Floyd Mayweather Jr launched a vicious racist attack on his opponent Manny Pacquiao calling him a "little yellow chump" and ordering him to cook him a “sushi roll”, in a shocking video unearthed by the Mirror.
Just days before the pair meet in Las Vegas – for what has been billed the fight of the century - Mayweather's former personal manager has told how he laughed off the controversial footage when it emerged online in 2010.
Tasha Robinson-White, who worked as Mayweather’s ‘right hand’ woman for 12 years, says the flamboyant boxer hasn’t shown much more respect to the Filipino fighter in the build up to Saturday’s match - telling pals the bout will be “another walk in the park”.
Ex-manager and former CEO of Mayweather Music, Tasha, 42, says the star launched in to a "racist assault" of Pacquiao five years ago that left her and many around the boxer shocked and disgusted.
She revealed how she took Mayweather to task over the racist outburst – but the champ just laughed it off.
She said: “I remember Floyd came over to my house and he was like, ‘Did you see the Ustream thing, I’ve been streaming for a couple of days?’
“I had heard about it and when I actually saw it I was so shocked.
“He had posted a video online. It was crazy what he said, I felt it was very derogatory and he shouldn’t have said it using the platform he has.”
In the footage, which first appeared on video streaming site Ustream during a 10-minute live chat with fans, Mayweather unleashed repeated racist attacks against his rival.
He said: “I'm on vacation for about a year, about a year.
“As soon as we come off vacation, we're going to cook that little yellow chump. We ain't worried about that. So they ain't gotta worry about me fighting the midget.
“Once I kick the midget ass, I don't want you all to jump on my d***.
“So you all better get on the bandwagon now.
“Once I stomp the midget, I'll make that mother f****** make me a sushi roll and cook me some rice."
He also said he would "cook" Pacquiao up "with some cats and dogs” and added: “this mother f*****'s name is Emmanuel. He got a fake name, taking power pellets.”
Mayweather also insulted his rival by calling him “Poochiao”.
He added: “So, like I said before, once I beat him it's going to be a cakewalk and it's on to the next.”
The star also broke out into a bizarre song in which he called Pacquiao a “whore” and added: “When we do come back, we'll kick 'Poochiao's' ass. I'm gonna fight the Pacman when he gets off the power pellets.”
Mayweather was blasted for the outburst by angry fans and was eventually forced to apologise.
But close confidant Tasha believes it was Mayweather’s way of promoting the superfight, which was on the cards as early as 2009, but never made it to fruition until this year due to disagreements between the two boxers’ camps.
“Floyd was trying to sell the fight, big it up. He was throwing darts at Manny to get under his skin,’ she said.
“He’s not a racial guy but he will have wanted to get at him.
“I was very shocked at some of the things he said, you know, 'sushi roll', 'he’ll be cooking for me'.
"It wasn’t the typical Mayweather, I was appalled at him and told him so.
"But he was like, 'Tasha don’t worry about it, they will forget about this just like they forgot about Tiger Woods.’
"Floyd was laughing about it, it was funny to him. He didn’t think it was racist, he really didn’t see no harm in it at all.
"He didn’t think he said anything wrong to him he was just talking s***.
"Floyd talks s*** to anybody he fights, although maybe this was a bit more extreme."
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The arrogant world-champ recently spoke to Tasha and said the Pacquiao fight would be "another walk in the park".
She said: "He told me, ‘When I do press conferences and I look that fighter in the eye I already know I’m gonna win, I know I have them, I can see it in their eyes, they are intimidated by me.’
“A lot of boxers look up to Floyd because he is undefeated, so he feels like some of them are star-struck in his presence.”
She added: “Floyd is not afraid of Manny at all he just wanted the deal to be right, that’s why it never happened in the past.
“In Floyd’s mind, and his mind is different from everyone else’s, he can’t lose, he won’t lose.
“He always knew he was the bigger draw and he wanted any contract to reflect that.”
Mayweather, a five-division world champion who has won all 47 of his fights, meets Pacquiao, a six-division world champion and hero of the Philippines on Saturday at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas.
Mayweather will take the lion's share of the big money fight in a 60-40 split – which is estimated to make over $400 million.
Tasha believes Mayweather is only concerned by the big money involved.
She revealed the star became obsessed with wealth and extravagant spending during her time working for him.
Sadly, Tasha also says that Mayweather’s passion for boxing vanished when he took early retirement in 2007 – only to return to the sport the following year due to money troubles.
She said: “I truly believe that when he retired the love of boxing was out of his system.
“I think the only reason why he returned to the ring was because he went through some financial issues.
“Now 'Money Mayweather' is all that you see, it’s all about money, it’s all about the business of boxing, it’s not for the love of the sport no more.”
But she still believes the boxing star will triumph, adding: “I really hope Floyd wins this fight, he’s a true champion and he’ll finally prove it on May 2, I’ll be watching along with everybody else.”
Tasha, originally from Saginaw, Michigan, first met Mayweather in 1998 and rose through the ranks in Mayweather’s companies eventually becoming CEO of Mayweather Music and the Founding President of Floyd Mayweather Jr. Foundation.
She has written a book about her experiences called: “Right Hand to the Champ: 13 Lessons That Changed My Life” now available to buy.
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