New Mayweather Interview; Calls Emmanuel Steward an "Uncle Tom"

[Diane]

The first and foremost reason why he's not a superstar that transcends all sports is because he's a complete cnut!!

That said does he have a point about he'd be bigger if he was white?

I genuinely (perhaps naively) think it makes no difference to us in the UK, dare I say it but a I feel we're a little more liberal than the US??!!

Stateside though race seems more of an issue. Do any of our US posters feel that should PBF have been white he would've been more of a household name?

No.

[Conrad]

No.

Fair enough...

Just playing Devil's Advocate, but if Kelly Pavlik was black do you the he would have received the same kind of hype?

[El Kabong]

No.

Fair enough...

Just playing Devil's Advocate, but if Kelly Pavlik was black do you the he would have received the same kind of hype?

Yes, maybe more so


Also if Floyd thinks he'd have it easy as a white guy, people would be MORE on his ass about not fighting the talent in/around his weight class. Rocky Marciano comes to mind, never ducked anyone and never lost to anyone yet catches crap about never fighting anyone.....if PBF was white people MAY come to my side of the fence and ask why didn't he unify? Why not fight the BEST out there? Why duck so many people?

[Rican]

Seems like the new and improved, "classier" Mayweather is just a figment of the imagination.

[El Kabong]

Seems like the new and improved, "classier" Mayweather is just a figment of the imagination.

Un-true, he's at least 15% nicer