Remember that thread that was hundreds of pages long and it was just that one guy asking over and over again if Tyson could have had footwork like Ali?
This thread reminds me of that. Only more ******ed.
Then why are you posting in it? That would make you "******ed" too.
P-Will fights sloppy. And, Pac is not wild anymore. Again is just one fighter is black and the other is not black. That is all it is. And, is ok. Boricua follow there PRican fighters, Mexican follow there fighters, European follow there fighters.
One thing that Williams doesn't ever do though is go after fighters like Yuri Foreman or David Diaz. Cotto was the first guy that Pacquiao fought of where the fight wasn't lame since his fight with JMM.
But let's just recap what we already know because it's been said time and time again: Some fans hate on boxers because they have a few annoying fans or because they believe the Media Machine is serving them hype and they don't like that. I don't believe you should automatically dislike a fighter because of their fans, but everybody thinks their own way.
Now what I don't get is why some fans can't handle anything bad ever said about their favorite fighter. This is a sport. It's a competition. There's supposed to be opposing sides. Why people want to "protect" their favorites so much is kinda weird. I can see standing up for your favorite from time to time. But obsessing about it is different.
Another thing we all know: Racism/Racial Pride is real. You might not agree with it and might think it has no business in boxing, but it does exist. The Internet makes it easy for people with fücked-up views to spout racist ****. The comments for boxing videos on youtube almost always deteriorate into racist name-calling ******ity. Some people get so upset with this that they start thinking if somebody doesn't like a white, black, latino, or asian fighter, then they must automatically be racist. Just because it might be true some time, doesn't make it true every time.
In boxing, men beat each other up. I can see why racial / nationalistic pride comes into play sometimes. But you'll hear fans say the more you get into boxing, the less this becomes a factor. I tend to agree with that.
But because boxing is two people fighting I think it's natural for somebody to root against a guy because of their personalities or other non-boxing attributes. How many times have you wished some ******* on the street got punched in the face for being an *******? Maybe you haven't, but I have.
Sometimes people just rub you the wrong way and you don't even really know them. I might catch hell for this, but there's something about Andre Ward I don't like. Just being honest. It's nothing to do with his fighting style (although I tend to think he looks horrible when he switches to southpaw... I don't know, it just irks me), but really I just don't like the guy that much for some reason. It could just be the smirk on his face sometimes. I also don't like Calzaghe mainly because of his fight style and the way he acted in the Jones fight, but he's annoying (and delusional) outside the ring too, IMO.
Now do I automatically hate black and white fighters? No. I just don't like Ward and Calzaghe's personalities all that much.
One thing that Williams doesn't ever do though is go after fighters like Yuri Foreman or David Diaz. Cotto was the first guy that Pacquiao fought of where the fight wasn't lame since his fight with JMM.
Williams goes after guys like Berto, Cintron, Mosley, Mayweather and Cotto..they all ran.
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