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

[King Ju-Ju]

It's not all nationality.

It's attitude.

That's why there's a lot of black fans who know Mayweather but don't support him.

Contrary to the forum consensus, most people do care who a fighter is outside of the ring.

As a Mexican fan, the only African-American fighter I have a genuine interest in is Bernard Hopkins. He's semi-humble, smart, and speaks genuinely.

Hopkins is a great boxer but also a racist prick,

[Mr. Philadel]

these type of threads be gettin' outta hand....I swear..smh

Lamont has a point...its more liquor stores in the black community than boxing gyms....my nephew is 13 yrs old and the ONLY fighters he know of is Floyd, B.Hop and Pacman....Pacman gets promoted as the dude who can beat Floyd so his name is heavy on the block ...so the kids are more into Kobe, LeBron, D-Wade, D-Rose, Mello and those characters....they get to see them on a nightly basis where as they get to see the Lamont's and Tim Bradley's like every 3-6 months....boxing aint that popular no more in the African American cipher....clowns like Rick Ross and Soldier Boy gets more love than REAL dudes like Tim Bradley and Sugar Shane....I love my ppl but sometimes they make me so ****in mad!!!

all I can tell Lamont is...just live with it bruh...it is what it is...no matter how much this issue is blown around...it will NEVER change

[ThePunchingBag]

Hopkins is a great boxer but also a racist prick,

Only to Puerto Ricans and only to sell a fight.

Other than that, he keeps it real.

[Michael Hall]

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

average mexican fan: who's fighting ese? margarito? is he mexican? viva mexico

average mexican fan #2: hey holmes, some guy named cotto is fighting shane mosley. is the cotto guy mexican? no? **** him then, turn to telemuendo!!

[Michael Hall]

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

Really?

I'm a black fan.

Explain to me exactly why I'd personally relate to Floyd Mayweather over say, Chad Dawson or Shane Mosley.

I'll be waiting...

[brick wall]

I put that same guy on my ignore list earlier today for something ****** he said earlier in my thread asking what are Judah's chances of stopping Marquez. First poster on my ignore list in this account. That guy is a fucking, deep sea creature.

stfu faqqot. go and do what you can do best...defend floyd like what you posted pathetically in that one thread.

what's the chances that judah will ko jmm if pac and floyd can't?
the kind of questions you can only hear from little girls

[kdee]

I don't know, Devon get's a lot of support. Floyd does, not sure about Tim Bradley. I don't think mr peterson has a spark to him that attracts more people. The first three fighters are doing things and have had better fights

[Michael Hall]

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.

No, the black boxer needs to play the role of villian or heel to get mainstream attention from WHITE AMERICA, not BLACK AMERICA.

Overall, blacks don't support boxing or MMA as much as other sports like the NBA and NFL.

Bottom line is the average black household in America is barely surviving. You're never going to see 20,000 black people selling out the MGM Grand supporting a fighter. Its damn near an economic impossibilty.

The real question is if race is so unimportant as most people try to say, then why aren't white americans supporting black american fighters??

Why aren't white folks supporting SHane Mosley, Chad Dawson, the Peterson Bros, etc...?

Those are respectable black boxers (just like whitey likes). Where's the support?

Or is it all about race?

[brick wall]

Really?

I'm a black fan.

Explain to me exactly why I'd personally relate to Floyd Mayweather over say, Chad Dawson or Shane Mosley.

I'll be waiting...

who are you? i didn't really paid any attention to your posts before if there are any sensible ones...can't comment on how you can relate to him

[Michael Hall]

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.

Another low iq post.