Floyd Mayweather comes up with racism comments once again – Boxing news
Floyd Mayweather has been a controversial boxer, as he has come up with racism comments previously for other fighters.
The American WBC welterweight champion has now hit Jeremy Lin with his racism comments.
Floyd Mayweather’s recent post for Jeremy said, “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.”
The unbeaten US boxer has hit the NBA guard with more than what anyone could expect. The Asian-American guard Lin has been a favourite of many but no one expected Mayweather to come up with such remarks based on his racial heritage. Jeremy has earned his
place in the NBA world with his skills and potential, as most fans put it.
Previously, Floyd Mayweather commented on Manny Pacquiao saying, “(Manny) should make some sushi rolls and cook some rice.”
His comments were not taken lightly back then a strong retaliation from the Filipino’s side came.
Lin is a US-born NBA player with his actual heritage being Taiwan. His Taiwanese parents moved to the United States from Taiwan in 1970.
Again, Mayweather received strong criticism on his tweet and so the American five-division champion replied, “Other countries get to support/cheer their athletes and everything is fine. As soon as I support Black American athletes, I get criticized.” Minutes
later he added, “Wow what a country.”
Believe it or not, Jeremy Lin has actually irked many athletes in the United States since his enormous fame is seen as a factor of professional jealousy. Mayweather finds himself somewhere on the same path too. Lin is an economics graduate from Harvard university.
The worldwide social media community has been in rage ever since Mayweather posted such racism comments on his Twitter. Not only Asians, but most Americans have also condemned Mayweather’s approach believing Lin is a top-notch guard who has achieved everything
based on his capabilities.
Mayweather might be a bit jealous since he has never been able to get such attention from the international boxing community even though he is among the best boxers today.
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