Floyd Mayweather Junior may be able to box with the pros and dance with the stars, but talking could prove to be his downfall.
In a Youtube video, Mayweather refers to fellow boxer Manny Pacquiao, a Filipino, for roughly 10 minutes. Mayweather uses racist, profane terms in an effort to bait Pacquiao into a high-profile bout.
Mayweather's gloves aren't even on but they're already coming off in the Filipino community.
"When you use racial ethnic slurs, that's really crossing the line," said Filipino activist Dennis Arguelles, director of Community and Economic Development for Search to Involve Pilipino Americans (SIPA).
Arguelles says the racist comments have spread quickly across the Filipino community.
"As a person of color you think he would know better than to use racial slurs, and on top of that, again, using slurs that don't even relate to the Filipino-American community," said Arguelles.
Arguelles says his group is demanding an apology from Mayweather, who also used slurs against homosexuals and people of short stature. Pacquiao, who is preparing for a November fight with Antonio Margarito, dismissed Mayweather's slurs as an "uneducated message."
Mayweather's publicist says they've seen the video and have no comment.
Earlier this year Mayweather accused Pacquiao of using performance-enhancing drugs. Pacquiao responded with a defamation lawsuit.
Boxing experts say a fight between the two boxers would be the biggest bouts ever and would shatter revenue records.
