Great White Hope???

[GranTorino]

[QUOTE=joeboxer]why are only Americans referred to as the great white hope? QUOTE]


I personally, in the course of conversation, written or oral, refer to any white fighter as "the great white hope". I simply refer to them as a fighter. I guess people who bring skin tone into the conversation have a few issues they should work out, but that's just me.

[The Pretender]

Of course you people realize that hispanics are considered white in many census statistics.

[GranTorino]

Disrespecting Ruiz because you don't like to watch hugging is ignorant. You arent a fighter, you don't know how it is to be in there with a guy who could unstuck your VW bug out of the mud with a left hook, understand? Take Bruno for example, they tested his power and it measured around 0.63 ton. When your brain is on the line, it means that the way you see the world, your mother****ing sense of smell, taste, and knowledge of who you are, friends,family,memory, is all on the line too. you risk it all just by going between those ropes into that square circle, looking at people like McClellan who took one bad shot behind the head, one bad punch made him a half deaf blind vegatable for life, left to be cared for by relatives. With this in mind, developing a hugging style that wins fights isn't exactly a bad idea. He overpowers the tendons before they hit him, weakening his opponent's punches, it's actually quite an interesting style to watch if you know what he's doing. When he's moving in and 'hugging' as you say, he is really probably not only blocking punches but weakening the punching muscles of the other guy, and also tiring the other guy out by leaning all over him. You simply see it as hugging because you are 90% of what the world is composed off, the ignorant masses, and my purpose is to 'correct' your thinking, to save you future 'corrections' from others, so don't take this as a flame.

I suggest you show fighters in general more respect, hopefully after this post you'd even show Strickland some respect, maybe I taught you something.

Fantastic response. Especially at the unstuck your VW bug out of the mud with a left hook comment.

Have some karma

[SnoopySmurf]

Fantastic response. Especially at the unstuck your VW bug out of the mud with a left hook comment.

Have some karma

Ruiz has a good left hook????? I thought he stick his left arm out and falls forward (which some call it a jab), only to grab on to his opponent.

[AintGottaClue]

the great white hope only applies to white americans, joe mesi tommy mossison and tye feilds are white hypes, isnt ruiz liek a PR?

[joeboxer]

the great white hope only applies to white americans, joe mesi tommy mossison and tye feilds are white hypes, isnt ruiz liek a PR?

I know alot of people who even think he's Mexican.

[AintGottaClue]

I know alot of people who even think he's Mexican.

who cares its john ruiz