Comments Thread For: Tim Tszyu Dominates, Blasts Out Tony Harrison in Ninth Round

[ShoulderRoll]

Tim is slowly carving out his own path and career. This was a big win for him.

[richardt]

I don't care about the examples you gave. If you have a problem with a latino picking or wanting a latino to win just because of his race, then that's your problem and only yours.

You're the one who brought up racism out of the blue into this thread. You could have kept it boxing related instead of talking nonsense about racism like only an insecure man with a victim mentality would.

By doing so, you have exposed yourself as someone who doesn't even know the difference between tribalism or sectarianism and racism. Go check the definition of racism and you will at least learn something today, kid.

The formula I use is if a poster here one-sidedly favors fighters of one particular race or color that matches their own, that can be bias or tribalism, but it is when that same poster one-sidedly hates on all other races or colors, not just picking against them but hypocritically insulting other races and colors for the very same thing they forgive or praise their own favorites for. At that point it becomes glaringly obvious.

Typically there are 4-5 of those people on the forum regularly that fit that modus of operandi and before they even post something - I know exactly who they are going to praise and who they are going to insult, like clockwork; ridiculously predictable. They don't define racism because that's institutional for the most part, but they certify and brand themselves racist with every one-sided comment they make, like adding another nail into their coffin almost every day. Sometimes they will find some fighter of their ilk that they don't like to try to throw up a smokescreen but their pattern is set in stone so their feeble attempt fails. Most of the time, they don't try to cloak their bias, they flaunt it.

That's why I appreciate people who look at the fighter, his background, his skills, how humble he is, the dues he has paid - instead of immediately picking an obvious favorite and hating on anything else.

[richardt]

Tim was better than his last fight but he squares up a lot and gets away with that with precision timing, but he doesn't have upper-body movement, bobbing or weaving at all. He did earn a spot against Charlo which should be a fever-pitched battle.

[richardt]

Jermell Charlo is going to KO this chump very bad.

What did he do to you to call him a chump?

[damned1974]

The formula I use is if a poster here one-sidedly favors fighters of one particular race or color that matches their own, that can be bias or tribalism, but it is when that same poster one-sidedly hates on all other races or colors, not just picking against them but hypocritically insulting other races and colors for the very same thing they forgive or praise their own favorites for. At that point it becomes glaringly obvious.

Typically there are 4-5 of those people on the forum regularly that fit that modus of operandi and before they even post something - I know exactly who they are going to praise and who they are going to insult, like clockwork; ridiculously predictable. They don't define racism because that's institutional for the most part, but they certify and brand themselves racist with every one-sided comment they make, like adding another nail into their coffin almost every day. Sometimes they will find some fighter of their ilk that they don't like to try to throw up a smokescreen but their pattern is set in stone so their feeble attempt fails. Most of the time, they don't try to cloak their bias, they flaunt it.

That's why I appreciate people who look at the fighter, his background, his skills, how humble he is, the dues he has paid - instead of immediately picking an obvious favorite and hating on anything else.

Pretty sure the guy who picks based on race also believed there was a downside to not picking based on race.Now the problem is that it is a decision making process where the best qualified is not chosen for skill, attributes etc....We have seen in politics and the workforce how this is poor policyin choosing to make identity paramount and qualifications secondary. Now the poster also suggested that whites, asians, latin people should do the same....

The problem is the mentality because you know it doesn't end with just cheering for a guy in a sporting event.They have already given up their stance and motives for what they believe is better.We can downplay it and play word games calling it tribalism, etc or we can identify it for what it is. In a lot of other instances, this IS called racism.Nobody is arguing the extreme or spectrum. The definition is based on a superiority due to skin color-there doesn't need to be an institution which supports it..

[steeve steel]

It's called getting old. He tried but he couldn't. His body just wouldn't allow him to do it. He needs to retire because he is done at the elite level. He is washed up now.

If he chooses to prolong his career then he would become just another stepping stone to other fighters as a gatekeeper in order to help build up their resumes like Tim Tszyu just did.

It looked like he retired before the fight...

[Regge]

Stop with the excuses Harrison is only 32 lol same age as charlo, Spence, Canelo, Aj etc.

Tszyu whooped his ass plain n simple.

[Loque-san]

The formula I use is if a poster here one-sidedly favors fighters of one particular race or color that matches their own, that can be bias or tribalism, but it is when that same poster one-sidedly hates on all other races or colors, not just picking against them but hypocritically insulting other races and colors for the very same thing they forgive or praise their own favorites for. At that point it becomes glaringly obvious.

Typically there are 4-5 of those people on the forum regularly that fit that modus of operandi and before they even post something - I know exactly who they are going to praise and who they are going to insult, like clockwork; ridiculously predictable. They don't define racism because that's institutional for the most part, but they certify and brand themselves racist with every one-sided comment they make, like adding another nail into their coffin almost every day. Sometimes they will find some fighter of their ilk that they don't like to try to throw up a smokescreen but their pattern is set in stone so their feeble attempt fails. Most of the time, they don't try to cloak their bias, they flaunt it.

That's why I appreciate people who look at the fighter, his background, his skills, how humble he is, the dues he has paid - instead of immediately picking an obvious favorite and hating on anything else.

I agree. That's what I was trying to explain to that dude but I might as well piss in the wind.

I even clarified that I didn't like this line of thought, especially in sports where I support athletes based on nothing else but merit, but that supporting you own race couldn't in any way be considered as racism and I steered him towards the definition of racism.

[damned1974]

It looked like he retired before the fight...

Oh ok...that's why he lost....Had nothing to do with pressure, power and timing vs movement and only a jab. Tony thought Tszyu was a hypejob but as it turns out, the dude who failed nearly every big test (aside from a gift against Charlo) not named Grady Brewer, Ishe Smith etc was the hype job.

[A.B Counterhooks]

Stop with the excuses Harrison is only 32 lol same age as charlo, Spence, Canelo, Aj etc.

Tszyu whooped his ass plain n simple.

Mofos trying to take credit away from Tim now Lol. Now Imagine if he beats Charlo and becomes undisputed that would be huge for the aussies.