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

[Slick_Rick]

This is why world history should be mandatory for school kids.

I've gone through my entire life not realising that Eastern Europeans were kept in slavery for hundreds of years on the basis that they were robots.

I know, try reading up on Russian Slavery. Slavery is just not pigeon-holed to America, you know?

Although thats not the point, Nergo means black in Spanish and Portuguese, and is adopted by other countries, but you should know this being a well educated chappy.

He didn't used the other N-word so lets use some sense shall we.

[jmrf4435]

I'm so sick of this bull****, and the double standard. Black and hispanic fighters say much more controversial racist **** on the norm. Remember when Hopkins said all that **** about calzaghe? Could you imagine if a white fighter said those things? Stop attacking Sergei because he' walking through a ton of african American fighters. This is a joke

[Dr Rumack]

I know, try reading up on Russian Slavery. Slavery is just not pigeon-holed to America, you know?

Although thats not the point, Nergo means black in Spanish and Portuguese, and is adopted by other countries, but you should know this being a well educated chappy.

He didn't used the other N-word so lets use some sense shall we.

There's a degree of historical baggage associated with the word 'negro' that is not matched by the word 'robot'.

[Easy Work.]

Here's a comment from that other thread from a guy who I assume speaks Russian.


At 10:40 of the video, I hear him say nigger, not negro.

All he did was call him a negro, u dont speak russian so dont act like you know what he said, he was just saying the word "negro" can seem offensive but thats just how he refers black ppl

[Slick_Rick]

There's a degree of historical baggage associated with the word 'negro' that is not matched by the word 'robot'.

Yeah, in the US...Maybe he could have been more tactile given he fights in the US, doesn't mean its racist.

Central Europe and North America there is stigma attached but its freely used in South America and the East.

[sicko]

First of all stop making excuses for Ignorance, like I posted in another thread, you faceless ***s on this forum have nothing to lose, Kovalev on the other hand he has a lot of to lose.

If he doesn't know what is what then he better learn if he wants to be able to stay in American and make the money he makes in America. You can't tell people when they should be offended and how they should be offended.

America still have Race issues still absolutely but public figures and athletes are not going to get away with racism like losers hiding behind a keyboard or a mobile device on the internet.

Is it really worth losing everything to post ignorant stuff on the internet? I would say *** NO! I'm sure Kathy Duva called him freaking out about that Twitter Post about Stevenson because I'm sure she doesn't want to lose that HBO Deal they just signed over something so childish

[El-blanco]

First of all stop making excuses for Ignorance, like I posted in another thread, you faceless ***s on this forum have nothing to lose, Kovalev on the other hand he has a lot of to lose.

If he doesn't know what is what then he better learn if he wants to be able to stay in American and make the money he makes in America. You can't tell people when they should be offended and how they should be offended.

America still have Race issues still absolutely but public figures and athletes are not going to get away with racism like losers hiding behind a keyboard or a mobile device on the internet.

Is it really worth losing everything to post ignorant stuff on the internet? I would say *** NO! I'm sure Kathy Duva called him freaking out about that Twitter Post about Stevenson because I'm sure she doesn't want to lose that HBO Deal they just signed over something so childish

He knew exactly what he was doing man. The guys on here defending it are being dishonest or are racists.

[Basco]

It's about Cultural context!

[Kagami Taiga]

Lol, Kovalev is clearly a racist. Ppl still making excuses for him?

[Beercules]

Down with the white man