Floyd Mayweather didn’t hold his tongue when Conor McGregor used racially insensitive language to promote the 2017 “Money Fight” showdown. And after McGregor fell to Dustin Poirier at UFC 257, the semi-retired boxing legend wasted no time in attacking the former champion of two divisions and his fans as the world reacted to Poirier’s victory on Ilha da Luta.
In an Instagram post, Mayweather dubbed his former opponent “Con Artist McLoser” and attributed his popularity to a long history of prejudice in the fighting game.
“The world knows that ‘Con Artist McLoser’ can steal everything from me and be loved, but I am hated,” he wrote. “This lets everyone know that racism still exists.”
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“I saw this post and my opinion about it is that the world knows that Con Artist McLoser can steal everything from me and be loved, but I am hated,” Mayweather wrote. “It just lets everyone know that racism still exists. Just know, that tramp will never be me or be on my level. I have just been built differently, my mindset is on another planet, my skills are second to none, I am a born winner and yes, I talk a lot about garbage, but every time I go back! This is what they hate. It is sad that you can be a poor black boy from the ghetto who has dealt with racism all your life and work hard to put you and your family in a better position, and most of the hatred comes from my own people. Connor can’t even win in his own sport, but he’s talking about going back to boxing to fight Pacquiao. Nobody wants to see it, it’s like my leftovers are eating leftovers. “
Before signing the deal with Poirier, McGregor and his team watched a boxing match with Manny Pacquiao, who in 2015 fought Mayweather in “Fight of the Century”; Mayweather won by decision at the most lucrative pay-per-view event in North American history.
The second largest domestic PPV of all time was McGregor’s cross-fight with Mayweather in 2017, and accusations of racism hindered a noisy press tour to promote the event. McGregor defended himself against accusations of racism after telling Mayweather to “dance for me, boy”, calling himself “half-black on his stomach” and referring to a scene in Rocky 3 as the one with “dancing monkeys” “. McGregor later accused Mayweather of manipulating his words to create racial conflict where there was none.
When they finally met in the ring, Mayweather made McGregor call with a late raise that led to a technical knockout in the 10th round of the blockbuster event.
Mayweather has since flirted with a rematch, and McGregor claims that the boxing legend has agreed to a cage fight. Nothing materialized, however, and Mayweather’s flirtations with the UFC were limited to discussions with promotion president Dana White on an undisclosed project.
McGregor returned to the cage a year ago at UFC 246 and stopped Donald Cerrone at the start of a comeback “season”. It took a year, however, to get another fight, a rematch with Poirier who quickly went south in the second after a strong starting frame.
Mayweather, meanwhile, recently announced a boxing match with YouTube star Logan Paul for February 20, although recent reports say the event will be postponed.