Kimbo's defeat - The elephant in the room

[FloydsEra]

People hate Kimbo for the same reason they hate Dela Hoya's business practices. It's bad for the sport.

by the way, ***** is ahead in all the polls, so if there's a racial agenda in the US it's had by a small minority. Or it's an agenda to lift black people up (let's face it, ***** isn't exactly the most experienced politician, yet most white people plan to vote for him anyway).

[Southpaw16]

No? Explain?

I think America still has a secret agenda based on race, you watch ***** not win the election.

The hypocrasy is your accusing all Americans of being bigots, but your clearly a bigot because of your generalisations about the USA.

Saying things about those "**cking yanks" is obvious bigotry.

[CasperUK]

Why would Kimbo be hated because of his religion? What religion is he? I always thought he was Christian....

[SkillspayBills]

People hate to see a guy shine, unless you have haters you aren't doing your job.

[Easy-E]

I honestly cannot ever remember seeing such an outporing of joy from so many people after a sporting defeat like the one after Kimbo lost.

But why?

I actually made a thread ask this straight after the fight. I mean, people were hyper-ventilating due to the joy and laughter. It just struck me as odd. I couldn't get my head around it....

And then I myself acknowlegded the elephant...

Kimbo is black.

Now, I'm not saying everyone hates him so much because of his race and religion. I myself dislike some sportsment for reasons which probably wouldn't up to scrutiny. I know sometimes it just happens.

But come on, folks. We're talking something like 95% of people who were delighted to see a man get brutally knocked out in front of his family. That can't be right. I don't just mean people on here, I'm talking everywhere - other boxing/mma forums, non-boxing forums, real life.

Look, I'm one of those people who becomes exasperated when people go for the race card. That whole Floyd/HBO thing was bollocks.

But, IMHO, I cant see any other reason here.

Kimbo might be a little ****y but which mma'er isn't???? In fact, I always construed this attitude more as ambition rather than a loathsome hubris.

See, let's compare him to Naseem Hamed. I used to know people who used to think he was despised because of his race. I disagreed because I thought he was just such a disrespectful prick sometimes (although I do love him now more than I ever did back then) that people thought he was insufferable.

But Kimbo...he seems like a decent guy. For all his chin/defence problems, I admire his heart to get up and keep going. The kid's got bottle. And he's never been mean and horribly cutting that some boxers can be.

And yet...people despise him to a frightening degree.

What gets me the most are all the ****ing yanks who hate him. These ****s should be thankful that a 30+ year old kid had the balls to front up and fight men older and more experienced than him. If it wasn't for Kimbo, you wouldn't have even had decent you tube fight videos, ...or have you ****ing forgotten that? And do you not think Kimbo was inspiration in some way to the team of 2008? ****s.

Anyway...

I just find all the Kimbo hate borderline disturbing. And even though it's a depressing thought, I cannot help but feel that who he is - a young black male- is the reason for all the vitriol.

Discuss.

You need to get a clue.
People do not hate Kimbo becuase of his race, they dislike him because he is an overhyped, untalented media sensation, denegrating the sport of Mixed Martial Arts.
Kimbo, rather than the legitimate fighters in MMA, was headlining cards and raking in the millions, and he is not even a good fighter.
That is the reason for the animosity.

[Hitman932]

I think you can see by Kimbo actions after the fight that people should hate him.

Obviously he never gave a **** about fighting, made a ****load of money and played a bunch of people for fools. All he had to do was get punched in the head for 10 seconds.

"It's all good we still gonna have the after party!"

[Dawerlzgreatest]

You need to get a clue.
People do not hate Kimbo becuase of his race, they dislike him because he is an overhyped, untalented media sensation, denegrating the sport of Mixed Martial Arts.
Kimbo, rather than the legitimate fighters in MMA, was headlining cards and raking in the millions, and he is not even a good fighter.
That is the reason for the animosity.

its the same reason why the lightweight...featherweight bloodbath mexican boxing matches sell a lot more than winky fights...

imo boxing brawls make the sport look bad...but they sell

[MJ406]

[QUOTE=Stuntin;4151252]People hate Kimbo for the same reason they hate Dela Hoya's business practices. It's bad for the sport.

yeah no kidding.

and agreed, which the Brawls lack the technical ability to show off the sweet science

it's the best way for boxing to get attention + hype.

I dunno if they "make the sport look bad"

but it certainly gives people the wrong impression when they can see action and the fists flying in one fight ... yet other boxing can be quite the opposite as far as excitement goes

oh and Kimbo will and should be back by the end of the year.

1. there's still Shamrock to fight

and 2. Elite XC can play up on the facts that Kimbo was hit with a rabbit punch (lame I know but true) and he was unprepared to face this opponent as it was an injury replacement.

[Zocalo]

Honestly what is up with these god ****** threads? People( esp MMA fans) hate people like Kimbo Slice. Why? Due to the hype that he gotten for accomplishing nothing. It has nothing to do with his skin color. NOTHING. It is due to undeserved attention that the media and ****** nuthuggers give him. It isn't our fault that you are too ****** not to realize that significant and obvious fact.

[Zocalo]

http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=211422

I should have copy and pasted what I said in that thread...

The fact is that he has been overhyped as the next crown ***el of the sport even with all the clear shortcomings that we all saw before hand.

It is rather pathetic that you bring the race card.

He isn't the only person who gets hated for his hype.