Hopkins calls out Adamek: "I'll beat this robotic white-boy!"

[Flawless.]

Alan Minter: "no black man will take my title" Leading up to his fateful match with Marvin Hagler

What double standards and also What did Jim Jefferies say as well to Jack Johnson

[The Hammer]

Yes, Flawless, and we're still talking about it a hundred years later!

And what Minter said made him vilified ever since.

What Hopkins said will be forgotten within a week or two. And people make excuses for him.

Double standards.

[daggum]

I have to agree there are massive double standards, if Calzaghe would have said, "i would never let a black man beat me!" there would have been uproar! Absolute anger and hate, and i don't blame them, just hopkins is a C**T.

50 years ago black people couldn't even ride the damn bus and they had to go to seperate bathrooms and places to eat. not to mention the constant persecution they endured in daily life just for being black. consider this a little well earned payback that the black people get to hold over your head for years of racism.

[Flawless.]

When Hagler won the fight he was pelted with **** by the white racist crowd. Did Hopkins fans do anything like that

[βetamax]

Those clinging onto the double standard BS, answer this.

The "double standard" exist because:

A) Black people are whiners, delusional, etc. (pick your poison)
B) Racism

[alframsey]

50 years ago black people couldn't even ride the damn bus and they had to go to seperate bathrooms and places to eat. not to mention the constant persecution they endured in daily life just for being black. consider this a little well earned payback that the black people get to hold over your head for years of racism.

Sorry, i dont live in America, so this does not apply to me, im British and live in Britain, we never had segregation, the only segregation we had was based on class, so i dont feel i should let them be racist towards me, Britain did nothing wrong (except maybe run the slave trade, but thats a different matter, we were also the first to abolish it). So are you saying i owe a debt to black people because of what the Americans did?????????

[Flawless.]

Sorry, i dont live in America, so this does not apply to me, im British and live in Britain, we never had segregation, the only segregation we had was based on class, so i dont feel i should let them be racist towards me, Britain did nothing wrong (except maybe run the slave trade, but thats a different matter, we were also the first to abolish it). So are you saying i owe a debt to black people because of what the Americans did?????????

o Alan Minter, who gave Hagler his second title shot. Hagler went to London and beat Minter, who had stated "no black man will take my title", in 3 rounds at the Wembley Arena. At the conclusion of this bout a riot broke out, and Hagler and his trainers had to be carried away to their locker rooms by the police, in the middle of a rain of beer bottles and glasses

[alframsey]

o Alan Minter, who gave Hagler his second title shot. Hagler went to London and beat Minter, who had stated "no black man will take my title", in 3 rounds at the Wembley Arena. At the conclusion of this bout a riot broke out, and Hagler and his trainers had to be carried away to their locker rooms by the police, in the middle of a rain of beer bottles and glasses

Yeh i dont condone this, what Minter said was disgusting, and the fans even worse. But does this not mean Hopkins should be a better person than Mineter and rise above this racist crap?

[MACAQUEINBLACK]

Yes, Flawless, and we're still talking about it a hundred years later!

And what Minter said made him vilified ever since.

What Hopkins said will be forgotten within a week or two. And people make excuses for him.

Double standards.

Being a caucasian myself, I find Hopkins' remark hilarious. Don't you find it hilarious?

It's hilarious if you know Hopkins' character, if you know he digs mischief-making and if you also know there isn't a prejudiced bone in his body. Peep mt102879's avatar and tell me what you see.


This **** is only worth getting worked up over when there's anything resembling malice or hatred motivating it, as opposed to crafty baiting.

The 2 examples Flawless cites are legitimate examples of such, if admittedly from bygone eras.

[Addition]

move on from what? if a robbery happens and no justice is administered do you move on? or do you fight an old shot roy jones?

Well yes, because there is **** all you can do about it as is a W on Calzaghe's resume and it will not change.