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

[Smash]

spence is rolling with deonay, thats cool, at least hes not rolling his car again Muhahaha

maybe im missing something but i think americans are the most patriotic fans on the planet, they always or nearly always heavily back their own guys, no clue what hes on about there really

does he really think fury is somesort of household name in the UK????? i mean fury is a gypsie, and they are hated most places LOL, spence has no clue what hes on about

[Patsfan bri]

I always root for the American.

[Oldskoolg]

The same athletes who support other athletes who take a knee are suddenly patriotic? LMAO!

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.”

[patron]

And here I was supporting fighters for all the wrong reasons such as skill, competition, charisma, and overall performance.

[Bronx2245]

That speaks volumes about long and deep rooted issues in the American psyche and that’s exactly what Spence is talking about. I can vividly remember white Americans telling me how much they wanted to see macgregor beat Mayweather because everyone knows I’m a boxing fan. They always got surprised when I told them Mayweather would win and that I was rooting for Mayweather. I am the most Irish looking *** ever because my blood is almost totally Scottish, Irish, and welsh in ancestry. I’m not Ashke****, and only a small percent Sephardic. When they found out I was supporting Mayweather the answer was always the same, “well i support macgregor because I’m Irish” was the response. I would always ask them the counties in Ulster, or the ethnic differences between Protestants and catholics in Ireland or what area of Ireland their ancestry came from, what made someone Anglo-Irish, and or if they spoke Irish Gaelic or not, and none of them could answer any of those questions.
boxing is tribal, that is clear. For me personally there are exceptions, Nigel Benn is my favourite fighter of all time….I rooted for him against anyone, same with Frank Bruno, same with Lloyd Honeyghan, Andy Holigan, Chris Eubank, Chris Pyatt, or Troy Waters from Australia, Felix Trinidad, etc etc.

I always say that Skip Bayless did more for Mayweather vs. McGregor than anyone outside the sport! He kept saying how Mayweather would be scared to fight McGregor, etc., and because of his platform, it just snowballed into an actual fight!

I have some Irish in my DNA too! A lot of Afro-Caribbean descendants do, but are probably unaware! Africans and Irish have a lot in common. If you're interested, read "To Hell or Barabados," by Sean O' Callaghan! Reading your posts leads me to believe you've probably read it already!

[GhostofDempsey]

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.”

Kaepernick didn't kneel because of a service member's instruction. He did it for attention and out of ignorance and disrespect. Your post is four paragraphs of PR fluff.

[Marchegiano]

Wait a damn minute


Wladimir couldn't sell in the US because we sooo bias and ****, remember? It's not because he was fighting no hopers, not because he carried those no hopers, not because he has all the personality of a twig, not because his style is an amateur style, but rather, we're so bitter over Lennox whooping our boys we just can't take no more Euros.

Except Deontay ain't never really had much fan base has he? What are there? 5, 6, of us? You know, Wilder fans who are not fly-by-night members.

Probably more Americans on here right now who respect Wlad than Wilder

Definitely more Americans fanning for Tyson and Joshua

But Wlad, he was not appreciated purely because of our disdain for imports. Spence is talking about how Americans don't support Americans because we're so, so, so, bias against everyone else.....Usyk got more American fans than Wilder too.


So, yeah, patriotic and ****, besides the point, y'all some ****ing convoluted ass pricks that do some real mental flips to write the **** youse do.

[OldTerry]

Errol Spence is **********! Who is he to tell fans who to root for. Next thing you know he’ll say he’s against wearing masks in public to protect at-risk individuals and kneeling in support of mistreatment to **********.

I don't recall Spence saying he is a ********** and if he is it's no worse than being a member of your favorite political party is it?

[-DSG-]

Spence only supports black fighters so I'll continue to support whoever I want it's a free country.

[OldTerry]

Nobody likes Spence because he's a drink driving ****head.

Dude was lucky not to kill someone when he got drunk and crashed his Ferrari at 150mph.

F*** him, i hope Manny batters him.

What does that have to do with the correctness or incorrectness of what Spence is saying? He is simply stating his belief-opinion and that is no reason for immature name calling.