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Chakab

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3. Lauded?

Reply to TSIAS (Original post)

Tue Sep 9, 2014, 08:10 PM

Sep 2014

Mayweather makes money because he's so reviled that pay to see him lose his undefeated record.

The reason that he got preferential treatment by the courts and the athletic commission is because his fights pump a huge amount of money into the local economy.

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Why is Floyd Mayweather lauded while Ray Rice is banished? [View all] TSIAS Sep 2014 OP

He's not part of a team or a league, for one huge thing. hifiguy Sep 2014 #1

Well, must have been white privilege. cwydro Sep 2014 #2

Lauded? Chakab Sep 2014 #3

He has legions of fans TSIAS Sep 2014 #5

No, he does not have "legions of fans." Chakab Sep 2014 #6

I post on there all the time TSIAS Sep 2014 #7

Not to defend Mayweather, who's a scumbag, habitual woman beater, but Chakab Sep 2014 #4

The worst part of Mayweather's history exboyfil Sep 2014 #8