(ThyBlackMan.com) My Uncle was big on talking about stupidity. He would always tell me two things: “the difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has it limits” and “the wise understand themselves and fools go on the reports of others.”
I cannot tell you if they were passed down by the family or old sayings or if he picked them up reading – he did read a lot. I wonder if he would have used these and a few more to describe the actions of Floyd Mayweather Jr. Now for the record, I suspect many of us know that he is not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but he can fight and has managed to amass a fortune from his skill set.
However, his decisions continue to show a person that either lacks common sense or is completely out of touch with reality in the fashion the selfish often abjure. Recently, the boxer was caught on film setting a $100biill on fire, while partying with Lil Kim and Gucci Mane at the Velvet Room. I guess Floyd has never read that it is a felony to burn money and that such comes with a penalty of up to six months behind bars, and a fine of $100.
Just last month, Mayweather jr. was ordered by a Federal Magistrate to give sworn testimony under oath concerning a defamation suit filed against him by Congressman Manny Pacquiao based on Mayweather’s defamatory statements accusing Pacquiao of taking performance-enhancing drugs.
Upon this, the 33-year-old Mayweather has amassed eight misdemeanor and felony charges stemming from a Sept. 9, 2010 dispute with his former girlfriend, Josie Harris.
This is one of the dumbest things I have seen in recent days, albeit the scandal in Atlanta where teachers were caught cheating and not the students is right up there. This is another example of how many in the lime light are not in tune with the general public, for example the more than 20 percent of black males who are not employed or the millions who are struggling to keep a roof over their family’s heads.
The “Great” Floyd Mayweather Jr, doesn’t surprise me a bit hearing another one of his great adventures with his posse of friends. What is new?
cmon fellas, you seriously are defending this guy. “the fans dont pay my bills””…Floyd Maynever. There are many black role models out there for example Dewey Bozella. Dont waste your time on Maynever, its a big letdown.
What else is knew with Floyd?Floyd has found a perfect excuse not to fight Pacman.
Repeat the lies often and stupid people whose got the brain like Floyd will believe this family of drug users. Take the test Floyd go to the court and tell the Judge about the truth.Is’nt it what you want ,You keep telling people that Pacman is a cheat, the court gave you the chance to show the world that Pacman is nothing but a cheater.Yea that is right you ain’t got no proof what so ever to prove your claim.Why am I not surprise ? Kentucky Floyd Chicken ducks the court likes he ducks the Pacman. I want this Floydiots to defend his reason for not giving his deposition in the court.
so if i ask your mother to pull up her skirt to see if she’s a woman and if she declined does that mean she’s not a female?????
Floyd is fighting Maidana left over…
u need a life or sumthin the bills werent goin to u its his money. he can doo wat he want to doo wit his money this is non issue. u need to get back to issues rather than worrying about bullshit
Okay, so is this really about Mayweather burning one of his own humdred dollar bills? It was not going to you, author of this stupid article. Why do you care what he does with his money? You are getting ripped off much more in taxes, and i’ll bet you don’t whine to the government, now do you?
Another thing the dumber thing done than this is to have unprotected sex with a prostitute then make her pregnant and then threaten to harm her and her lawyer when the woman tries to get child support payments. The person in question is so protected you have dig real hard to get these kind of stories and people will make excuses for that and this is just the journalists. Stop focusing on silly stories like this. Burning 100$ is nothing at least Floyd uses his money to help the poor unlike rich men who use dollar bills as lighters but that won’t be highlighted
Floyd’s holy crusade as “tygart my ass” puts it or the cleaning up of the sport is a good thing and anyone who loves stupidity and ignorance will not support it. Floyd burnt 100$ whoopee doo so what so this is news worthy yet the positive things he does is quickly dismissed. I am not black as you may tell by my name yet Floyd is right African Americans are self hating let the racist media focus on the bad things about Floyd and focus on the positive from Floyd to balance the unfairness of the treatment of Floyd. Many people do bad things but when they are protected hardly any negativity comes out. FLoyd is taking on Ortiz a young hungry boxer 16 months of inactivity fighting the #2 ww praise that. He burnt 100$ that even the police won’t prosecute and hes enemy #1? And Mr writer this isn’t the dumbest thing ever done its a young guy who as part of merry making burnt 100$ that was presented to him. Don’t you see the movies to boast ones wealth you burn money. Its all done in light heartedness don’t hold it against him Mr ignorance writer
Judge the one you see in the mirror. To many people pass judgement on other people. I’m pretty sure the writer has done something wrong in his lifetime but because he doesn’t make millions we will never no.
What the he’ll hapen to my post! lol….
The media picks and chooses what they want to write about and in my opion, it’s far from being fair. In the new age of Tmz entertainment, the press leans more towards negative press, as opposed to positive press.
I can allmost bet my house that when Mayweather paid for the funeral of Hernandez a month or so ago you didn’t even consider writing somthing positive about that kind gesture. In my opion, Mayweather knows how to generate press being negative or positive, this is his brand and can’t be mistaken for who he really is, and most who know him would say he’s the total opposite of this character he protrays! The guy feeds more homless people in las vegas than anyone I know!
or so bloggers have picked up this
This is the press he wants, about 50
He’s another moron just keeping it real.
Floyd never cease to amazed me. One day he is on the news for assault, the next day he is on the news throwing money and burning it and the next day he is on talk shows talking about cleaning the sport of boxing of cheaters. Wow, you have to be an idiot to believe his “holy crusade”.