Comments Thread For: Peterson: Black Fighters Get Little Support From Black Fans

[Seleção No. 13]

average black guy: who the hell is any black fighter not named floyd mayweather.

Average black guy: Is Timothy Bradley a cage fighter? Imma change the channel to football.

[tredh]

Even ali didn't get support from black america on a national level. There hasn't been a personification of a truly great black role model in boxing since joe louis

Who said anybody was looking for a ****ing role model?

[brick wall]

black fans are more interested in black fighters that they can relate to...like floyd.

[Pullcounter]

it's really sad that the african american boxer has to play the part of the heel or villian to get any attention from the african american community.

if you want to promote boxing to blacks, you gotta start up boxing gyms and programs in the inner city, but the government is cutting all that ***** out.

[AP♠]

Hispanics are overpopulating boxing.

[BTL]

Black people for the most part want someone to identify with.. Whatever that means.. But ya black people have a somewhat of a identity crisis.

[Kagami Taiga]

black fans are more interested in black fighters that they can relate to...like floyd.

rite...thats why floyd has soooo many fans in the black community. oh wait...

[tredh]

This statement by Peterson is so so so very true.There are so many talented black fighters out right now, but they just don't get the support from their own people or the media attention. In order to do that, it seems like they have to act like *******s in the media to get any attention. Who cared about "Pretty Boy" Floyd when he was low key and somewhat humble. Now that he's "Money"Mayweather and ****y and flaunts his belongings, he's the talk of boxing. This is a man that only fights once a year,and may never fight again, but the media keeps his name alive. It was the same way with Mike Tyson. The crazier he act, the more we loved him and supported him. As a black fighter, you have to crossover to be successful,because you'll never achieve it waiting on the support of your own people.

LLS Roy Jones never portrayed the role of what dumbass people think is a thug or gangsta and was loved. Mike Tyson was loved cause he was knocking people the **** out in just seconds. Tyson got more attention from media when he starting acting a fool cause that **** sold papers and showed people another black man acting a fool. Its not about crossing over. Its about getting a fanbase the correct way and these fighters now a days are not doing that. That is why they have little to know following. Boxers today are not visable. Basketball and Football players go to kids schools and sponsor summer camps for they sports. I have never seen or heard of a boxer going to a school to speak to students or sponsoring a summer camp so kids can learn the basics of boxing. Why do so many people want something for nothing? **** don't work like that!!!!!!

[tredh]

it's really sad that the african american boxer has to play the part of the heel or villian to get any attention from the african american community.

if you want to promote boxing to blacks, you gotta start up boxing gyms and programs in the inner city, but the government is cutting all that ***** out.

This so true

[UglyPug]

you're supposed to rely on support for national heritage, NOT racial . . . mexicans don't distinguish between black and white. look at mexican and PR - they have people who are white as can be, to basically black! they don't distinguish, why should america?