like Floyd than there are black people, in America ofc.
And yes there are. At my gym there were always debates weather Floyd was the greatest between black coaches. Some even were offended that Floyd claimed he was better than SSR and Ali. And you should have been there during the Mosley-Mayweather prior the fight...
One thing about boxing man is that there are no colors. This sport has real fans who put skills and greatness before color and favoritism. When I say this I'm describing the real world not members inside of boxingscene.
Color is as much a part of boxing as it is a part of anything else. More white people may like Mayweather in the states as a number, but I bet if you could find out what the proportion was of black boxing fans that like Floyd compared to white and hispanic boxing fans that like Floyd, you'd get a different number.
People always root for their tribe.
Of course there are, what kinda question is this?
I'm 99% sure Sugar Ray Leonard doesnt like him due to an interaction they had back in the day.
Now if you wanna know NSB members, off the top....The Hate Giver/Don't tase me brah/Clayton Bigsby is black and he can't stand Floyd for sh1t.
I know several blacks that don't like him and the only guy I know that was universally loved in the black community was Tyson before all his bullsh1t antics. I heard SRL and Hearnes were as well but that was before my time so I have no idea.
wow you have no idea i'm really shocked man usually the blacks i interact with all love Floyd
I just read this thread and what I got is you think people dislike Floyd because he is black.
That's b.s. man. People dislike Floyd because he fails to deliver. Just when WW was hot dude disappeared and now that he has Manny as a potential rival...dudes goes on vacation and claims he is not thinking about boxing.
You see Tyson was far worse than Floyd when it came to trash talking etc but he is loved world wide because when it came time to getting in the ring he backed up his talk and put on electric performance. Just check out the ovation Tyson got when he went to Tokyo for the Douglas fight or even know when he goes to various events etc around the world. Hell even UFC fans who hate boxing love Tyson and give his great ovations when he attends there events.
Again Tyson was worse than Floyd and if it was a race thing then Tyson wouldnt get the love he gets now.
People only care about how you perform in the ring, and after listening to him on 24/7 claim he was gonna beat the sh1t outta Oscar only to potshot his way to a boring decision, it's obvious as to why some people don't like him.