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

[brick wall]

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

i don't know about black communities in general but based on boxingsene community and other boxing forums, 99% of black posters are floyd fans...and majority of them will most likely defend floyd when somebody says something negative about floyd.

[Kagami Taiga]

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?

easy, because it always has and proly always will. did u take a look at the last census? in america race has always be institutionalized. mebbe it'll change one day, but not anytime soon.

[mananimal]

I will side With Abraham's son ,whom the Lord God Promised, Issac, over his servant wife Hagar the Egyptian's son, Ishmael, Malcolm X, was a nationalist,a person for Pro-rights of African-Americans, which is what most African American ARENT, thats the diifference, the black fighter of modest fame, isnt as reverered as other fighters of different skin color, cause black fighters have by in large, since boxings inception, Dominated the sport, so if your a black fighter, the expectations are higher, black people expect their fighters to dominate, since they are naturally usually the more gifted fighter, by way of genetics. So take it as a compliment in way, tht your always expected to beast, and feast on the other nationalitys under the sun.

[Kagami Taiga]

i don't know about black communities in general but based on boxingsene community and other boxing forums, 99% of black posters are floyd fans...and majority of them will most likely defend floyd when somebody says something negative about floyd.

thats not even true. u make some idiotic statements sometimes.

[IIG]

Boxing is too diverse, with too rich of a history, to be bringing up this racial ****. Every race and nationality has had it's time to shine in boxing, and it will continue that way. I feel no need to support Peterson, an average fighter at best, just because he's black. Now, say a black dude comes along and starts dominating a sport where it is a rarity (like Tiger Woods in golf). I'll be much more likely to throw my full support behind them. It may not be right, but that's just how it is.

[BTL]

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?

This is a good point.. America is just stuck in the racial circle

[V.WEBB]

Ive noticed this, too. Black Floyd fans (or at least those claiming to be black) don't support anyone other than Floyd. Hopkins, Dawson, Ward, Dirrell, Berto, Bradley, Alexander, all don't have real support on a national level from the African American community.

But you can take a Mexican American or Mexican fighter, a Polish/Polish American fighter, or Puerto Rican fighter with a decent name put them in any city with a relative minority presence and they'll come out to support.

I can't really think of a reason other than African Americans just don't follow boxing as much.

Get this garbage out of here! What's wrong with you?

[V.WEBB]

thats not even true. u make some idiotic statements sometimes.

These dudes just make stuff up.

[tredh]

i don't know about black communities in general but based on boxingsene community and other boxing forums, 99% of black posters are floyd fans...and majority of them will most likely defend floyd when somebody says something negative about floyd.

Tells everything needed to know about your comments on this subject.

[brick wall]

thats not even true. u make some idiotic statements sometimes.

the ones that i know that are black posters are mostly floyd fans. of course there are posters that are floyd fans but don't want to reveal whether they're black or not. i know you're a floyd fan...are you black?