Conor McGregor caught some criticism following his first press conference Tuesday to hype up his upcoming fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr. While Mayweather was dancing in front of him, McGregor yelled, "Dance for me, boy," which some viewed as a racist remark.
After that press conference, McGregor had a quick interview with Jimmy Kimmel's Guillermo in a segment that aired Wednesday night. In that piece, Guillermo asked Mayweather and McGregor the silly question of who would win a fight: them, or Rocky III?
The Irish fighter had to think for a moment as he recalled which movie it was. He then appeared to remember and said, "That was the one the dancing monkeys in the gym."
If you've ever watched "Rocky III" then you know there are no dancing monkeys. In fact, if you've watch any of the Rocky movies you know at no point are there any dancing monkeys. So McGregor's comments caught some people off-guard.
Monkey has long been used as a racist term towards black people, and the fact McGregor used that word specifically is troublesome. He also said they were dancing, which likely refers to a boxer's footwork and is a common term for fighters.
McGregor has had some entertaining quips this week, but his controversial comments overshadow them.
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Was listening to Outside the Lines podcast which was partially about this fight & they had a laundry list of racial issues with this fight & they are all offended that more people aren't offended. They say boxing is like wrasslin & boundaries aren't the same in real sports lol.
They got a point. Idk that I've heard about the intense rivalry between Irish & Italian QB's in the NFL like I hear about Mexican vs PRican rivalry's in boxing. It can't just be two guys. Always gotta go to racial stuff lol. Gotta admit thats a lil weird.[/QUO
OTL is **** and the ratings are dropping for a reason. Floyd has said racist **** his entire career, so has bernard hokins..
Where are the news specials about them?
Shame on McGregor for this. Props to Floyd for taking the high road, imagine if he said something like this everyone would be going nuts, SMH. Privately you know he's pissed about it though and will continue to go in on Conor and embarrass him at every turn in the media then do it even worse in the ring, he will stop him.
You've taken an innocuous comment to heart boy. No need to find solace in Floyd battering a non boxer, Connor is laughing straight to the bank.
Exactly.
WTF is wrong with these idiots. They're super sensitive to any real or imagined slights...and they are mostly imagined.
I call bad drivers on the highway or anyone else who aggravates me "fvckin monkeys" and most of them are NOT black people. WTF is wrong with this pvssyfied society? It's like everyone is on the edge of their seat, hoping to identify something, ANYTHING as racist. Everyone (all races, both genders, gays, etc.) wants to play the victim and nobody wants to accept responsibility for their lot in life. I'm starting to really dislike anyone who cries wolf like a little b!tch without any concrete evidence. Calling someone "boy" or "monkey" doesn't mean fvck all.
I couldn't agree more with you, bro.
People playing the victim role seriously gets on my nerves.
Shame on McGregor for this. Props to Floyd for taking the high road, imagine if he said something like this everyone would be going nuts, SMH. Privately you know he's pissed about it though and will continue to go in on Conor and embarrass him at every turn in the media then do it even worse in the ring, he will stop him.
Do you know the scene the poster was describing I responded to?
That may have been the scene. :rolleyes: There's no monkey in it. :doh:
I seemed like he was talking about the hotel scene you posted. No monkeys there doe.
You're another idiot.
I've seen white people call another white person monkey when they do something wrong.
"Oh noes, he said monkeys, he must be talking about the black dudes."
GTFO
Exactly.
WTF is wrong with these idiots. They're super sensitive to any real or imagined slights...and they are mostly imagined.
I call bad drivers on the highway or anyone else who aggravates me "fvckin monkeys" and most of them are NOT black people. WTF is wrong with this pvssyfied society? It's like everyone is on the edge of their seat, hoping to identify something, ANYTHING as racist. Everyone (all races, both genders, gays, etc.) wants to play the victim and nobody wants to accept responsibility for their lot in life. I'm starting to really dislike anyone who cries wolf like a little b!tch without any concrete evidence. Calling someone "boy" or "monkey" doesn't mean fvck all.
I just posted awhile ago that McGregor should lay off the racist Kovalev rhetoric and now I read this. For those people wondering why you can't refer to black people and monkeys in the same sentence instead of showing your ignorance just take a few minutes and do some research. Just like you were able to find video clips to defend McGregor you could have just read up on the history behind it. Again, I feel McGregor is just talking out his a$$ but he could have taken another route. Almost every single race has been subjected to racial insensitivity throughout history and they all complain about it. However whenever it comes to black people those same other races don't think black people have a right to complain. In other words everyone can defend themselves against racists except black people. What sense does that make?
If you find any more Rocky clips that don't have monkeys in them, make sure and post them here, so we can rule them out too. :lol1:
Do you know the scene the poster was describing I responded to?
That may have been the scene. :rolleyes: There's no monkey in it. :doh:
No. :lol1: I was ruling that one out. I should have posted a screenshot apparently.
If you find any more Rocky clips that don't have monkeys in them, make sure and post them here, so we can rule them out too. :lol1:
YES.........two racists fighting each other in a boxing match. Not only are they killing boxing but doing their best to destroy the fragile state of race relations in this country. These fellas know how to do it right.
:lol1: :lol1: :lol1: Ah sh1t! Another ass whooping call! McGregor is in for a really serious ass whipping now! Just ask Kovalev about the repercussions of using that race-baiting sh1t talk. Now Floyd about to go full hood mode on that ass because nuthin motivate the bruthus more than a race-baiting sh1t talker.
yeah man!
Person A: ''Hey did you what Rocky 3!?''
Person B (kafkod): ''Yeah. And there was some black actors in there correct?''
Person A: ''What do you mean ''black'' I was just talking about Rocky 3....''
It's like this mate .. See, Connor was talking about monkeys dancing in a gym in Rocky 3, and now some people are saying he was talking about black guys, so he must be a racist for calling them monkeys, cus they're BLACK. Get it?
You couldn't have just watched that for us, saw that there was no monkey, and restrain from posting it to waste our time?
You owe me 3 minutes of my life back :P
No. :lol1: I was ruling that one out. I should have posted a screenshot apparently.
****ing morons he was talking about the scene in rocky 3 in the hotel where there are celebrities dancing and an actual monkey
Holy **** u guys are idiots
I remember Rocky having a chimpanzee or something.
Thought it was in this scene but I can't remember.
****ing morons he was talking about the scene in rocky 3 in the hotel where there are celebrities dancing and an actual monkey
Holy **** u guys are idiots
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