The nationality of a boxer shouldn't mean much.

I think it's fine to like your respective fighter from your country and agree it helps sell the fight. It only becomes a problem when ppl make generalizations about a fighter because of there race on a message board and it starts racial tension and nonsense. I also don't like when ppl ignore someone's talent because of where they come from and try to marginalize their achievments. A prime example is Lennox Lewis, he often get's disrespected because of his accent and personality and other things that have nothing to do with his talent. I personally was a Tyson guy but did respect his size and skill and his accomplishments,when I hear ppl say he sucks it's almost funny.

Now you got me all wrong. There are fighters that represent you well and than there are fighters that represnt you...not so well. The good example would be Cotto and Ruiz. Most of the PR guys love Cotto and will pick him over pretty much anybody, Ruiz on the other hand does not get as much love, for obvious reasons. Also I did not mean that people pick fighters solely on their nationality, usually when we start rooting for a fighter, we are looking for something to associate us with him and start represnting. But nationality means a lot...I mean a lot. Oh, and btw, casual American fan would, without thinking, pick their fighter over foreigner. But that goes for pretty much any country. Good points. Sorry for missinterpreting your previous message.

I dunno guys, you musta be from some other planet, but boxing here was always about nationality. Just like pretty much any other sport. Or you gonna tell me that you gonna root for team other than your own when they play with your team. Does not matter wether your team is underdog or topdog. I wanted Markus Beyer to lose last night.

Lots of boxing fans are biased, they are rooting for particular boxers because of their home country. - Ukrainian fans love the Klitschkos, English fans love Hatton, German fans love Markus Beyer, American fans love Jeff Lacy ... For me the nationality of a boxer has never been important really, and I think this is the right way to go. Here in Germany everybody is excited about the soccer/football world championships ... man, I hope Brazil wins again. :p :D I can understand that national pride makes you enjoy success of a man of your nationality and the like, but often it looks stupid when you discuss boxing and are getting labeled a "hater" or "nuthugger" just because you disagree with someone. Keep it real! :boxing: a boxer is a boxer, a fighter is a fighter...i dont give a damn if you black, mex., white, euro, brazilian, etc.....if you can fight then that it...

posters like Bloodshed hate any fighter that is white and lead the charges on calling fights that white fighters like Hatton win robberies. it's complete unfounded bullshit and pure racism at its best. the dude is a wanna be thug and a phoney.

Nationality in boxing does mean much, it means a hell of alot. Its about money and putting butts in the seats to watch the fights. You get a good fighter from ireland and put him in a ring in Zaire against somebody from America. You wont sell many tickets. Its even more microscopic than nationality. Its called locality or being the local fighter. The promoters need to make money to continue putting on fights and they arent going to do it with fighters that the people dont know. And it is fine to root for the fighter that comes from your countries. It is natural to want them to win and do well. However, judges need to get the local boys out of their heads when judging the fights. That is the only problem with nationality. Rockin' :boxing: Very good post. Maybe I am just an exception.

thats just the way things are, its a pride thing. I for one love it, it creates rivalries and makes things more interesting. I am not proud of things others do (e.g. people in my country) but of who I am and what I do.

thats just the way things are, its a pride thing. I for one love it, it creates rivalries and makes things more interesting.