Strange Behaviour of Mayweather Fans

[deevel79]

tyson's fanbase is absolutely huge, but that isnt my point, floyd definately has a fanbase with his own people is my point, tysons fanbase went far beyond just black people, what im saying is if you were on this board during his comeback trail, the arguments went on for years about him coming back and being heavyweight champion again until it was finally over in 2005, and the fans were just as obessive on both ends.

to say floyd has NO fanbase is wrong is what im saying though, he has a sizable one, but mostly with his own people.

Floyd may have a decent size fanbase (very small considering his status in the sport), but from what i see, most people who pay to watch him fight, do so to see him dethrowned. They actually want to witness the look on his face when he gets dropped or loses. Like i said, given his pfp#1 status, his fanbase is dismal at best.

[BmoreBrawler]

...if mayweather was white he would be one of the most popular fighters of this generation easily.

Was john ruiz really popular when he was champ?

Please, there is no racial aspect to this, Sugar Ray Leonard, Tyson, Ali, Foreman, all carried the banner of boxing to new heights in spite of their race because they were more than just fencers without swords.

[El Jesus]

Was john ruiz really popular when he was champ?

Please, there is no racial aspect to this, Sugar Ray Leonard, Tyson, Ali, Foreman, all carried the banner of boxing to new heights in spite of their race because they were more than just fencers without swords.

the poster said if mayweather was white hed have no fans, i beg to differ.

[BmoreBrawler]

the poster said if mayweather was white hed have no fans, i beg to differ.

I agree with that statement, he would be like a John Ruiz type outcast. I think people are harder on white boxers who run because black gyms have a different training style than white so we are more accustomed to white guys fighting a certain way and give black guys some slack(ive trained in both...watch the rocky trilogy that is pretty much spot on). Look at Barrera, he did in my opinion pretty good boxing to almost beat an incredible boxer in Pacman and there is pretty much a consensus on here that he ran, yet mayweather doesnt throw a combo all night against oscar and these lunatics will fight to the death to deny that he ran or at least showed zero aggression, something we can all agree should have been used to score a few more rounds in oscar's favor.

[sonofisis]

Something about Floyd Mayweather is linked to the hearts of some black people I'm sorry to say. He's supposed to be the great 'black' man, the 'real' black man or something. He inspires such black nationalist sentiment it seems like, your just reeding a thread and all of sudden somebody mentions mayweather it goes black nationalist on you seemingly out of nowhere.

Wow, is this prick serious? The wanna-be hockey player with "Team Nordic" in his signature talking about Black or white nationalism? How ironic that you're the one to bring this up, especially after the ruckus Kelly Pavlik created concerning all of the insecure white folk who post here who did not have a hero before hand, since the white contribution to boxing is so minimal and always has been..

[moofo]

Wow, is this prick serious? The wanna-be hockey player with "Team Nordic" in his signature talking about Black or white nationalism? How ironic that you're the one to bring this up, especially after the ruckus Kelly Pavlik created concerning all of the insecure white folk who post here who did not have a hero before hand, since the white contribution to boxing is so minimal and always has been..

What a DUMB statement.

[KoolWillie]

In australia theres not many boxing fanatics, those who dont really know boxing only know a few name and them names are Jones JR Mayweather JR Delahoya Mike Tyson Lennox lewis

[sonofisis]

i agree with this. if these guys were real boxing fans they would not support a man who is a coward and a duck. he is the most boring fighter in all of boxing and he has ducked the best many times. i would not be proud to be a fan of this man but his fans support him because hes black and thats it. he would not have many fans if he was white and he would have no fans if he wasnt #2 p4p.

Please stfu, you've already demonstrated your contempt towards black people whom you refer to as *******, therefore, calling him a coward is just your outwardly expression of your hate towards his ethnicity. Ironically, you say all of this behind a computer screen, which brings into question who the actual coward is, and I don't believe it's Mayweather.

[sonofisis]

What a DUMB statement.

Please prove me wrong..

[moofo]

Please prove me wrong..

For one you ignorant white hating prick who do you think invented the modern game and rules???
You are a disgrace.