Kovalev's manager: "Sergey is not a racist."

[King_]

If you don't care then why are you so desperately trying to justify/excuse it?

Lol dude I made like 5 posts in this thread. I'm not desperately trying, I was just giving me opinion: which is I don't think he's racist personally.... But like I said, if he is, oh well then. I can't do anything about it. This is box, not Jerry springer

[A-Wolf]

There are some good translation here by people who speak english better than me. Sergey's trainer is black, and he said that he has very good relationship with him, his favorite boxer - Floyd Mayweather and there are a lot pics of him with Roy Jones, Mike Tyson etc... Racism is hate, how can Kovalev be racist if his favorite fighter is black? Sergey is not very politically correct, which i like and he also said about some negative experiences in USA with mostly black people, but true racist would hate everybody with black skin... simply said - Kovalev aint racist.

lol you serious? The reality we live in is three dimensional. Not one dimensional. You could have friends and lovers - even family members in a certain group and still use epithets against that group, and still have a strong dislike for the people. Strom Thurmond had a child with an African-American woman and he was one of the most notorious "racists" of his era.

Paula Deen had extremely close ties to the Black community and yet she apparently was using the term "******" whenever she deemed it appropriate.

What about all the closeted gay politicians and their extreme, far right anti-gay policies??

Whether or not Kovalev is a racist or not we're getting some pretty lame arguments.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Lol dude I made like 5 posts in this thread. I'm not desperately trying, I was just giving me opinion: which is I don't think he's racist personally.... But like I said, if he is, oh well then. I can't do anything about it

You don't think he's racist based on what? A hunch? The racist comments kinda undermine your argument.

[King_]

Race and boxing has historically been anything but irrelevant to each other.

What do you mean?

[King_]

You don't think he's racist based on what? A hunch? The racist comments kinda undermine your argument.

I don't think a racist boxer would be trained by a black trainer and train in a gym/area with many black fighters/people. If he was truly racist, i see no reason why he can't just get up and move to a different area and get trained by a white trainer. I.e move out west and join Fredy Roaches camp.

This is just my opinion though, and I could be wrong.

[Citizen Koba]

Lol I have zero issue with kovalev. He's entitled to his opinion. Not once did I say he deserved to be punished. I'm just laughing at the excuses ppl are making for him. Fans will be fans but damn. I don't ebe think kovalev cares as much as u guy do.

Fair enough...didn't think it was that big of a deal myself. I was more trying to explain than excuse tho, and yeah, I suspect Kovalev doesn't give much of a s#it.

[mrlopez]

People of spanish speaking countries use negro all the time. Unless I'm totally wrong, negro(which means black) is an acceptable word whereas colored is considered racist......?

[Accountoffline]

I highly doubt he is a racist, otherwise he wouldn't work with a black trainer. The simplest manner of sorting this out is by;
A. Speaking to Kovalev and reiterating to him although in Russia it may be the norm, it isn't in America
B. It should be one rule for everyone and not for others, blacks shouldn't be allowed to refer to each other as "n!ggers" because if this term is indeed racist and offensive stop using it completely, don't play the race card when it suits you.
C. Anyone who behaves in any racist manner in the future should be apprehended and dealt with in the most severe manner. Floyds remarks about feeding asians rice should equally have been penalised as Mundines comments about ****sexuals.

[Regeza]

The Neygr word is a mute point as already explained. The part about liking sunburnt people less and less is based on their actions not their skin color. So all of you can stfu about racism.

[ElChino]

Why is calling a black person black racist?

Negro = black.