to say that race has nothing to do with it is completely ignorant. it's either ignorant or racist.
ask those fighters if being black had an effect on them.
joe louis' popularity with white people really came around only after he beat max schmelling. obviously you understand the global implications of that fight in 1938. those same white people turned him into a side show after his career was over, and during the war.
to discount the effect of race on the perception of jack johnson is complete ignorance. johnson was viciously hated for marrying a white woman, being wealthy. white men don't get death threats for marrying a white woman. that's racism.
frazier was seen as a polar opposite of ali, and a more "complacent" black man. that's racism.
let me guess, holmes vs cooney was one of the biggest fights ever because jerry cooney was a great challenger?
race has huge implications on boxing, especailly as you go further back in history. it always has, and it probably always will.
some [ignorant] white people have problems when they see a successful, brash black man.
Someone knows their history.... It's funny how people made such a big deal of Broner losing, but any other young cat loses and people are like ''He'll be back''.
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