People love black athletes who are on the up-and-up; Jordan and Tiger (before the sex scandal) come to mind the most. They don't like braggards who throw their money around and laugh at how rich they are compared to you - that's going to turn anyone off, especially the regular joe schmoe who is paying $59.99 of his hard earned money to see your bragging @ss run around the ring for 12 rounds.
I haven't seen Mayweather insult the people in his camp. I haven't seen him call out the guy who beat him in the amateurs so that he could humiliate him in a crowd of people.
Tiger Woods displayed arrogance too. Any athlete is arrogant, they might put on a smile for the cameras, shake hands and work at the soup kitchen on a Saturday but deep down they feel they are a cut above the rest.
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