One Thing I Noticed About White Champions

[MELLY-MEL...]

No, after one championship fight with Liston for one of the two heavyweight titles in 1964, Ali became a household name. The same was true of Hearnes, Hagler and Leonard - they were all talked about more in the media and got their pictures in many magazines, than Pavlik after their FIRST title win.

After their first title wins, Bowe, Mercer and Moorer became FAR better known than Klitschko is, although he's won TEN title fights now (several WBO a few years ago and IBF more recently).

don't bother bro! ur just ****ing ur head on the wall! this dude is clueless!

[BennyST]

Im just saying exposure, especially since Pavlik won the title. I guess most are casual boxing fans, but looking at Pavlik's skill set he still is an ordinary fighter.

This is completely ridiculous. If you're basing this argument on Pavlik it is pretty obvious why he has gotten a lot of attention. He is from a small, hard luck town that has seen a period of depression with nothing to really root for. He was seen as a massive underdog to the guy who had, as you said, beaten the long time champ twice and was not really considered to have much of a great skill set like the amazingly athletic Taylor. If you remember Taylor had become a huge star in his own town and was also a pretty big cross-over star himself...Oh yeah, he also happens to be black!

Not only that, but Pavlik was seen as the classic guy who fights it hard against the odds by fighting with a massive will power and mental strength. That is what attracts people to him. Doesn't matter if he's black or white. Look at Holyfield! He had the same thing going for him. He was always seen as a massive underdog going in against the odds being smaller and fighting on pure heart and everyone loved him for it!

You're looking at this from the wrong way man, and are obviously missing out on some big facts.

[Bhopreign]

This is completely ridiculous. If you're basing this argument on Pavlik it is pretty obvious why he has gotten a lot of attention. He is from a small, hard luck town that has seen a period of depression with nothing to really root for. He was seen as a massive underdog to the guy who had, as you said, beaten the long time champ twice and was not really considered to have much of a great skill set like the amazingly athletic Taylor. If you remember Taylor had become a huge star in his own town and was also a pretty big cross-over star himself...Oh yeah, he also happens to be black!

Not only that, but Pavlik was seen as the classic guy who fights it hard against the odds by fighting with a massive will power and mental strength. That is what attracts people to him. Doesn't matter if he's black or white. Look at Holyfield! He had the same thing going for him. He was always seen as a massive underdog going in against the odds being smaller and fighting on pure heart and everyone loved him for it!

You're looking at this from the wrong way man, and are obviously missing out on some big facts.

I agree with everything you just said, just seems Taylor wasnt as beloved to me still when he won, just doesnt seem the same. Trust me I agree with you and also I dont think Taylor was favored by big odds as you make it.

[Scott9945]

I dont really see this. give some examples

What, you don't remember Paul Spadaforamania???

[MikeBrew328]

They seem to get more of a stage when they become champ, Im not racist one bit, but I noticed when a white boxer becomes a champ its like America embraces them more and talks about them more and not that they shouldnt, but all should be embraced and talked about as much the same.

Why can't Paulie Malignaggi get fights? Kelly Pavlik is popular because he's exciting... Because there's really no other white, or champions of Euro descent, name a fighter in history that's gotten unnecessary hype due to race... If you can. Look at the face of boxing? Floyd Mayweather Jr. And Oscar de la Hoya is not white, lol. This topic is ******.

[kayjay]

This is emphatically NOT TRUE. If anything whites are badly discriminated against as athletes, though this is mostly by self-hating whites who want things in easy-to-understand stereotypes.


A white athlete is never taken as seriously, and rarely rated as highly as deserved. If Pavlik for instance were black he'd be twice as popular.

[th4l3pr3ch4un]

lol im pretty sure mexico embraces there champions quite a ****ing bit...

[2501]

cotdayum blahmdog got sonned in this thread. this dude is gettin no mercy.

[King Koopa]

Cause it's rare now-a-days...

[El Chicano]

They seem to get more of a stage when they become champ, Im not racist one bit, but I noticed when a white boxer becomes a champ its like America embraces them more and talks about them more and not that they shouldnt, but all should be embraced and talked about as much the same.

It's not just within boxing, it's the entire media. White people get shot at college, the media will cover it for weeks. Hispanics and Blacks get killed in High School often and no one cares.