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  • Dynamite Kid
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    Do you think certain fighters use race.......

    Do you think certain fighters use the race of their opponents to motivate them to beat them ? i mean imagine a white guy or black guy using it as a tool to somehow get the best out of themselves in that particular fight.

    Debatable whether its right or wrong, because i suppose it doesn't automatically mean you a racist, i guess.
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    #2
    Originally posted by Dynamite Kid
    Do you think certain fighters use the race of their opponents to motivate them to beat them ? i mean imagine a white guy or black guy using it as a tool to somehow get the best out of themselves in that particular fight.

    Debatable whether its right or wrong, because i suppose it doesn't automatically mean you a racist, i guess.
    When Julio Cesar Chavez fought Edwin Rosario, it is (Boxing Greatest Boxers by Bert Randolph Sugar) said that he beat him because Rosario offended Mexican people and Chavez wanted to make him pay for disrespecting Mexicans.

    So I guess sometimes certain fighters have use their opponent's race as motivation.

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    • Pico Hollywood
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      #3
      im going to say yes...

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      • Fulcrum29
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        #4
        Hopkins obviously attempted to use race as a motivating factor for his fight against Calzaghe.

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        • ..WaRSpencE..
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          #5
          Originally posted by Dynamite Kid
          Do you think certain fighters use the race of their opponents to motivate them to beat them ? i mean imagine a white guy or black guy using it as a tool to somehow get the best out of themselves in that particular fight.

          Debatable whether its right or wrong, because i suppose it doesn't automatically mean you a racist, i guess.
          Bernard Hopkins to Joe Calzaghe "I'll never let a White Boy beat me!"....


          I'll say that's a definite YES!..lol

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          • Fulcrum29
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            #6
            Originally posted by Dub_C
            Bernard Hopkins to Joe Calzaghe "I'll never let a White Boy beat me!"....


            I'll say that's a definite YES!..lol
            Didn't Hopkins also tell Pavlik (I didn't hear this myself but someone on the forum said this) "I'll never lose to someone from Ohio."

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            • bobbito
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              #7
              Originally posted by Fulcrum29
              Didn't Hopkins also tell Pavlik (I didn't hear this myself but someone on the forum said this) "I'll never lose to someone from Ohio."
              yeah, he also said something along the line of..."man, I'm from Philly...I'll never lose to a cat from Arkansas" when he fought Taylor...I like B-Hops trash talk though...it's funny...

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              • Welter_Skelter
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                I know Blacks HATE it when they lose to white guys.. SO I am going to say yes..

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                • Danny Pendejo
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                  #9
                  yes of course there are racists in boxing , go figure.

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                  • Pullcounter
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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Dynamite Kid
                    Do you think certain fighters use the race of their opponents to motivate them to beat them ? i mean imagine a white guy or black guy using it as a tool to somehow get the best out of themselves in that particular fight.

                    Debatable whether its right or wrong, because i suppose it doesn't automatically mean you a racist, i guess.
                    all that race bull***** is just for promotions, only ****** fans take it seriously... i'm sure in training and in the fight they are just concentrating on their craft.

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