Who do Pac fans/Phillipos cheer for?

[cixthree]

every american knows this ****...lots of you are so quick of puuling the race card when it favors you....i cant get a job because im bvlack, cant get promoted coz im black, they wont give me a cigarrete coz im black......quit that **** already man, its 2010......dont do to others what you dont what others do to you......

dude, why the hell are u soo angry? And I agree that "some" do pull the card. Speaking for myself I have never pulled it. But I was simply asking a question, not starting an argument.
We all know it exists but I have always believed that once you get to know a person, race doesn't matter.

[peyk-peyk]

Mod needs to close this thread. This thread only promotes racial tension and is being use for trolling purposes by TS.

[Amazinger]

I've been watching some of the winter games and was wondering something.
Who do Filipinos born in the US cheer for?
I'm a non Filipinos and I find myself cheering any athlete in Red White & Blue, regardless of the persons skin color.

I mean I seems funny to me because, if you only cheer an athlete because of there race isn't that racist?
If a white person cheered only whites because they were white, wouldn't we call them racist?

I've seen a lot of pinoys on here being very disrespectful, name calling and what not.
First it was with Mexicans, now its Blacks. I'm just wondering what the deal is.

Don't be afraid to be honest, blanket PC answers will be taken as cowerdis. So just be honest, is this racist?

I'm cheering for the Canadian hockey team and the rest of Canadian team!!!Go Sydney and Jarome!!

I think what you mean is nationalism and national pride!No racial discrimination whatsoever.

[cixthree]

I believe its more nationalism than racism. Alot of my Filipino friends are extremely proud of Manny because he's considered the best in the world. They aren't necessarily racist because they love black athletes. They cheer for American athletes all the time and they have alot of respect for them. But when it comes down to a Filipino athlete vs any other race, their probably gonna cheer for their own. I know when I see a black fighter against a fighter of a different race, I tend to cheer for the black dude. I don't think that makes me racist. I think alot of guys on this forum feel the same way. Its pride, not racism.

I can really respect that answer, thank you. Don't know anything about these green and red Ks I see people speak of, but u have my respect.

[jrosales13]

If there is ever a Guatemalan fighter in my lifetime that becomes champ... I am going to rate him over Sugar Ray Robinson....


Ture story...

[CarlosG815]

so what.. not all Filipinos families are the same..

Also I have a Mexican coworkers and all he talks about is Mexican fighters.. I also have a Black friend and all he talk about is Black fighters..



See where i'm going with this...

I didn't say they were all the same. Read the first sentence "From my experience." That's it.

In my opinion though, I do believe that when it comes to the overall sport of boxing, many Filipino's are only Manny fans, not boxing fans. They're not going to buy a Floyd or Oscar fight on ppv, but they're go to the bar to watch Manny.

He is a culture superstar. I'm not hating on him or Filipino's, I'm just stating my opinion.

If you remember in the 80's, Tyson had millions of fans, most of which weren't actual boxing fans, but they would watch all of his fights.

I'm positive there are many Filipino's out there that love all boxing but I'm afraid the majority of them do not care about anything else that goes on in the sport, or any of the other top contenders. I've talked to people that when we talk about boxing, they talk about Manny like he's a god, that's why you can't have a conversation with them. They're die hard Manny fans, not boxing fans.

Not all, but a lot.

[-EAGLE-]

every boxer that loves to fight!

[Roy Hobbs]

I've been watching some of the winter games and was wondering something.
Who do Filipinos born in the US cheer for?
I'm a non Filipinos and I find myself cheering any athlete in Red White & Blue, regardless of the persons skin color.

I mean I seems funny to me because, if you only cheer an athlete because of there race isn't that racist?
If a white person cheered only whites because they were white, wouldn't we call them racist?

I've seen a lot of pinoys on here being very disrespectful, name calling and what not.
First it was with Mexicans, now its Blacks. I'm just wondering what the deal is.

Don't be afraid to be honest, blanket PC answers will be taken as cowerdis. So just be honest, is this racist?

i think its very ignorant to think that all filipinos know is manny pacquiao. Im glad you said from you experience, because looking at it from my point of view the filipinos that frequent boxing message boards are young filipinos that DO only know manny pacquiao.

That's the ignorant part because the older filipinos that DO know boxing know their boxing. Philippine boxing did not start with manny pacquiao. The philippines have had some very good boxers before manny pacquiao came into prominence like rolando navarette, luisito espinosa who had a very underrated 126 title reign, andrew ganigan the original hawiian punch who took on arguello, & gerry penalosa. The philippines have a very underrated boxing history.

rolando navarette was part of that mini golden superfeatherweight era which involved alexis arguello, cornelius boza edwards, rafael bazooka limon, bobby chacon, & navarette. Navarette could have been one of the greats but a lack of discipline & a **** charge basically prevented him from reaching his full potential.

So maybe the filipinos that frequent NSB might be ignorant of boxing history & knowledge but to stereo type the whole race as not being knowledgeable is very dumb & ignorant as well. I highly doubt old filipino boxing fans blog.