HBO Needs a White fighter

[vcvc]

The racial demographics of the fighters on HBo is very non white, it seems there is every race on there apart from white, Even Japanese fighters are making more appearences then white fighters, dont get me wrong, i know alot of people dont give a **** about race, but alot of people do, they need another Kelly Pavlik, or preferably someone in the lighter divisions between 130-147, im talking someone like p4p material, not just a contender, jason litzau was the last guy i remember but his chin let him down again and he wasnt gonna get far lets be honest. I remember some white kid debuted on the Judah-Mabuza undercard, was a ww and sounded like he had alot of hype behind him, it wasnt HBO but iit seemed like he had a following, Anyone think of any white fighters coming coming up, Preferably that speak English and will appeal to the wider audiance?

[JAB5239]

The racial demographics of the fighters on HBo is very non white, it seems there is every race on there apart from white, Even Japanese fighters are making more appearences then white fighters, dont get me wrong, i know alot of people dont give a **** about race, but alot of people do, they need another Kelly Pavlik, or preferably someone in the lighter divisions between 130-147, im talking someone like p4p material, not just a contender, jason litzau was the last guy i remember but his chin let him down again and he wasnt gonna get far lets be honest. I remember some white kid debuted on the Judah-Mabuza undercard, was a ww and sounded like he had alot of hype behind him, it wasnt HBO but iit seemed like he had a following, Anyone think of any white fighters coming coming up, Preferably that speak English and will appeal to the wider audiance?

They had the Klits but they were putting people to sleep and that was hurting ratings.

[Herschlag]

Until Hbo is no longer being run by racists, I don't think its going to happen.

[vcvc]

the klits are boring fighters in a boring division, thats pretty widely acknowledged, im talking about someone in the hot divisions like lightweight, ww etc, that last whit fighter i can think of that was exciting to watch and had a great following was Kelly Pavlik.......

[KickAzz]

katsidis was supposed to be the next gatti, but he falls far short

[vcvc]

i acyually think Vitali is pretty exciting, but the division still sucks so there are no exciting fights for him.

[The Hammer]

Ross Greenburg made it obvious he doesn't like white boxers, with the way he treated Adamek, the Klitschkos, Bute (dropping him after two KO wins) and others.

From Dan Rafael today:

I had a chance to talk to Pirog also last week. He and his people want to fight in the US regularly. It is a matter of getting a network on board. HBO has said it was interested but has ignored him for more than a year.

I expect Kery Davis, who is black, to be more fair to white boxers than Greenburg was.

Black commentators like Antonio Tarver and Manny Steward are always fair to white boxers, while Al Bernstein and Max Kellerman generally discredit them and clearly show they don't like them.

So maybe Davis will be the same - or is that just my wishful thinking?

[vcvc]

isnt Katsidis half greek or something? plus he has no real fanbase apart form hardore fans and is not even supported in his pown country......

[JAB5239]

Until Hbo is no longer being run by racists, I don't think its going to happen.

Who exactly are they racist against? They're in business to secure ratings and make money. If the don't get ratings they don't get money. Wlad K was probably their most popular white fighter and he couldn't draw crap for an HBO audience, so why would they feature him?

[gatorDelux]

the should have hyped up pirog then pirog-martinez would have beeen a money fight