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Floyd Mayweather Jr.

March 1, 2012 by · Comments Off on Floyd Mayweather Jr. 

Floyd Mayweather Jr., Floyd Mayweather Jr. laughed when asked if he would stay in Manhattan long enough to attend the Knicks’ next home game Wednesday night against Cleveland.

Mayweather knows he would’ve been booed louder at Madison Square Garden for what he tweeted two weeks ago about Jeremy Lin than he was at times during a press conference at the Apollo Theater to promote his May 5 fight against Miguel Cotto. Nevertheless, Mayweather meant everything he tweeted regarding Linsanity.

“They fail to put that in there, when I said Jeremy Lin was a good player,” said Mayweather, who had to fly to Los Angeles on Tuesday night to continue this press tour for the Cotto fight. “And when I said what I said, I meant what I said. I don’t have no hard feelings towards anyone. Or I don’t have no hard feelings towards Jeremy Lin. Like I said before, when I said he was a good player, they failed to put that in any story that they was writing.”

Mayweather caused controversy Feb. 13 when this post appeared on his verified Twitter account: 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.

By that point, Lin, an undrafted point guard from Harvard, had gone from a seldom-used, second-year reserve on the end of the Knicks’ bench to the most talked-about player in the NBA over an incredible 10-day span. He eventually averaged more points in his first five NBA starts than any player since the ABA-NBA merger in 1976, was the first NBA player to average at least 20 points and seven assists in his first five starts and led the Knicks on a seven-game winning streak that probably saved embattled head coach Mike D’Antoni’s job.

Floyd Mayweather Jr.

February 29, 2012 by · Comments Off on Floyd Mayweather Jr. 

Floyd Mayweather Jr., Floyd Mayweather wasn’t backing down from comments he has made about Jeremy Lin, the New York Knicks’ point guard, or restraining himself from taking a jab at Manny Pacquiao — even though he isn’t fighting Pacquiao any time soon.

“Like I said, the media always take your words and screw ’em up,” Mayweather said at a press conference for his May 5 fight with Miguel Cotto. “They failed to say that I said the guy was a good player.”

Mayweather drew criticism for tweeting: “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 American athletes, I get criticized. … 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.”

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