Mayweather's Race Baiting, Ignorance Comes Out Again

[Mr. Philadel]

Funny how some Hopkins fans **** on Mayweather but yet praise Hopkins for saying " I will never lose to a white boy".

both comments were dumb......I NEVER praised B-Hop for sayin' that ****......but I did and STILL will stand by the fact that he's no racist......Floyd is no racist either........its just takin' the "bad guy" image too far.....and too much of anything aint good my dude

[neils7147933]

I think MMA was started with the intent of appealing to a younger white demographic. It's easier for a subset group like that to find the sport enjoyable.

MMA is primitive and is basically a bar room brawl or dormitory frat fight, on full display with guys in tight shirts with sparkles on them or as I like to call them...Gayfliction...oops I mean Affliction.

Apart from the ground game which I still find incredibly boring to watch, MMA in my humble opinion is something I'd rather do if I had no other options including the option to do nothing, which is a notch above in terms of entertainment.

Most people who like MMA that I know happen to fall into the group that Floyd is commenting on. I think he is spot on in this case and I rarely agree with anything he has to say.

I am definitely a person that tends to be open minded towards things, so I went to an MMA event, to cover it live. The atmosphere is spectacular but something is still missing for me, and boxing still provides that missing something. The skill involved and proper techniques used is why it's been called "the sweet science". Perhaps MMA is simply "sweet entertainment".

MMA has been around longer than boxing. (from wikipedia)

While different forms of unorganized, no-rules, unarmed combat predate history, civilization, and even the human species itself (even apes fight hand-to-hand), the earliest documented, organized, minimal-rules fighting event was the ancient Greek pankration, which was introduced into the Olympic Games in 648 B.C.[5] Greek pankration later inspired the more violent Etruscan and Roman pancratium, an event showcased at the Roman Colosseum. Even as late as the Early Middle Ages, statues were put up in Rome and other cities to honour remarkable pankratiasts of Rome.

No-holds-barred events reportedly took place in the late 1800s when wrestlers representing a huge range of fighting styles, including various catch wrestling styles, Greco-Roman wrestling and many others met in tournaments and music-hall challenge matches throughout Europe. In the USA the first major encounter between a boxer and a wrestler in modern times took place in 1887 when John L. Sullivan, then heavyweight world boxing champion, entered the ring with his trainer, Greco-Roman wrestling champion William Muldoon, and was slammed to the mat in two minutes. The next publicized encounter occurred in the late 1890s when future heavyweight boxing champion Bob Fitzsimmons took on European Greco-Roman wrestling champion Ernest Roeber. Reportedly, Roeber suffered a fractured cheekbone in this bout, but was able to get Fitzsimmons down on the mat, where he applied an armlock and made the boxer submit. In Europe, around the 19th century, the Italian Giovanni Raicevich, skilled in Greco-Roman wrestling defeated Akitaro Ono, a Japanese heavyweight fighter skilled in Jujutsu, Judo, and Sumo, throwing him on the mat by one-arm shoulder throw. In 1936, heavyweight boxing contender Kingfish Levinsky and veteran professional wrestler Ray Steele competed in a mixed match, which Steele won in 35 seconds.[6] Another early example of mixed martial arts combat was the martial art of Bartitsu, founded in London in 1899, which was the first martial art known to have combined Asian and European fighting styles,[7] and which saw MMA-style contests throughout England, pitting European and Japanese champions against representatives of various European wrestling styles.[7]

Mixed style contests such as boxing vs. jujutsu were popular entertainment throughout Europe, Japan and the Pacific Rim during the early 1900s.[8] In Japan these contests were known as merikan, from the Japanese slang for "American [fighting]". Merikan contests were fought under a variety of rules including points decision, best of three throws or knockdowns, and victory via knockout or submission.[9]

Professional wrestling died out after World War I and was reborn in two streams: "shoot", in which the fighters actually competed, and "show," which evolved into modern professional wrestling.[6]

In the late 1960s to early 1970s the concept of combining the elements of multiple martial arts had was popularized in America by Bruce Lee via his system and philosophy of Jeet Kune Do. Lee believed that "the best fighter is not a Boxer, Karate or Judo man. The best fighter is someone who can adapt to any style."[attribution needed] In 2004 UFC President Dana White would call Lee the "father of mixed martial arts."[10]

[xAUGUSTUSx]

W.Klitschko
V.Klitschko
Tomasz Adamek
Jurgen Brähmer
Mikkel Kessler
Carl Froch
Lucian Bute
Arthur Abraham

All these fighters are on top of they're game and guess what? They're all white. Boxing is'nt about race.

