Why Is Shakur Stevenson Claiming He's Latino Now?

[Makaveli7]

Y’all sound ****** and racist! Shakur been saying he was half Puerto Rican so because y’all now hearing it y’all mad? STFU. I’m half Dominican and black but I’m not going to go around explaining to everyone I’m half Dominican when I was raised by my mother who is black and Indian.

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Literally known for years and most do too. I even remember hearing it during his Olympic run.

Probably more Rican than Danny Garcia who can’t speak a lick of Spanish to save his life.

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Does he speak spanish? Ever been to pr? If not then he is just a run of the mill American boxer.

John Ruiz as far as I know doesn't speak Spanish and he was considered a fake PR boxer.

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Literally known for years and most do too. I even remember hearing it during his Olympic run.

Probably more Rican than Danny Garcia who can’t speak a lick of Spanish to save his life.

LOL, a lot of people probably know this is true.

The kid is the potential best of the next generation or top3. I don't think PRs are complaining. I always thought it was his grandfather.

He probably could pick up the language faster than Danny, LOL

[P to the J]

1st a Latino is from brazil, belize, or portugal. Latinos don't speak Spanish. It's a term stolen by white racist ********. Being from pr or dr, makes you hispanic. Or any other spanish speaking country. It's called Latin America because of the kingdom of Portugal who ruled it.

Is that right? That's fairly interesting, but isn't 'Hispanic' itself derived from colonialism? As in the island of 'Hispaniola' were Columbus landed, or the Dominican Republic now?

I mean even the Dominican Republic's name is colonial, with it deriving from European religion in the form Catholicism.

Either way, cheers for informing, and also, reminding me to start doing some reading on Bolivar, etc.

[P to the J]

I thought it was already known, It was talked about leading up to the Joet Gonzalez fight as well about his Biological Father Alfredo Rivera passing away:
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/...195056350.html

Yeah if I didn't know then I can see how it would look like a terrible Marketing Ploy which it is basically

Learning new **** every day on Boxing scene. Had no idea what 'Boricua' meant. Its the name of a user round here, and never thought to ask about its origin.

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Will he become the greatest Puerto Rican fighter ever?

[PRINCEKOOL]

Nothing to do with the topic, but I am not very fond of Skakur Stevenson at all.

I am not bothered about his fights, and have never watched any of them.

Ever since I saw that video of him fighting in the street, in what looked to be a one sided beat down? I think fighters should conduct themselves differently.

Plenty of fighters get into fights outside the ring, but they are always in self defense or one on one fights. Or fights with other fighters etc.

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Ever since I saw that video of him fighting in the street, in what looked to be a one sided beat down? I think fighters should conduct themselves differently.

I think it was in a car park after a random girl called him a chingar, he didnt like it and slapped her around a bit