Fans petition to cancel Mayweather's endorsement after racist tirade

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Fans petition to cancel Mayweather's endorsement after racist tirade

* September 4th, 2010 3:52 am ET

Boxer Manny Pacquiao (51-3-2) in a photoshoot earlier this week.
Photo: Photo: Top Rank

BOXING - Fans of boxing's pound-for-pound icon Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao (51-3-2) are renewing calls for telecommunications giant AT&T to cancel its multi-million dollar endorsement deal with Floyd Mayweather, Jr (41-0), after the latter went into a video tirade with racist undertones against the Filipino.

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A petition initiative created by Pacquiao's fans on petitiononline.com, as well as, comments on popular social networking site Facebook are magnifying a public backlash against the American boxer and the companies with sponsorship ties to Mayweather. Reebok also has a multi-million dollar endorsement deal with the Las Vegas-native.

Said one user: "AT&T sponsors this undeserving moron.."

The online petition against Mayweather mirrors pressure faced by global companies to cancel ties with golf star Tiger Woods after details of numerous extra-marital affairs surfaced in late 2009.

On his part - and similar to Joe Frazier's passive response to Muhammad Ali's taunts in the 1970's (except for a brief brawl inside a television studio), the Philippine congressman ignored his rival's remarks. "I'm just doing my job in the ring and to make the fans happy."

Floyd isnt a native of Las Vegas.

[Pacquiao'd]

this is uneducated and that is the racism that is messing up the world. nothing achieved?

a filipino invented florescent lighting. if it was not for a filipino you would be in the dark.

the best boxer in the world is a filipino. the best billard player is filipino.

hes not the best boxer according to Boxing scenes new p4p list

[pasawayako]

I don't think so... Floyd said he made 55M without endorsements.

And do u believe floyd can make those kind of money?

If floyd can throw a fake 100 dollar bills to his fans then he could easily lie to you that he make those money without any endorsements.

[Calilloyd]

Double negative means positive...

You cant fool me, ***** lover...

You 28 defending a ****sexual boxer, and have the nerve to criticize other people for their likes????

******.

You have the nerve to criticize somebody's grammar?

[pasawayako]

hes not the best boxer according to Boxing scenes new p4p list

The important thing is that the Ring magazine who owned by GBP who promotes floyd is putting pac in the #1 spot.

[LupinIII]

And do u believe floyd can make those kind of money?

If floyd can throw a fake 100 dollar bills to his fans then he could easily lie to you that he make those money without any endorsements.

[Gino Ros]

And do u believe floyd can make those kind of money?

If floyd can throw a fake 100 dollar bills to his fans then he could easily lie to you that he make those money without any endorsements.

how do i know what floyd make except to read it?

marv dumon said floyd makes multimillions and forbe magazine said he make 65 millions last year.

on espn they said that millions are still rolling in from his last fight

at 2 min 20

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=5527403

[Gino Ros]

The important thing is that the Ring magazine who owned by GBP who promotes floyd is putting pac in the #1 spot.

i dont even trust ring mag because how can they have floyd rank higher than manny at welterweight?

[LupinIII]

i dont even trust ring mag because how can they have floyd rank higher than manny at welterweight?

shane was champ at WW and floyd beat him

[pasawayako]

I think u r one of those people who get the fake 100 dollar bills of floyd.