Black boxers....

[judge_jab]

Many casual fans and people who do not pay attention to boxing very often tend to assume that boxing is a black man's sport and that all the decent boxers are black.

I've just had a look at the ring ratings for all the weights and out of 176 boxers (top ten in each weight class, plus champions) there are only 41 black boxers.

That's only 23 %, just under a quarter.

To all of us, this is not surprising, but to most of the general public, I'm sure many would be very surprised.

Maybe it's just due to certain black boxers being very loud, publicizing their own fights, such as Ali, Tyson and Mayweather.

Anyway, I thought this was interesting.

And so you all know, this is not a racist thread, don't make it one. Yes I am white, but my favourite boxers are Ali, RJJ, Toney and Mayweather.

This thread is just referring to what a lot of the general public assume.

thoughts?

thanks

[SugarRayCurtain]

this is true
People know Tyson, Lewis, Holyfield, Mayweather and the list goes on. They are all black

[NesNY]

every fighter's heart is the same color.......just not the same size.

[Pac-KO]

every fighter's heart is the same color.......just not the same size.

good sayin, never herd it before.

ive been watching boxing for quite a few years, and i have to say im quite surprised tht less tht 1 in 4 are black i thougt it would have been closer to 1 in 3 personally

[shadeyfizzle]

As someone who is NOT black....i've never ever heard of that assumption before.

The NBA.....now that's a black man's sport. lol

[Sombras]

Mayweather is boring as ****.

[Dynamite Kid]

It prolly comes down to this............... that majority of the best athletes in America, are black, and that the drop off in interest in Boxing, emanating for America, is effecting the number of top black fighters.

[Ivansmamma]

Heavyweight is the face of boxing. Before this present era it was dominated by black boxers for a long time. That is the reason i think. Lewis, Holyfield, Tyson, Holmes, Foreman, Ali, Frazier, Liston, Patterson and all the other black heavyweight champions.

[The Badguy]

Mayweather is boring as ****.

I bet he is boring to you... you prefer a dog fight similar to this:

[Ace Boogie]

Its kinda ****ed tho that alot of promoters dont really push black fighters, a prime example is how top rank is handling the peterson broters,that whole situation is ****ed up