[mellow_mood]

do your **** floyd!!!!


BEAT THE **** OF THat UFC CARD..

WHERE THE FU CK IS JMM.. HE BETTER DO HIS PART 2........ oh wait.. hes gay... maybe he likes to watch 2 mans grabbing each other by the balls asking for surrender..

[goldenglove2]

I think MMA was started with the intent of appealing to a younger white demographic. It's easier for a subset group like that to find the sport enjoyable.

The level of ignorance in this thread is unbelievable.

[switchsouthpaw]

MMA has been around longer than boxing. (from wikipedia)

While different forms of unorganized, no-rules, unarmed combat predate history, civilization, and even the human species itself (even apes fight hand-to-hand), the earliest documented, organized, minimal-rules fighting event was the ancient Greek pankration, which was introduced into the Olympic Games in 648 B.C.[5] Greek pankration later inspired the more violent Etruscan and Roman pancratium, an event showcased at the Roman Colosseum. Even as late as the Early Middle Ages, statues were put up in Rome and other cities to honour remarkable pankratiasts of Rome.

No-holds-barred events reportedly took place in the late 1800s when wrestlers representing a huge range of fighting styles, including various catch wrestling styles, Greco-Roman wrestling and many others met in tournaments and music-hall challenge matches throughout Europe. In the USA the first major encounter between a boxer and a wrestler in modern times took place in 1887 when John L. Sullivan, then heavyweight world boxing champion, entered the ring with his trainer, Greco-Roman wrestling champion William Muldoon, and was slammed to the mat in two minutes. The next publicized encounter occurred in the late 1890s when future heavyweight boxing champion Bob Fitzsimmons took on European Greco-Roman wrestling champion Ernest Roeber. Reportedly, Roeber suffered a fractured cheekbone in this bout, but was able to get Fitzsimmons down on the mat, where he applied an armlock and made the boxer submit. In Europe, around the 19th century, the Italian Giovanni Raicevich, skilled in Greco-Roman wrestling defeated Akitaro Ono, a Japanese heavyweight fighter skilled in Jujutsu, Judo, and Sumo, throwing him on the mat by one-arm shoulder throw. In 1936, heavyweight boxing contender Kingfish Levinsky and veteran professional wrestler Ray Steele competed in a mixed match, which Steele won in 35 seconds.[6] Another early example of mixed martial arts combat was the martial art of Bartitsu, founded in London in 1899, which was the first martial art known to have combined Asian and European fighting styles,[7] and which saw MMA-style contests throughout England, pitting European and Japanese champions against representatives of various European wrestling styles.[7]

Mixed style contests such as boxing vs. jujutsu were popular entertainment throughout Europe, Japan and the Pacific Rim during the early 1900s.[8] In Japan these contests were known as merikan, from the Japanese slang for "American [fighting]". Merikan contests were fought under a variety of rules including points decision, best of three throws or knockdowns, and victory via knockout or submission.[9]

Professional wrestling died out after World War I and was reborn in two streams: "shoot", in which the fighters actually competed, and "show," which evolved into modern professional wrestling.[6]

In the late 1960s to early 1970s the concept of combining the elements of multiple martial arts had was popularized in America by Bruce Lee via his system and philosophy of Jeet Kune Do. Lee believed that "the best fighter is not a Boxer, Karate or Judo man. The best fighter is someone who can adapt to any style."[attribution needed] In 2004 UFC President Dana White would call Lee the "father of mixed martial arts."[10]

Not sure if this means I have to enjoy watching it? It's still boring as dirt in my humble opinion. It looks like a man-tastic adventure but I opt not to watch it.

[TheNegation]

Does this dumbass know who Joe Calzaghe and the Klitschko brothers are?

[switchsouthpaw]

The level of ignorance in this thread is unbelievable.

Ignorance is presenting an opinion as fact. I presented my opinion as "my opinion" and I stand by it.

[neils7147933]

Not sure if this means I have to enjoy watching it? It's still boring as dirt in my humble opinion. It looks like a man-tastic adventure but I opt not to watch it.

No, but it means it wasn't created to appeal to a subset of folks like you said. And it also shows that its origins aren't "white" either.

[Gratide]

little fearweather

He might be a good fighter but he is really going out of his way to make money , not get hurt and not fight the biggest challenges. He is losing a lot of respect from the boxing fans . I fear he doesn't care/know much about respect and courage as compared to being a big mouth that talks w/o thinking too much. It's really a shame , I want to like him and respect him but he will not let me . He just serves as a bad example ...........................