Nationalism is okay (only when its non-white)

[Roxas]

Love yourself, love your family, love your country, love your race. Be content with who you are. And beware of anybody who tells you it's wrong to root for a boxer of the same race as yourself, because that person must hate your race.

dude are u even listening anymore? most ppl r telling u its perfectly fine for a white person to root for a white boxer....whats not ok is insulting fighters based on their skin colour....

[Pirao]

How did Hopkins' comments affect you?

His comments received little to no backlash by the media. It showed people of a certain race can make racist comments without being criticized while other people of different race would be called racists, ****s, etc. That's how it affects me.

[GJC]

Its fine for a white person to root for a white boxer its human nature....

my problem is when they start insulting and sluring racial comments on other nationalities which is something Klitschko fans are VERY well known for doing....

Of course, it is generally more fun when watching a boxing match to root for a fighter.
Chances are you will root for a fighter because you might have an empathy with them, usually nationality, like their style, think they are a good guy etc
Regarding their colour I think it only can be viewed as sinister if that factor always overides any other factor.
At the end of the day if you are a fan of boxing you really are going to miss out on appreciating some great fighters if you don't like a particular race nationality, religeon etc etc.
Boxing's greatest strength is its diversity and may it always remain so.

[IMDAZED]

His comments received little to no backlash by the media. It showed people of a certain race can make racist comments without being criticized while other people of different race would be called racists, ****s, etc. That's how it affects me.

http://www.thesweetscience.com/boxin...ays-race-card/

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/box...dan&id=3355228

I don't feel like posting a bunch of stuff. But what were you expecting? National media coverage on a fight that barely drew boxing fans?

[-EAGLE-]

But that's exactly what I've always said.

I've been accused of being racist over and over again for years here at boxingscene because many of my favorites are East European fighters.

It's cool man; Europe loves you back!

[Roxas]

Of course, it is generally more fun when watching a boxing match to root for a fighter.
Chances are you will root for a fighter because you might have an empathy with them, usually nationality, like their style, think they are a good guy etc
Regarding their colour I think it only can be viewed as sinister if that factor always overides any other factor.
At the end of the day if you are a fan of boxing you really are going to miss out on appreciating some great fighters if you don't like a particular race nationality, religeon etc etc.
Boxing's greatest strength is its diversity and may it always remain so.

great post man I agree.....

I'm Black and Juan Manuel Marquez is one of my fav fighters of all time

[Pirao]

http://www.thesweetscience.com/boxin...ays-race-card/

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/box...dan&id=3355228

I don't feel like posting a bunch of stuff. But what were you expecting? National media coverage on a fight that barely drew boxing fans?

That is barely a negative reaction considering Hopkins comments. I didn't expect National media coverage, I expected specialized boxing media to be more critic of those comments. If Calzaghe had made those comments he would be called a racist and a ****, at least.

[GJC]

If Yuri Foreman was fighting Kell Brook, who would you be rooting for GJC?

Did actually answer this as below:

I bet my life if Yuri Foreman was fighting Kell Brook or Ryan Rhodes you'd be rooting for him, GJC, even though your grandparents were probably not from Belarus.

Don't bet your life away Tunney i'd hate for you to disappear you are entertaining if nothing else.

But given that you seemed to get confused by me answering you back as in the example below:

GJC, you never did answer the question I asked several months ago, so I'll ask it again:

Do you consider the life of a *********** Arab to be worth as much as the life of an Israeli ***?

When I asked before, you just said "all life is precious"

But you didn't REALLY answer the questions. Are some lives more precious than others?

I'll clarify, if Foreman fought Brook I would support Brook

Don't misunderstand me. I'm NOT saying it's wrong for you to always root for the ***ish boxer, even if he's from another country and is fighting someone from your country.

Oh I never misunderstand you Tunney
I'll ignore the rest of that tosh, I always support a Brit. I might not always think they are too good a fighter but i'll cheer them on. Couple of times a Brit who I wasn't much of a fan of has fought a foreign fighter I was a big fan of and I generally remain neutral there.

But I will say if you do so, don't be a hypocrite to call me a **** because I'm a fan of Eastern European boxers despite being a Canadian. It's not really so "sinister" at all, so you have no reason to be so fearful of whites rooting for whites.

Please produce a quote where I have called you a **** because you are a fan of Eastern European boxers.
I am suprised that you have never seemed to mention Berbick or Lewis, two Canadian fighters who won the Heavyweight title but it is you who always produce the race card when anyone critisises the Klitschko brothers.

I am not fearful of whites rooting for whites, as I have said that kind of thing is human nature. What I find sinister is people whose main interest in boxing is to see a white fighter beat up a black fighter or the other side of the coin a black fighter beat up a white fighter.

[GJC]

Tunney you are being badly humiliated yet again in this thread I suggest you start a few new threads, keep me on ignore so I have no right of reply and spout your drival in those.

[-EAGLE-]

laff with these Brits