Comments Thread For: Floyd Mayweather's Talk of Racism, McGregor Goes Viral

[WesternChamp]

to be honest i attribute 75% of mayweather's unpopularity to arum's smear campaign. arum is an expert at media manipulation and he has been ****ting on floyd ever since he left him

no, floyd put that upon himself. u see the difference between floyd and other **** talker like mcgregor is that, mcgregor doesnt go around saying he fights for himself and not for anyone else. Also **** talker mcgregor backs up all his **** talking. Mcgregor predicts a knock out and guess what? we get to see a knock out! floyd on the other hand.......... well ya know the rest.

[Deevel916]

So not putting a guy as pfp#1 who has been inactive and who's last significant fight was in 2011, along with asking him to fight the other top guy in his division is considered "racist" now? LOL. Floyd is looking for racism where racism doesn't exists.

Ward is definitely recognized as one of the top dogs in the sport. Because he isn't praised doesn't mean its due to racism. Truth is, there's a few things that Ward lacks. He lacks a personality and he lacks an entertaining fighting style. Being inactive and fighting C-level opponents since coming back isn't helping him either. Boxing is about putting on a show and drawing fan interest. If you have a bland fighting style mixed with a boring personality, it doesn't matter how good you are. Fans will take little interest in you. Floyd had a boring style but he made the masses hated him and his personality therefore his audience was made up primarily of those who tuned in to hope they witness him lose. He played the heel and he did it well. Don't play the bad guy then complain when you're not liked Floyd.

[WesternChamp]

and how could ward be rank #1 when he fights once every 3 years?

[KLockard23]

That's not the point. You're just stating what everybody knows, the demographic percentage in boxing. Again, you're not contextualizing Floyd's point. You might want to follow articles and other industry figures talking about endorsement deals. As others stated, ''white priviledge'' is a symbolic meaning first and foremost that any perspective cannot be viewed as 50/50. There's still an obvious resonance about racism. The problem is many ignorant try to justify racism objectively as if no circumstances make a difference, therefore, Floyd is 'wrong' therefore hes automatically hypocritical.

lol He didn't get the type of endorsement deals that his ego thought he deserved, but he got everything else someone else in his position could have possibly asked for, and more.

Also, judging by what you've written in your signature and the fact that it's a quote of yourself, I don't really expect much objectivity out of you on the issue.

[gmc_rfc_06]

Actually racism is really huge in Ireland, and he waves his flag around to represent his people, so did Floyd at the Olympics. But surely Conor can't be racist, 100% certainty, when Ireland itself poses huge racism against its **********...but who knows... certainly it's impossible...

Talks trash without trying to be disliked? I don't recall Floyd ever saying that if he fought in Medieval times he'd murder those against him, referring to Aldo or opposition. Yes, Conor says these things, advocating murder...but it's all just trash talk as you say innit. 'Brings a good level of humour' well now isn't that subjective even though I agree with you innit? But of course, if Floyd says it, NO!!

So obviously it's entirely different because a regular bloke thinks the world is crystal!

McGregor has a high level of support from all over Ireland, it crosses the sectarian divide as does he. He carries his flag the same way British, American or any other fighter does. He's proud to represent his country.

Trash talking in a general manner is a very different thing to personally insulting opponents. There is no issue with Floyd saying he'll beat someone's ass or embarrass them or whatever...it's different when you label someone 'yellow' and 'dog eater'.

Again, Floyd has shown cases of racism, sexism and domestic abuse and then complains that he's not as popular as a guy who hasn't.

[Boom Boom X]

bro the point is the whole country loves them and pac has deamons..lol..floyd is loved by a select few...
and u goign to make this a bout a TD celebration?? really bro

simple question: does racism exist and how gets the most of it?
first person the cops killed this year: black man with a phone in his hand walkin toward them...."i cant see wt he has in his hand" but u can tell from a mile back that i dont have my seat belt on??

Their countries love them. So? That's irrelevant. You make no sense and aren't proving jack. Pac has demons? What does this all have to do with prejudice? And haha really, man?? YOU'RE the one who brought up the TD celebrations, smart guy. And I did answer your question. Funny how you didn't answer mine. Then again, probably because you can't.

You're next question is just as irrelevant to this topic. Who's talking about cops killing? You're just straight reaching right now, it's ridiculous.

[deanrw]

So not putting a guy as pfp#1 who has been inactive and who's last significant fight was in 2011, along with asking him to fight the other top guy in his division is considered "racist" now? LOL. Floyd is looking for racism where racism doesn't exists.

Ward is definitely recognized as one of the top dogs in the sport. Because he isn't praised doesn't mean its due to racism. Truth is, there's a few things that Ward lacks. He lacks a personality and he lacks an entertaining fighting style. Being inactive and fighting C-level opponents since coming back isn't helping him either. Boxing is about putting on a show and drawing fan interest. If you have a bland fighting style mixed with a boring personality, it doesn't matter how good you are. Fans will take little interest in you. Floyd had a boring style but he made the masses hated him and his personality therefore his audience was made up primarily of those who tuned in to hope they witness him lose. He played the heel and he did it well. Don't play the bad guy then complain when you're not liked Floyd.

Does racism still exist in the sport? I see it in places, but not where Floyd see's it.

Laila was a fine fighter, who played in a niche sport that got no media attention. Female boxing got very little headlines or fanfare. It still doesn't. Ask Holly Holmes, she went where the money was.

GGG no matter how you look at it, is a fan friendly fighter. He is a media attraction who is always smiling and posing, and who also kicks ass in the ring. Comparing him to Ward will always make Ward look unappealing. All Ward does is complain, and his fighting style is not as fan friendly. In fact it is not even close.

Now Ronda Rousey is in a sport where the fanbase is mainly white. Does it have some racism? yes it does. It will be easier for a white athlete to become popular there than a black athlete.

Boxing is different. White fans are a minority. White fans might make up 15-20% of the fanbase. Most boxing fans are actually made up of **********.

If he is searching for the racism, he does not know where to look. Much of the racism I see, is the finger pointing at GGG for being white and popular. Some make it sound like it is disgusting that GGG became popular and more popular than someone like Ward. I mean WTF?

[-DSG-]

Why is floyd always mad when non blacks get some shine? Maybe he is the one that's racist?

[Lester Tutor]

Why is floyd always mad when non blacks get some shine? Maybe he is the one that's racist?

''always mad when non black get some shine'' ??

always? and mad? non black get some shine? Floyd is known for this? lol

[Mike_R]

Mayweather is a brilliant boxer but he's also kind of a moron- his opinion here is both inflammatory and counterproductive to the actual cause he's trying to draw attention to. The specific arguments that he posed have a very shaky foundation at best. His own personal history renders him a very bad representative for black fighters as a whole.

Yes there is racism still in all corners of society and the professional world, Floyd Mayweather is probably not the best voice for calling it out. But obviously he has a big platform and can speak his mind any way that he wants to.