Comments Thread For: Spence Backs Wilder To Beat Fury, Says Americans Need To Root For American Fighters

[The D3vil]

America has deep racial, religious, and cultural differences that make that improbable.

There's a few athletes like Joe Louis or Michael Jordan that are almost universally beloved, but for 90% of athletes, they will be mostly popular by their racial, ethnic, or religious group, or even their region.

Like we have the "coastal elites" vs. the "flyover states" as well in this country

North vs, South

We're just too screwed up to get on the same page like Eroll's talking about.

COVID really exposed how deeply divided we are.

[SUBZER0ED]

If Wilder spoke, acted and fought like he had some sense, I'd back him. That he's a fellow American would be the icing on the cake. But in this case, his being a one-dimensional fighter who makes wild, outlandish, ignorant statements when he wins AND when he loses, makes me not a fan. Him being American is simply not enough.

[Dean_Razorback]

nothing wrong with supporting your countryman. don't see the problem with what spence said

[Southpawology]

A US Army Special Forces NCO instructed Kaepernick to kneel instead of sit. It doesn’t get any more patriotic and sacrifice for this country than a USSOCOM operator. However, if you’d like to post your resume/CV against that SF sergeant in order to define patriotism feel free to regale…..

standing up to racism/white supremacy ingrained in American culture and history does not equal dislike for the country of citizenship, indeed the foundation of resisting what one feels as tyranny and as laid out in the Declaration of Independence and very much in the sport of Patrick Henry before King George stating: “give me Liberty, or give me death.”

“The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.”

Colin kapernick kneels because america is an opressive racist country built on slavery meanwhile he's sponsored for millions of dollars by nike, A company that pays slave wages to young children in asia to stitch together his over priced nike shoes .

LOL what a clown.

[markther]

I’m rooting for Wilder to win as a fellow America. With that being said, I can still have an opinion on who I think may win based on styles and prior experiences.That’s the difference, rooting for who you want to win and who you think will win. It’s like years ago, I was rooting for Aaron Pryor but I thought Alexis Arguello was so polished as a fighter, that I thought he would knock Pryor out and it was hard to sit there and watch. After the fight started, and midway through the fight, I felt better about Pryor chances. Another example was Leonard vs Duran 1, I was rooting for Sugar but thought Duran was going to stop him before the fight.

[War Room]

Nothing wrong in "Rooting" for your own. But there is a difference in doing that and picking them to win just because they are from where you are from. I don't pick a fighter to win based on where am from, i root for a British fighter most of the time but it doesn't mean i pick them to win when i know they have no chance. Few exceptions i picked against Ricky Hatton when he fought Mayweather because am a TBE stan and i know Hatton had no chance, I pick Canelo over BJS and was rooting for him because i like Canelo.

There is something wrong with rooting for your own because there is no such thing as your own. Your own is building blocks of literal racism and division.

If you black and root for a guy because he's black, that is by the real definition of racism being the belief that different races possess distinct characteristics, abilities, or qualities, especially so as to distinguish them as inferior or superior to one another.

Modern society has added everything they can to racism like discriminiation, sterotyping etc ---> those definitions stand on their own without race being part of them, thus they are their own word + definition without being compounded.

I never root for the guy down the block, my own country, skin color etc. I vote for the guy I like and thats based on skill, desire to win, and having that something special the other guy doesn't have.

[methodcal]

Is this a UK site??? Everyone here knows there His-Story right you ****n Devils.......... Okie Dokie....... George Washington and **** stone Fckn ****** Lying Outcast so called First this that Dec of Independence Thomas Jefferson all came From Where????? That ***** Queen Evil blood sucking killing kids praying to the Baphomet..... To answer my Question... Got off track...... Them pale face KNOWN OUTCAST came from United Kingdom..... Where Lucifer himself resides...... BlackJesus Believer Here....... We know devils when we see Demmmmm.... Add the O... N.....

[Ray*]

There is something wrong with rooting for your own because there is no such thing as your own. Your own is building blocks of literal racism and division.

If you black and root for a guy because he's black, that is by the real definition of racism being the belief that different races possess distinct characteristics, abilities, or qualities, especially so as to distinguish them as inferior or superior to one another.

Modern society has added everything they can to racism like discriminiation, sterotyping etc ---> those definitions stand on their own without race being part of them, thus they are their own word + definition without being compounded.

I never root for the guy down the block, my own country, skin color etc. I vote for the guy I like and thats based on skill, desire to win, and having that something special the other guy doesn't have.

When I said your own I meant your countrymen. Not about race…

[NYG]

What does an american get out of an american fighter winning? Spence is a ****ing moron. Please put his lights out Pac

[War Room]

When I said your own I meant your countrymen. Not about race…

I know and thats the building blocks of racism. It's the same wiring of thinking. Support my country, support my color, its all the same behavior in a situation like this.