Floyd Mayweather Isn’t Racist, But Manny Pacquiao Fans Are!

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By Tan Wang

Most of the boxing fans know that Floyd Mayweather Jr. is a trash talking hype man, he likes publicity and knows how to rub people the wrong way.

Floyd is being labeled a racist, a homophobe, and a xenophobe for his comments towards Manny Pacquiao, but I just call it hype.

Floyd Mayweather is more ignorant than racist and he is more insecure than anything. He is just upset that the American media and people are not behind him like they are behind Manny Pacquiao, a Filipino fighter who just won a congressional seat in his country and doesn’t live in this country.

All the sports websites and ESPN are covering the vulgar and profane Ustream rant by Floyd Mayweather and all this does is make people hate him more, it’s a shame people are looking for the littlest things he does wrong so they can attack him and show their hate for him. But this rant was just that a rant, he let loose his frustrations and held nothing back.

Mayweather is like comedian Rodney Dangerfield, he just can’t get any respect no matter how hard he tries.

As an Asian-American, I didn’t find Floyd Mayweathers rant about sushi or eating cats and dogs offensive at all (just some info Manny Pacquiao’s dad ate his dog), it was more ignorant and childish, but racist it was not, there was no spite or anger in his voice. Mayweather was just being his cocky self.

I haven’t experienced any racism from African-Americans at all–not even online where many people who have racist feelings go to release their racist tirades while hiding behind a computer.

In fact the majority of the racist comments I’ve seen come from angry Manny Pacquiao fans (not all Pacquiao fans are like this but a large group of them called “Pactards” or “Pac fanatics” are). I’ve been called an eggroll for being Chinese-American, and had blatantly racist comments left on my past blog articles, and all because I said Floyd Mayweather was better boxer than Manny Pacquiao. I’ve seen these Pacquiao fanatics go non-stop at anyone who picks another fighter to beat Manny Pacquiao.

They have no shame. You could be a respectful old lady or a young child, but if you say someone will beat Manny Pacquiao, they will say things like “I hope you die” or you “stupid (insert what ever ethnic background here),” they take things too far.

Read: Racist MANNY PACQUIAO Extremist Fans Need To Stop…It’s Just Sports

They especially love to call black people the “N-word” and “gorillas”. They’ve also called Mayweather, “Gayweather,” a homophobic term. You could read those racist comments left by Pacquiao fanatics all over YouTube.com and various other boxing blogs that deal with Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather. But the moment the shoe is on the other foot, they cry victim. So now it’s wrong that someone has said something back? They like to dish it out but they can’t take it.

These Pacquiao fanatics are truly a sad bunch. They lack fair and balanced judgment and react off of emotion. They have no right to complain after all the racist stuff they spewed at people with opposing views.

[The Cobra]

While I agree that PBF probably isn`t a racist, and I agree that this is his game of irritating others for his own enjoyment-----the rant was a little out of line even for him. But I guess if we brand a guy an idiot---should we expect less?

[rokko]

Floyd Mayweather Jr., who has steadfastly refused to answer questions about the most recent round of failed negotiations for a fight with Manny Pacquiao, has unleashed a profanity-filled racist and homophobic Internet rant against the Filipino star.


In an approximately 10-minute Ustream video, apparently made Thursday and also posted on YouTube, Mayweather repeated his assertion that Pacquiao uses performance-enhancing drugs, an accusation that resulted in a defamation lawsuit from Pacquiao earlier this year.



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Floyd Mayweather, watching the NBA Finals in June, recorded a profanity-filled Internet video recently that bluntly re-asserts his distaste for Manny Pacquiao.
Mayweather, apparently in his home with a handful of members of his entourage in the background, ripped into Pacquiao repeatedly during the video.


"I'm on vacation for about a year, about a year," Mayweather said. "As soon as we come off vacation, we're going to cook that little yellow chump. We ain't worried about that. So they ain't gotta worry about me fighting the midget. Once I kick the midget ass, I don't want you all to jump on my d---. So you all better get on the bandwagon now. ... Once I stomp the midget, I'll make that mother f----- make me a sushi roll and cook me some rice."


