Okay, I've been hearing this news all weekend and week long. Apparently, there is a sudden call, from the abused community, to boycott the mega fight on May 2nd between Mayweather and Pacquiao, due to the past conviction of domestic violence. I have mixed views on this, and I also see some truths playing out. I'll discuss them.
The other day, I was listening to the podcast of Dontay's Box Nation on youtube. I'm not a huge fan of his, but I like some of his work, and respect his knowledge of sports. He made a pretty funny podcast talking about how the media is creating the angle of good versus evil for the fight, making Floyd seem like a devil of a person. Some of the points he made echoed my essay from a while ago, which talks about how society tries to minimize blacks and put them into an evil role, which has transposed into the minds of most other non-white races. He was really talking about the sad, yet prevalent issue of deep seated hatred in the hearts of mankind that causes them to seek dissension.
I also read a comment today, in a Yahoo blog by a guy named Truth which was pretty awesome. It was an article about the current ongoing hearing on Gay marriage rights. He said something to the effect of the fact that your subconscious is controlled by repetition and exposure, and whatever feeds that, feeds your beliefs and culture. He spoke about how the heads of society are feeding things that are wrong as acceptable, until eventually, it is assimilated into the culture. That was a very astute thought that I feel translates into the issues with this upcoming boxing match.
I think it's no secret that most people wanted to see Floyd Mayweather lose years ago, going back to the fight with Castillo. His behavior over the years, has not helped that public reception, with him burning money and being profane and loose in conduct. Then you have his case of domestic violence. Now, for the record, I have to pause here and break this down. I had this debate with a coworker earlier. I just don't get the vibe from Floyd, that he lays into women like that. I don't see an Ike Turner in him. Now, of course I could be wrong. But the fact of the matter is that people are going off of allegations, accusations, and one wonky conviction. I'm not downplaying the issue of domestic violence at all. It's horrible, and needs to be addressed. But, it feels like they are trying to attach Floyd to Ray Rice suddenly a week out from the fight.
An officer called into the radio show I listen to on ESPN radio this morning- the Robin Lundberg show. He put Robin and everyone else on check and stated the fact that even without publicly presented footage and large amounts of evidence in a domestic case, the severity of it will show in submitted police records and evidence taken by investigators. We all saw Rihanna's face after Chris Brown tapped her up right quick in the car. Those were photos taken during investigation. Floyd Mayweather admits to restraining his girlfriend while she was acting crazed during a disagreement. Neither in that case, nor in the other allegations, are there any police reports released showing battering to any degree like that. We have to draw a line, and realize that the media is smearing him. There are different levels of domestic disputes. The one that we are fighting against are the pounding outs that are occurring behind closed doors, not the monetary disputes between couples over money, property, and children. Learn to make the separation. I don't see Floyd as the type to sit around and lace women up. The reason some idiots do see that, is because they fall right into what the media is doing, and automatically marry the issues he has, with scenarios like Ray Rice.
Then I saw and article by Kevin Iole, petitioning the UFC to strip Jon Jones of his belt and punish him for his recent arrest for a hit and run, where he apparently injured a pregnant woman, causing a fatal breaking of her arm. (Exaggeration!) He apparently fled the scene, returned to get money from his car, and then left again. Drugs were said to be found in the vehicle. They suspect that he fled, so as to avoid being caught with drugs in his system. Now, the fact is that, a lot of speculation can and is being thrown at this matter. Of course, he has issues with his conduct. If he was in fact doing drugs, that issue needs to be addressed. But with a fight coming up next month, I find it hard to believe that Jon Jones, knowing the animal he is up against in Anthony Johnson, would be out doing hard drugs. The fact is, it's funny the way Kevin Ioloe seemed to have the first thing on his mind being running after Jon's belt.
But when I think about it, the truth is that Jon is another undefeated, coincidentally hated black athlete like Floyd. The minute you are in that kind of position, it seems like bad things surround you. Now, I will admit, that often it is of their doing. However, I know that they would like nothing more than to see Jon dethroned. What he has done, likely won't be done again. If he was stripped of his belt, and it was put into an interim match that Anthony Johnson won, the odds are low, in their opinion, that he would ever be the dominator that Jon was. They can live with that. They seem to always go after the guys who are undefeated and unbeatable for years. I know Dana is a closet racist, but Jon is making too much money for him to risk pulling this fight. And it's at a time where the UFC needs fights like his to compete with boxing.
Now you have riots going on in Baltimore after another black kid is killed by racist cops. The looting is stupid, and feeds the stereotypes that are put out there. The truth behind that, is that American blacks have unfortunately been beaten so hard into submission, that it's in their genetics to do no more than destroy their own things and people when angry. Of all the heinous things done by racists down south in the past, like Emmit Till and others, you have never seen anything like that done in reverse. Of course, it shouldn't be done at all to anyone, but I say that simply to bring out how mentally whipped people are. My friend brought out that there were some 23 cop killings in the nature of Travis Browne done in New York, in the month of April alone. That number is staggering, and it's pretty clear that there is a movement now towards all-out open racial hatred and warfare. The cop killings, I think, at this point are deliberate. Those cops knelt on that boys neck, aiming to snap it, and dragged a broken body to the van, tossing it in, pretending not to know what was going on. And the crazy thing is that this is happening without any white killings. It's not as if these racist cops are scared, and angry at their own being killed, and jump at the opportunity. They simply see an opportunity to kill another monkey, and do it for the simple pleasure and satisfaction. In both instances it's wrong, but the fact that it's the latter makes it more infuriating. Hopefully, these people down there can learn not to fall into what is expected of them, and use their heads.
When I see this stuff, it doesn't surprise me that they are launching at Floyd Mayweather and Jon Jones. With tensions this high, expect a supremacist controlled media to push for these athletes to be removed from the spotlight. But I don't feel bad for them that much. Jon's behavior is stupid, and he needs to use his head. Like Tiger Woods, he falls into thinking he can mingle and be equal with his associates. Just like Tiger, he has no idea that the people around him probably wanted him to fall. Floyd is stupid for what he has done in the past. And like it always does, the seeds he has sown are growing around his neck now. And I bet that he never thought it would happen. He spent so many years in control, he felt he spun the wheel of time. Now, in 1 week, he is watching a probably sizable percentage of his PPV revenue dissipate. He will now be haunted of "Woman beater" taunts up to the fight and long after it, even if he achieves his victory. If he cared more, and made more of an effort to put the good side of him out there, he would have an argument against all of his detractors. But people on top like him don't think that's necessary. Just like incompetent bosses I've worked for, don't think their staff makes them. Read the art of war. A general is his army. The way you live is the way you die. The thing is that Floyd does so much philanthropic activity in his free time. But the image he fights so hard to put out there, for monetary gain, is the image of a villain. In the end, his love of money, is his love of defeat.
I hope to some day be able to cheer for him. That would be a victory.
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