Mayweather's Race Baiting, Ignorance Comes Out Again

[Deja_Vous]

There are alot of ignorant white assh@les too and I am suspecting you are one of them. You should really keep your mouth shut....Lefty

[Foodie One]

Mayweather's "Racial" Comments Stirring The Pot

Mayweather's "racial" comments stirring the pot
by SC on Jul 21, 2009 4:16 AM EDT

I was going to try and avoid talking about it at all if I could for several reasons, but the MMA community is in a bit of a tizzy regarding Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s recent comments about mixed martial arts and boxing.
The controversy stems from the fact that Mayweather is "race baiting," and it has brought up old comments from Muhammad Ali and history lessons about the roots of MMA. If you have any knowledge of the roots of MMA, you know that a lot of the sport started in Brazil and has spread across the world.

MMA, like boxing, is a very global sport. There are one of two possibilities here:

Mayweather doesn't know what he's talking about, which is quite likely.
Mayweather is just trying to stir the pot with controversial comments, which is also quite likely.
Do I like what he said? No, I absolutely don't. Nobody really does.

I almost want to lean toward Mayweather just not understanding what he's talking about instead of being purposely controversial, because there's so much he says that just doesn't really add up.

Does he think MMA fighters don't run? He talks about boxers running 8, 9 miles. If an MMA fighter runs 10, is he a better athlete or man or something?
He talks about rounds, specifically noting championship rounds in boxing (12) and MMA (5), as if there is a massive difference. In flat terms, yes. Boxing has 12, three-minute rounds, 36 minutes of action. MMA has five, five-minute rounds. 25 minutes of action. Not a huge difference. I'm not saying there's no difference, I'm saying that using that as a measuring stick is sort of dopey.
"MMA is for beer-drinkers. Boxing is for everybody." What the hell does that even mean? Is it a class of audience thing? Is he talking about the fighters themselves? As far as crowds go, boxing is also rarely for "everybody," considering most of us couldn't afford to go to Mayweather-Marquez on September 19 even if we wanted to, and all the tickets will be sold to your everyday men like Brad Pitt and Mark Wahlberg anyway. And if Floyd Mayweather is trying to paint himself as a man of the people, that's pretty funny.
The whole issue is messy and hard to address without potentially offending someone, but sound off on it if you want to. Keep it clean, though.


http://www.badlefthook.com/2009/7/21...acial-comments

[MACAQUEINBLACK]

Wheee, another Mayweather thread. Just what we needed.

Thanks, "Lady Fan"!

[The Underboss]

Mayweather is a clueless idiot just like his dumb ass father.

[The Underboss]

White & Hispanics aren't dominating wtf?
the best boxer in the world isn't hispanic or black, he's asian .

[Sir Tom Jones]

talk is cheap. floyd just worried that ufc numbers wipe the floor with his fight.

[Deja_Vous]

Mayweather's "racial" comments stirring the pot
by SC on Jul 21, 2009 4:16 AM EDT

I was going to try and avoid talking about it at all if I could for several reasons, but the MMA community is in a bit of a tizzy regarding Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s recent comments about mixed martial arts and boxing.
The controversy stems from the fact that Mayweather is "race baiting," and it has brought up old comments from Muhammad Ali and history lessons about the roots of MMA. If you have any knowledge of the roots of MMA, you know that a lot of the sport started in Brazil and has spread across the world.

MMA, like boxing, is a very global sport. There are one of two possibilities here:

Mayweather doesn't know what he's talking about, which is quite likely.
Mayweather is just trying to stir the pot with controversial comments, which is also quite likely.
Do I like what he said? No, I absolutely don't. Nobody really does.

I almost want to lean toward Mayweather just not understanding what he's talking about instead of being purposely controversial, because there's so much he says that just doesn't really add up.

Does he think MMA fighters don't run? He talks about boxers running 8, 9 miles. If an MMA fighter runs 10, is he a better athlete or man or something?
He talks about rounds, specifically noting championship rounds in boxing (12) and MMA (5), as if there is a massive difference. In flat terms, yes. Boxing has 12, three-minute rounds, 36 minutes of action. MMA has five, five-minute rounds. 25 minutes of action. Not a huge difference. I'm not saying there's no difference, I'm saying that using that as a measuring stick is sort of dopey.
"MMA is for beer-drinkers. Boxing is for everybody." What the hell does that even mean? Is it a class of audience thing? Is he talking about the fighters themselves? As far as crowds go, boxing is also rarely for "everybody," considering most of us couldn't afford to go to Mayweather-Marquez on September 19 even if we wanted to, and all the tickets will be sold to your everyday men like Brad Pitt and Mark Wahlberg anyway. And if Floyd Mayweather is trying to paint himself as a man of the people, that's pretty funny.
The whole issue is messy and hard to address without potentially offending someone, but sound off on it if you want to. Keep it clean, though.


http://www.badlefthook.com/2009/7/21...acial-comments

Seems like Floyd's comments riled up the Pinoys more than Whites.

Ya'll need to stop kissin ass like that..it stunts your growth.

No wonder ya'll stop growing right where the WM's ass begins..lol.

Stop suckin-up and you'll grow beyond it.

[el malo]

its called trying to sell your ppv.

[Xyei]

What a dumb fuck thing to say. :jerk:

[Manny Duckman]

I can't believe I missed this whole thread

Flawless misses out again