Mayweather's publicist, in Mexico for another fighter's promotion, has seen the video but has been unable to reach Mayweather or adviser Leonard Ellerbe. Kelly Swanson said she would not comment further.

Attempts by ESPN.com to reach Ellerbe were also unsuccessful.

Pacquiao dismissed the video, choosing to instead focus on his upcoming fight with Antonio Margarito on Nov. 13 at Cowboys Stadium near Dallas.

"I just heard about that, but I didn't see the video," Pacquiao said Friday, at the final stop of a three-city tour to promote his fight. "But it's an uneducated message."

When asked about the possibility of a Mayweather bout Friday, Pacquiao responded: "I'm not looking for that fight. I'm satisfied with what I've done in boxing already."

In the video, Mayweather at times spoke directly to the camera and at other times kept the recording running while he made calls to fans who had posted messages to his UStream and Twitter pages.


The tirade came as Pacquiao promotes his fight against Margarito -- a bout taking place only because Mayweather refused to fight him.

But Mayweather sure made it sound as though a fight with Pacquiao, one many believe will shatter revenue records in boxing history, will eventually happen. They have already had two rounds of negotiations fail -- in January and again during the spring.



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"At this particular time I don't know if I'm gonna fight again," Mayweather said. "As of right now, I truly believe I am gonna fight again, but as of right now I don't have the urge to get up. But when I do got the urge to get up, believe me my UStream and my Twitter fans will be the first to know, and when we do come back, we will kick 'Poochiao' ass. So I'll let the fans know. Don't worry, we'll kick 'Poochiao' ass. He's gonna take the urine and blood test."


All terms had been agreed to in January for Mayweather and Pacquiao to meet in March, except for the drug-testing protocol. Mayweather had demanded that he and Pacquiao submit to random blood and urine tests throughout the buildup to the fight. Pacquiao agreed to random urine tests, but they could not come to an agreement on the blood-testing protocol and the fight plans imploded.


Pacquiao went on to easily defeat Joshua Clottey on March 13. Mayweather went on to easily outpoint Shane Mosley on May 1.


Then a second round of negotiations failed and Pacquiao signed to fight Margarito.


During this week's media tour to promote the bout, Pacquiao said he gave in to Mayweather's testing demands during the second round of negotiations.


"We agree with, you know, his demands," Pacquiao said. "I wanted to know if that's his real reason [for not signing to fight]."


Mayweather's camp has denied the second round of negotiations ever took place, even though Pacquiao's promoter, Bob Arum, insisted that they did, with HBO Sports president Ross Greenburg serving as the intermediary. Arum's version was backed up by Greenburg, despite the Mayweather camp's denials.


During the video, Mayweather also went on a rant about Pacquiao's record, even though Pacquiao has not lost a fight since 2005, and made incorrect comments about the money each had received for recent fights and endorsements.


" 'Poochiao' got three losses and two draws and been knocked out twice," Mayweather said. "So, like I said before, once I beat him it's going to be a cakewalk and it's on to the next. ... We know Pacquiao made $6 million in his last fight and Floyd Mayweather made $65 million in his last fight. Three losses, two draws. Ohhh, hell no, this is America baby. We built on winning. Step your game up, f----t. ... That mother f----- Pacquiao, he can't speak no English. He never seen a contract he didn't like. Mother f----- signed with two companies [Top Rank and Golden Boy]. Look it up. And then this mother f------ with Nike only got 70 Gs. How stupid can a mother f----- be? Reebok gave me a million dollars for three weeks. I wore Reebok s--- for a week for a million dollars. ... This mother f------'s name is Emmanuel. He got a fake name, taking power pellets."


Mayweather also broke out into a bizarre song in which he called Pacquiao a "whore" and added: "When we do come back, we'll kick 'Poochiao's' ass. I'm gonna fight the Pacman when he gets off the power pellets."


Dan Rafael is the boxing writer for ESPN.com. Follow him on Twitter @danrafaelespn. The Associated Press contributed