Though AOL Sports’ Jason Whitlock is the one who calls Jodeci’s “Freak N U”, “one of the five greatest slow jams of all time”, ’tis Big Sexy who dubs HBO’s “De La Hoya/Mayweather 24/7”, ” a prime example of a high-profile black athlete using a large platform to define himself as an idiot.”
Mayweather comes off like a handsome Flavor Flav, ready to tap dance and jigaboo on command. The contrast between Mayweather and De La Hoya is so embarrassingly striking that any non-racist person is left with little choice other than to root for De La Hoya to pull the upset.
In the documentary, De La Hoya comes off as hardworking, personable, humble, well-mannered, mature and business savvy. Mayweather is portrayed as hardworking, egotistical, loud, obscene, immature and financially reckless.
De La Hoya, a man with several illegitimate children, is seen with his wife and child. At one point, his wife hands him his child and they cuddle and roll around in the ring. It™s a touching scene and paints De La Hoya in a very positive light.
Mayweather is shown at the gym with his young son, and he tells his kid, œgo tell him (a sparring partner) yo daddy is going to whip his ass. Later Mayweather is filmed cussing loudly and screaming at the TV in front of his son as he roots for Allen Iverson and the Nuggets to cover the spread on a $34,000 bet Mayweather had placed at a Vegas casino.
The documentary states that Mayweather gambles every day as a way to supplement his income. Mayweather, 30, is shown counting and flaunting large wads of cash. He throws $100 bills in the direction of a camera and brags about being able to make it rain. He looks like a fool with money itching to get separated from his wealth.
Given an opportunity to put himself, his family and his people in a positive light, De La Hoya took full advantage. Given an opportunity to make himself, his family and his people look foolish, Mayweather took full advantage.
Indeed, it is a shame HBO’s cameras couldn’t capture Floyd Jr. engaged in the sort of leisurely activities that Whitlock considers to be socially acceptable. Then again, perhaps no one at the Spearmint Rhino would sign a release form.
I’m a(n) (alleged) non-racist, but I’ll be rooting for Mayweather, for whom winning the fight is his priority, rather than De La Hoya, for whom consolidating his position as an extremely wealthy and slightly less corrupt boxing promoter is his priority.
That and I think “meat and potatoes for life” was more interesting than anything De La Hoya proffered in the series of promotional films. Not having Liev Schrieber repeat the phrase in the narration was a real missed opportunity as far as I’m concerned.
Still, far better than Whitlock’s KC Star column about the Chiefs’ draft.
Of course Whitlock could have pointed out that Mayweather is turning himself into a marketable boxer by embracing the roll of the bad guy. Of course this would mean he would have to ignore his jihad on black american culture and instead focus on the fact that Mayweather is about to become incredibly wealthy and a man who will be able to draw future (albeit less) fans to buy his fights.
If anything Mayweather comes off as a smart and savy business man for being able to hype this fight that most experts expect him to win rather easily.
also delahoya is a homosexual not that there’s anything wrong with that.