Floyd Mayweather Jr. needs to grow up

Don’t you just hate when a halfway-discussable subject is introduced by someone who just doesn’t get it?

I’m talking about Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr., who lobbed a racially charged grenade earlier this week when he told reporters covering his 144-pound bout with Juan Manuel Marquez in Las Vegas on Saturday night that if he were white, he’d be “the biggest athlete in America.”

“If you’re rich, you’re a rich n—–,” Mayweather said. “If you’re poor, you’re a poor n—–. If you’re smart, you’re a smart n—–. At the end of the day, they still look at me as a n—–.”

Mayweather went on a real tirade. He accused the media of covering up Oscar De La Hoya’s misdeeds — namely De La Hoya’s two children out of wedlock, and the lawsuit he settled with an 18-year-old who accused him of rape. Mayweather said he’d be more beloved if he were from a different country, and, having not embarrassed himself enough, he called famed trainer and HBO boxing analyst Emanuel Steward an “Uncle Tom.”

Gee, what’s not to love about Money May?

If Mayweather was attempting to drum up additional publicity for his fight against Marquez, it worked. And if he was trying to expose himself as clueless — mission accomplished.

Let’s get this out of the way first: The reason Mayweather isn’t more popular has nothing to do with race. It has everything to do with the fact that he comes off like a jerk — one who just so happens to be headlining a sport struggling to maintain its relevancy.

Confidence is one thing, but Mayweather has created an image that’s about as embraceable as a flaming pitchfork. He’s a loudmouth who often behaves like Fisticuffs, the fictitious rapper portrayed by comedian Dave Chappelle on his TV show.

Mayweather willingly plays the villainous buffoon, and then he has the nerve to be angry that people can’t warm up to such a cartoonish persona.

When HBO gave Mayweather a reality show, he had the opportunity to put more separation between the hype and the real man. There were times when he did that, showing himself as a caring father and a charitable giver. But Mayweather spent most of the time flashing $100 bills and needlessly pimping a lavish lifestyle he appears to be struggling to maintain. A day before Mayweather’s explosive racial commentary, the news broke that Mayweather is being sued by a Las Vegas bank for an unpaid loan on his half-million-dollar Maybach.

Mayweather was hoping for more hype for his latest fight — so he’s tried to stir some up himself.”We got the big-boy mansion. We got Lambos. We got Rolls-Royces,” Mayweather bragged to HBO cameras while jetting around on roller skates in his 22,000-square-foot home. “We got a lot of stuff. But guess what the difference is between me and everybody else? My s— is paid for.%2

Source: ESPN.

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