ESPN article. Boxing lacks black superstars.

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Europeans beat black Americans at basketball, and have been doing so for a decade

And there isn't more than one or two blacks among today's pound-for-pound top twenty.

Blacks did excel in sports for a long time, but those days seem to have ended a number of years ago.

That’s why since the dream team was introduced America has won the gold 3 times out of the 4 gold medals and got bronze in 04 and that was considered as a weak team. Watch them destroyed it this year.

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That’s why since the dream team was introduced America has won the gold 3 times out of the 4 gold medals and got bronze in 04 and that was considered as a weak team. Watch them destroyed it this year.

Where have you been for the past six years?

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Who the **** cares the world basketball championship. It’s a complete waste of time, only Europeans really care about winning it.

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Who the **** cares the world basketball championship. It’s a complete waste of time, only Europeans really care about winning it.

That's bull****.

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Funny how when blacks fail at something, they aren't interested in it anymore.

Blacks get knocked out by whites, and the real ones are all in the NBA.

The NBA players come in sixth and seventh in international tournaments, and they don't take it seriously anymore.

They can't make it to the majors anymore, and it's because the cities lack programs to develop them.

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Funny how when blacks fail at something, they aren't interested in it anymore.

Blacks get knocked out by whites, and the real ones are all in the NBA.

The NBA players come in sixth and seventh in international tournaments, and they don't take it seriously anymore.

They can't make it to the majors anymore, and it's because the cities lack programs to develop them.

It’s like the Olympics for Football. Do you see the full Brazil squad going or any of the full Europeans squad going? Oh, wait aren’t you the fool who wrote the French league is competitive as the English.

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That's very nice, but if you're black and you need racial pride of some sort, you better find something else. Athletics isn't doing it for you anymore.

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It’s like the Olympics for Football. Do you see the full Brazil squad going or any of the full Europeans squad going? Oh, wait aren’t you the fool who wrote the French league is competitive as the English.

No it's not like the Olympics for football. The best NBA players were at the World Championships. That's not the case in football.

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Yeah but he's really young. The article is talking about up and coming black superstars. Paul Williams is the biggest name there is pretty much. And it doesn't even mention him. I wonder why the public doesn't know about guys like him and Berto.

Probably because the public's never heard of them. Wasn't last Friday the first time Berto's been in studio on Friday Night Fights?

so I'll stick to that, plus why SHOULD the public know who Berto & Williams are, all they would be to them (public) is just two of 4 belt holders in the same division.

granted Berto and Williams are talented, and could very well be super stars but this goes back to what dean was saying how boxing is backing itself into a corner by being mostly on premium cable (HBO/Showtime and PPV)

which by doing so, limits the amount of potential viewers.

because competing with Basic cable, in the long run I don't think Boxing has fared too well.

hell by putting it's biggest fights on PPV, HBO and or Showtime are pretty much saying "pay $49.95 or watch something else"