Fans petition to cancel Mayweather's endorsement after racist tirade

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Fans petition to cancel Mayweather's endorsement after racist tirade

* September 4th, 2010 3:52 am ET

Boxer Manny Pacquiao (51-3-2) in a photoshoot earlier this week.
Photo: Photo: Top Rank

BOXING - Fans of boxing's pound-for-pound icon Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao (51-3-2) are renewing calls for telecommunications giant AT&T to cancel its multi-million dollar endorsement deal with Floyd Mayweather, Jr (41-0), after the latter went into a video tirade with racist undertones against the Filipino.

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A petition initiative created by Pacquiao's fans on petitiononline.com, as well as, comments on popular social networking site Facebook are magnifying a public backlash against the American boxer and the companies with sponsorship ties to Mayweather. Reebok also has a multi-million dollar endorsement deal with the Las Vegas-native.

Said one user: "AT&T sponsors this undeserving moron.."

The online petition against Mayweather mirrors pressure faced by global companies to cancel ties with golf star Tiger Woods after details of numerous extra-marital affairs surfaced in late 2009.

On his part - and similar to Joe Frazier's passive response to Muhammad Ali's taunts in the 1970's (except for a brief brawl inside a television studio), the Philippine congressman ignored his rival's remarks. "I'm just doing my job in the ring and to make the fans happy."

Floyd isnt a native of Las Vegas.

[Pacquiao'd]

this is uneducated and that is the racism that is messing up the world. nothing achieved?

a filipino invented florescent lighting. if it was not for a filipino you would be in the dark.

the best boxer in the world is a filipino. the best billard player is filipino.

hes not the best boxer according to Boxing scenes new p4p list

[pasawayako]

I don't think so... Floyd said he made 55M without endorsements.

And do u believe floyd can make those kind of money?

If floyd can throw a fake 100 dollar bills to his fans then he could easily lie to you that he make those money without any endorsements.

[Calilloyd]

Double negative means positive...

You cant fool me, ***** lover...

You 28 defending a *******ual boxer, and have the nerve to criticize other people for their likes????

******.

You have the nerve to criticize somebody's grammar?

[pasawayako]

hes not the best boxer according to Boxing scenes new p4p list

The important thing is that the Ring ****zine who owned by GBP who promotes floyd is putting pac in the #1 spot.

[LupinIII]

And do u believe floyd can make those kind of money?

If floyd can throw a fake 100 dollar bills to his fans then he could easily lie to you that he make those money without any endorsements.

[Gino Ros]

And do u believe floyd can make those kind of money?

If floyd can throw a fake 100 dollar bills to his fans then he could easily lie to you that he make those money without any endorsements.

how do i know what floyd make except to read it?

marv dumon said floyd makes multimillions and forbe ****zine said he make 65 millions last year.

on espn they said that millions are still rolling in from his last fight

at 2 min 20

[Gino Ros]

The important thing is that the Ring ****zine who owned by GBP who promotes floyd is putting pac in the #1 spot.

i dont even trust ring mag because how can they have floyd rank higher than manny at welterweight?

[LupinIII]

i dont even trust ring mag because how can they have floyd rank higher than manny at welterweight?

shane was champ at WW and floyd beat him

[pasawayako]

I think u r one of those people who get the fake 100 dollar bills of floyd.