Last Monday, Floyd Mayweather made a characterstically controversial statement, this time about Chinese-American NBA star Jeremy Lin, via twitter:
"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."
UFC President Dana White, who has a history with Mayweather, took exception to the remarks, and responded not via twitter, but in his "Presidental Address."
"First of all, what he said I think was racist. He's made a couple of racist comments and, yes, Floyd, you're racist with the stuff that you've said. First of all, Jeremy Lin gets all of 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. 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 of the guys who completely get praised for being great NBA basketball players. Not only can he compete and make it in the NBA, the guy is tearing it up and is breaking records, you knucklehead. OK?"
White went on to chastize Mayweather for not accepting a 50/50 purse split with Manny Pacquiao:
"Don't worry about what all these other guys are doing and shooting 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 ever there were 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."
Mayweather's manager Leonard Ellerbe responded quickly, telling Yahoo! Sports:
"(Dana White) needs to shut the f--- up and mind his own business, stay in his own lane and keep on taking advantage of the UFC fighters, while underpaying them. If he keeps on running his mouth, we may decide to give a free seminar to all of the UFC fighters on how the pay-per-view revenue should be distributed. This is typical Dana, who is always prone to ignorant outbursts. He should be the last person to try to judge someone else."
After learning of Ellerbe's response, White sent a text to Yahoo! Sports directed to Ellerbe.
"Just for the record, shut the f--- upI wasn't talking to you. I was talking to Floyd. We're doing something amazing. We're building a sport while you guys are destroying one."
This is probably not the final words exchanged between the two.
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