Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s constant beleaguering of other athletes has caught the attention of UFC President Dana White.
The head of the UFC fired back at the WBC welterweight boxing champion in a recent episode of Fuel TV’s UFC Tonight.
“First of all, what he said I think is racist. He’s made a couple of racist comments, and yes Floyd, you’re racist with the stuff that you said,” White proclaimed, while pointing directly into the camera.
Mayweather has taken heat lately for his racy remarks on Twitter about Asian basketball star Jeremy Lin. A point guard for the New York Knicks, Lin has captured Tim Tebow-like drama in the world of professional basketball, which has recently been dubbed “Linsanity.”
“Jeremy Lin is a good player but all the hype is because he’s Asian. Black players do what he does every night and don’t get the same praise. Other countries get to support/cheer their athletes and everything is fine.”
“As soon as I support Black athletes, I get criticized.”
“Wow, what a country.”
“I’m speaking my mind on behalf of other NBA players. They are programmed to be politically correct and will be penalized if they speak up.”
White doesn’t see “Linsanity” as some phenomenon overlooking black athletes. He believes the craze revolves around the fact that Lin is an Asian American succeeding in the NBA, which is certainly a rare sight throughout the history of the sport.
“Jeremy Lin gets all this credit because he’s an Asian player in the NBA that African Americans never get? Yeah, he’s getting all this praise because he’s an Asian guy playing in the NBA,” said White. “And you say that African Americans don’t get it? Really, Kobe Bryant doesn’t get any praise? Michael Jordan never got any praise? The list goes on and on.
“Not only can he compete and make it in the NBA, the guy is tearing it up and breaking records you knucklehead.”
White didn’t stop there. He also addressed an old video Mayweather posted of himself going on a rather offensive rant about WBO welterweight boxing champion Manny Pacquiao.
“You said Manny Pacquiao should go make some sushi somewhere. Sushi is from Japan. He’s from the Philippines, dummy,” said White. “Don’t worry about what all these other guys are doing. You shoot your big mouth off on Twitter. What you should worry about is getting in there and making the fight that all the boxing fans want to see. Get in there and fight Manny Pacquiao.
“You don’t deserve more of the purse. If there was ever a fight in history that should be split 50-50, it’s the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight. Shut up, both of you split the money up and put on the fight that everybody, including me, wants to see.”
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