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

[Tom Cruise]

Reading back through this thread is hilarious.

The lengths people will go to defend their favourite fighter

Ive seen the pic, could be innocent lookalike, could be insinuating more. Pretty dumb either way from Kovalev.

[DeadLikeMe]

I'm pretty sure he is.

[bojangles1987]

Reading back through this thread is hilarious.

The lengths people will go to defend their favourite fighter

Ive seen the pic, could be innocent lookalike, could be insinuating more. Pretty dumb either way from Kovalev.

That **** is straight up racist. I don't care what the intent is.

[LacedUp]

How can anyone say that's not racist?

That's as racist as it gets.

[El-blanco]

How can anyone say that's not racist?

That's as racist as it gets.

Reported for racism.

[The Gambler1981]

Does Kovalev have to toss a banana before he becomes a racist? I just want to know where the line is for some people.

[DeadLikeMe]

Does Kovalev have to toss a banana before he becomes a racist? I just want to know where the line is for some people.

They'll say he thought Adonis looked hungry and wanted to share his bananas as a snack with him.

[Mooshashi]

Russians hate everyone...no exceptions. Xenophobia is above racism....includes everyone.

[Divine Hammer]

I'm pretty sure he is.

i don't think kovalev meant anything racist by that. adonis does look and especially acts like a monkey, but is that racist??? i don't think so. some people act and look like certain animals. all black people don't look like monkeys. so is kovalev saying all black people are monkeys??? no absolutely not.

i don't think this is racist at all. people think it's racist because they associate black people with monkeys (so who is the real racists????). but truthfully adonis does act like one big monkey.

[Divine Hammer]

negro is still used in a lot of countries to refer to black people.

negro is just spanish for black. there is nothing racist behind it at all.