Comments Thread For: Erislandy Lara Takes Nickname of "The American Dream"

[sugarsmosley]

Awful nickname.

It should be like Cuban Power or Black Power or Black Pride.

I like Cain Velasquez's nickname - Brown Pride.

pride is ok, but with power it rubs off as you're insinuating a superior/dominant race exists, so fuck that.

[537Bwouaye]

Lara, drop the "The".

[Sheppirino]

Lara's Cuban, he's not black. Also he's a haymon fighter so im sure he gets exactly what he is worth.

So Cubans can't be black? I guess Lennox Lewis wasn't black either right since he was British. So if you come from another country that's not the U.S. or from a Spanish speaking country you can't be black? Sorry I don't get it.

[ramses07]

1. You are black.

2. You are the best in your class.

3.You have to watch bums in your class get paid more than you.

4.You have to watch bums in your class get fights that you are supposed to.

5.You have to fight tough fights that you're not garunteed to win before you ever land a big payday..

6. You have to watch people avoid you and call you a "runner" while praising people like Miguel Vasquez (the poster child for runners) for being "technical".

Lara you BEEN living the American Dream

lol bro, nobody is praising miguel vazquez.

mike tyson was black and he did ok for himself.

james kirkland is black, and would've became a superstar if he weren't so dumb.

so don't give me that black card,

tell lara to take a couple of punches and go for a KO every once in awhile.

[sugarsmosley]

So Cubans can't be black? I guess Lennox Lewis wasn't black either right since he was British. So if you come from another country that's not the U.S. or from a Spanish speaking country you can't be black? Sorry I don't get it.

Whoever said that either is a complete idiot, or ignorant. so no point in arguing with him

[CubanGuyNYC]

Psst, let tell you something real quick - THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS THE CUBAN RACE!

So, I guess Tito Trinidad is Puerto Rican and not black, right? GTFOH

If I had a dime for every time I've heard, "He's Cuban (or Puerto Rican, or Hispanic, or whatever), not black (or white, or whatever)".... Categorizing races isn't as easy as it may seem, but it becomes unnecessarily complicated when people believe this stuff.

[zuz]

pride is ok, but with power it rubs off as you're insinuating a superior/dominant race exists.

That's exactly what i mean.

[sugarsmosley]

That's exactly what i mean.

if you truly believe in a superior race, then you're nothing more then a racist bigot who's among the lowest scum of the earth. cong****, people like you are why we'll never have world peace.

[CubanGuyNYC]

lol bro, nobody is praising miguel vazquez.

mike tyson was black and he did ok for himself.

james kirkland is black, and would've became a superstar if he weren't so dumb.

so don't give me that black card,

tell lara to take a couple of punches and go for a KO every once in awhile.

Last I checked, many of the most successful boxers of all time were/are black. lol

[sugarsmosley]

Last I checked, many of the most successful boxers of all time were/are humans. lol

fixed it for you