Is any1 offended by hopkins ''white boy'' comment?

[moofo]

Is there anybody who is white here that is offended by hopkins' comments?
I am not.

My only offense is the man's IGNORANCE.
A man of his age should know better.

[MELLY-MEL...]

the dbl standard is what bothers me! had joe said it al sharpton would be creating a huge issue here, and calling for joes head!

[TheGreatA]

It was meant to offend so 'white' people would come to see him get his ass beat.

Bleh, Bernard has done this stuff so many times, he makes himself out to be the 'villain' and he goes lower than just about anyone else (except Mayorga).

I don't think it's working so well anymore but lets see how well this fight will draw. If the fight does good ratings he will prove me wrong.

[moofo]

Thick twat? What the hell? You British have absolutely no class. It's not America's fault your country has rallen to the depths of irrelevancy.

Hopkins has no excuse for his outburst and IGNORANCE.
I'm guessing you are at most in your early 20's.
You still have time to grow up......

One piece of Advice here Munchkin...
Read some History and then you might just understand that if it weren't for Britain and her patron's input on the Course of the last 400 years of History your Mighty US nation may well have never existed.
The truth is your mighty US nation was Built by the British and fought over by the British.
It is still presided over by the descendants of the British.
George Bush's family originates from a crappy Industrial City by the name of Bradford.
It is only after your war of independence that other Immigrants from other nations filtered over to that promised land.
Whether you like it or not you OWE your life today to those British forebears.

[Calzaghe-Fan]

Not the words but the context it was used in did. He was basically claiming that whites have an inferiority in boxing and that its shameful to lose to a white guy.

[SnoopySmurf]

Shades of Alan Minter's comments about Hagler

[col Blake]

IMO fighters can say what they want about their opponent but for me racism has no place....anywhere. Personally, I think Hopkins should have been pulled up for it. Pity for Hop that Joe will take that insult out on his face.

so if you can say what you like except racist stuff, can you say things like I hope my opponent dies in the ring, or I hope my opponents kids will be orphaned, or my next punch will carry give you a blood clot, yes this is sick but where does it end this censoring of people, If someone wants to be racist let them then everyone will know the are just a ****ing scum bag and be treated accordingly.

[TheGreatA]

Do people still take this seriously? Hopkins did pick Pavlik to KO Taylor and Hatton to KO Mayweather. I guess that was just to hype the fights but really, even Calzaghe just laughed at him like it was a joke.

[HappyBoxingFan]

Hopkins has no excuse for his outburst and IGNORANCE.
I'm guessing you are at most in your early 20's.
You still have time to grow up......

One piece of Advice here Munchkin...
Read some History and then you might just understand that if it weren't for Britain and her patron's input on the Course of the last 400 years of History your Mighty US nation may well have never existed.
The truth is your mighty US nation was Built by the British and fought over by the British.
It is still presided over by the descendants of the British.
George Bush's family originates from a crappy Industrial City by the name of Bradford.
It is only after your war of independence that other Immigrants from other nations filtered over to that promised land.
Whether you like it or not you OWE your life today to those British forebears.

I do? What about the Dutch? The Spanish? The French? The Native Americans? They all colonized the United States... What about the Irish? The Germans? The Scandanavians? And all the other ethnic groups that had large immigrant populations here before the Revolutionary war? In fact, NYC at the time of the Revolution had a British ancestral population of less than 25%. Why only the British?

Look. whatever. I'm a thick twat because I understand that invective, especially racial invective, has been a part of boxing promotion for a hundred years. Fine. B-HOP is a racist. Ali was a racist. LaMotta was a racist. Quarry was a racist. Everyone is a racist. Established.

[moofo]

Do people still take this seriously? Hopkins did pick Pavlik to KO Taylor and Hatton to KO Mayweather. I guess that was just to hype the fights but really, even Calzaghe just laughed at him like it was a joke.

Would it be taken as a joke if Calzaghe said "I wont lose to a N.i.g.g.er?"
There cannot be one rule for one person and one for another.
Simple as that.
I live by one Rule here in the real world.
And that is I treat other people with the respect I expect them to treat me.