The Next White Hope?

[Southpaw16]

Kevin Mcbride..if He Beats Skelton And Challenge For The Wba Heavyweight Championship Against Ruiz.i Would Pick Mcbride To Only Beat Ruiz For The Title..other Than That..he Gon Get Knocked Out.

I really don't think McBride can beat Ruiz. McBride would be the perfect style for Ruiz.

[beez721]

Kevin Mcbride..if He Beats Skelton And Challenge For The Wba Heavyweight Championship Against Ruiz.i Would Pick Mcbride To Only Beat Ruiz For The Title..other Than That..he Gon Get Knocked Out.

even ruiz would dominate mcbride. he has no ability at all

[LuKahnLi]

White Hope???

I sure don't understand this. This isn't the godamn 20s anymore. We should be past this. Nationalism is great. But being concerned with a fighter's skin pigment? A very unevovled way of thinking.

[!! Mr. Soprano]

on cable tv where the pay is better yah. hes on espn now. and hes fighting limited oppositon like all the espn fighters.

being on hbo/showtime is a sign that your career is picking up steam. and youre no longer a contender but a legit fighter.

Hm... I never knew ESPN was a public non-cable channel...

Dumb-Dumb

[TiB-WaRRiOR]

knuckleheads..this is just my opinion..he can be the next big white hope and he will show that in the fight with skeleton.i just saw gerry cooney fight with larr homes back in 82,even though he lost and was dominated,he left everything he had in that ring and if he would have gone for the knock out from the opening bell like he used to do in prior fights,i did beleive that he would knock holmes down if not out..if anybody noticed holmes got hurt with the bodyshot and walked very slow back to the corner..mcbride can knock ruiz out..time will tell.

[Tony Blitz]

White Hope???

I sure don't understand this. This isn't the godamn 20s anymore. We should be past this. Nationalism is great. But being concerned with a fighter's skin pigment? A very unevovled way of thinking.

Never heard of PR and Mexican fighters in boxing?

[tri4ben2]

A white hope has to be an American heavyweight of Irish or Italian decent. There have been plenty of champions that where white Americans in the last hundred years, but I don't know if there has been any white american heavyweight champions in the last fifty years.

I think the white supremisist fans are looking for a Matalone to get excited about. Can't they just fall in love with Vitaly's awkward defensive style?

Joe Mesi was a white hope. He made about ten times as much as he should have in his career because of that. If he was black he would be on the same level as Darvell Williamson.

[Tha Greatest]

I hope Litzau gets knocked out.

[Banderivets]

First of all, isnt the whole term "White Hope" a term invented by white americans? Cause there are caucasian champions in europe you know...

So please lest no get Vitali and Wlad and McBride involved in this little bull**** that suprinsgly americans have to deal with in the 21st century...


sad sad ****... Isnt an American Champion enough? Who cares if he's black, white or of Latino background?

[ThunderGatti]

Joe Mesi was a white hope. He made about ten times as much as he should have in his career because of that. If he was black he would be on the same level as Darvell Williamson.

That is true at all, and completly unfair to Mesi who knocked out Williamson in 1 RD. I feel real bad for Mesi contenders he KO'd in 1 RD (Barret and Williamson) r now getting title shots while is tangled up in this court mess. Mesi was a legit contender and probably could have gotten an alphabet title in the bleak heavyweight division.