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Who is the most exciting current American boxer?
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Originally posted by chav View PostI had a couple of mates round last night and one of them said "Americans area great boxers, but they are always boring, check out Hopkins, Mayweather, Ward, all can fight, but all are hardly entertaining inside the ring"
I said there is the likes of Kirkland and Broner who seem to be good value entertainment for casual and hardcore fans.
Who do you guys think is the most exciting American fighter (beside Mexican-Americans) and do you agree with my mates statement that Americans whilst good fighters are boring inside the ring?
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Originally posted by Check View PostWhen will Mexican-Americans be considered Americans? This thread just proves how a lot of people outside of America don't consider them American. What makes Mexican-Americans any less American than African-Americans? Unless you don't consider anyone American, since our nation isn't that old to begin with. If you're born on American soil, you're American.
It's upsetting to think that majority of people around the world consider Mexican-Americans 2nd rate citizens. They will never classify them as Americans.
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Originally posted by Tha_Greatest View Postcheck, lol, dont play that caring card, i still hate the wolverines and ive heard you indirectly cheapshot mexican americans so your post has no merit, lol, im american, mexican american but i dont go usde that card as to my advantages, lol, lol, corrales and mickey ward, kevin kelley and emmanuel augustus, paul williams , those should be the answers you put, , many mexican americans seperate themselves cause they fight toe to toe like mexican all out fighters,
I can't really buy the fighting style thing then. Unless American boxing is strictly looked at as African Americans and the "slick" ones. Plenty of Americans fight toe to toe. Pavlik, Garcia, and Cloud all aren't slick. Too many people associate American boxing with Mayweather. Even the best fighter in America isn't really "slick" and would probably rather bang(ward).
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Mexican-American is as legit an identity as being Mexican or American. It's just imaginary lines at the end of the day.
Matthew Macklin was born to Irish parents in Birmingham, so in the UK he'd probably have been called Irish in school, and when he came over to Ireland for the summers he'd have been thought of as English.
I don't know what it's like for Mexican-Americans but I imagine they have to deal with the same stuff.
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Originally posted by Check View PostI indirectly take cheapshots at all fighters. Just seems to me most people don't want to consider MA's, American. It makes me wonder what it was like to be an Italian in America 100 years ago, or of Irish decent.
I can't really buy the fighting style thing then. Unless American boxing is strictly looked at as African Americans and the "slick" ones. Plenty of Americans fight toe to toe. Pavlik, Garcia, and Cloud all aren't slick. Too many people associate American boxing with Mayweather. Even the best fighter in America isn't really "slick" and would probably rather bang(ward).
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