Add Floyd Mayweather to the list of black athletes saying “All Lives Matter” as opposed to “Black Lives Matter.”
“I’m here to say all lives matter,” Mayweather said. “You know, a lot of times, we get stuck, and we are followers. When you hear one person say, ‘black lives matter,’ or ‘blue lives matter,’ all lives matter.”
Mayweather refuses to place the blame on the police, despite a number of officer-involved shootings of unarmed black men. The former boxing champ talked about how much we need the cops.
“It’s not right what is going on in this world on both sides,” Mayweather said. “What I learned from boxing and what everyone can take in real life is to follow directions, follow order. Don’t give nobody a hard time.”
This is very different from Mayweather’s prior stance where he talked about police brutality and racism in boxing.
“There are rules and regulations with everything,” Mayweather said.
When asked about the National Anthem protest started by San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, Mayweather wasn’t fond of the method and said Kaepernick needs to focus on getting the starting position on the team back.
“Kaepernick needs to try and get the starting job,” Mayweather said. “Stand up, and get the starting job. That’s what he needs to focus on.”
But, as always, Mayweather sees the financial value in what Kaepernick has done rather than how it affects the community.
“I can’t knock him,” he continued. “If that’s what he believes in and the people stand behind him, so be it. He’s got the number one selling jersey, so it’s obvious he’s doing something right.”
source: Yahoo Sports
