Comments Thread For: Shakur Stevenson says 'young black guys' are held to a different standard when it comes to entertaining in the ring

[SouthpawRight]

If Shakur fought like this there would be no criticism. The difference between them is night and day (not a euphemism for skin colour).

Bivol is a high action, high volume fighter despite his calculated win as securely as possible style and feather fists

my favorite boxer today

The most win as securely as possible fighter since Floyd

[Tmoney84]

The USUAL, Black gets criticism and can't back it up with any facts, so they claim its because their black. BIG SURPRISE.. Sha***** failed to live up to WHAT HE SAID.. HE SAID HED KO ARTEM, HE SAYS HE P4P BUT RAN N DUCKED SMOKE AGAINST DE LOS SANTOS CUZ HE KNEW IT WAS TOO HOT FOR HIM..As for Loma, HE DID get criticized for his pedraza performance, they even told him ppl thought he needed the knockdowns to win.. Even Lona said the Rigo fight wasn't fair so wtf is this rat mouthed low key racist talking about.. excuse makwr is exactly what he is, this new gen full of em

[Wacked_Out]

The problem with the argument is that almost all non-black fans love watching all the other black dudes who do engage.

[Richard Hamilton]

He is right. Most people on social media are sheep. They get told what to think.

[Theshotyoudontsee]

He's 100% correct.

Bernard Hopkins talked about this 20 years ago.

Super talented Black fighters who aren't KO artists (ala Mike Tyson or Tank Davis) are always labeled boring.

Same thing happened to B-Hop, Pernell, Floyd, Devin, Ward, & everybody else who's more skills based.

I agree with the Loma/Usyk comparisons because they'll go on & on about how they're "playing chess" when they're not stopping people.

A lot of it's our own folks, who are mostly casuals these days, who are more into basketball & football & only watch boxing when Tank is fighting most of the time.

We used to get boxing more as a community.

I can agree with you on Usyk, he is a damn good fighter but boring most of the time.

Loma....no. Loma is on another level in terms of footwork and fighting in the pocket. He trades and will take one to give one if needed. He has also knocked a bunch of guys out and made very good fighters quit to stop the punishment. Prime Loma was exciting to watch. Shakur is alot more basic, but he has great skill at the basics. He is scared to get dropped and fights to not get dropped now. He was never a killer, but he used to be somewhat entertaining.

I find the "black guy is being picked on" thing to be funny. No one likes boring white fighters. Shakur is fighting more like a more talented Malignaggi at this point. And Paulie was awful to watch. Also Usyk is fighting at HW where there is always the chance of a KO, that in itself makes his fights a bit more interesting. But he is pretty boring.

Black dudes rule sports. My two best ever are SRR and RJJ. How in the hell are we in a place where we can still say that a guy who fights in a boring style is being singled out because he is black? Makes zero sense.

No one likes defensive fighters. Black, white, hispanic, asian, midget, beer bellied tough men. It is possible to have great defense and still F people up. Watch old RJJ film.

[JWitt]

Fight Orlando Salido

[JWitt]

"I didn’t hear anything about him being boring when he fought (Guillermo) Rigondeaux. He barely even touched Rigondeaux. He barely landed any punches on Rigondeaux, but nobody claims he was boring"

No they called him the GOAT after that LMAO

‘They’ Don’t let ‘They’ get to you

[MusoMeanderings]

"He was coming forward and making a fight, but I just feel like it’s a different standard on young black guys."

Fu_cking brilliant right here. Jesus H. Christ.

"He was coming forward and making a fight, which I don't do, but it's still about race."

[11Combos]

Hold blacks to a different "standard"? like maybe they should step up & fight more... Mexican style? Thats expected from every Boxer.. Crawford & Tank don't fight like a sissy.... you do! Grow some marbles kid & stop using the race card..

[BodyBagz]

Forever crying victim