Floyd Mayweather Addressing Land Ownership in South Africa Leaves Fans Divided

• Floyd Mayweather visited Zimbabwe and South Africa as part of his Motherland tour
• Money Mayweather touched on the issue of more Africans owning land in South Africa
• Fans are divided by Mayweather's comments, especially after his previous remarks

Floyd Mayweather isn’t everyone’s cup of tea.

The undefeated boxer has a lot of fans, but he also has a lot of detractors, and that hasn’t stopped with his recent visit to Africa.

The American boxer was in Zimbabwe and is now in South Africa as part of his Motherland Tour, and wasted no time discussing land ownership in the country.

“I want to see more people in South Africa have ownership,” he said.

“You guys have all the resources, you guys have all the land, we need to get a lot of that land back to the Africans, and you guys need to own yourself,” he added.

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Mayweather’s comments resonated with many who are fighting for the same thing, but it also irked others who remembered his previous remarks about the continent.

Nine years ago, the boxer angered some with his comments about the continent.

When asked about giving back and outreaches in Africa, he replied, “What has Africa done for me?”

Those comments and the fact that he was weighing in on a contentious issue in the country has divided many.

Here is how social media reacted to Money’s comments.

@ranveerweston:

“Why are you mad? You all don’t own the motherland; it’s been leased and sold to foreigners?

@Kwabena_X_:

“I remember when he was talking about "what did Africa do for me?"

@MiracleOdianose:

“We must empower and enrich ourselves before we can own anything.”

@TrueNorth_Hlubi:

“He has been coached so bad. His rhetoric tv drama script is artificial.”

@kingdavid197:

“But the South Africans are busy chasing out their own brothers and sisters from the same land they owned.”

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@NefX_Guru8:

“I’m not knocking what he says because it’s true, but promote that same attitude and opportunity for black people in America.”

@iThando:

“Y’all are angry because he sounds like Malema, 🤣🤣🤣🤣 black South Africans priorities booze and groove.”

@Quinn11Jules:

“Ask him how the land redistribution exercise in Zimbabwe worked out. The country went from being the bread basket of Africa with huge agricultural output to being the basket case of Africa - unable to employ or feed its people. The people need jobs & training.”

@DrBoxing1:

“Floyd Mayweather: What's Africa ever done for me/us? Mayweather = FRAUD.”

@teeside2018:

“Mayweather is right, but even if you’re a black landowner, you’ll still have fellow blacks looking to rob or kill you for that land. Mayweather is entering a world he doesn’t understand.”

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Boxing fans who recently visited Sandton City in Johannesburg have that unique bragging right after spotting undefeated boxer Floyd Mayweather, Sports Brief reported.

Money Mayweather is currently in the country as part of his Motherland Tour.