Joel Diaz: "African-American fighters don't get the credit they deserve"

[JDD1]

I don't understand Mr Diaz...

People truly respect Floyd, B-Hop, Tim, Ward, Rigo, Lara, etc...

Mr Diaz is biased -- he thinks people have something against Tim... They don't; people criticised the judges in the first Manny fight... But not Bradley (per se) as a fighter...

Well...

I think Magadeath made a good point-possibly Joel feels this way given what tim has said to him. Maybe tim feels disrespected. Reading this board Floyd and ward get disrespected here on a daily basis.

I will concede that the timing of his comments suggest part of this was to gain attention for the fight. But if Tim feels this way maybe fans should consider that.

[HWChampion]

The pac fight has nothing to do with it..Dude was being discredited before the Pac fight..Hell he was being shut down before he fought Alexander..So your point here is moot..

As far as Mayweather,I'd agree sometimes he does not fight the fight you wanna see..So does everyone..Pac Marga's did you want that fight??Pac Mosley(after Mayweather had beat him btw)did anyone want that fight??How about Pac Diaz??Horrible fight..Yet he did not get the same backlash that May got..Is it because he's black,or just less likable cause of his attitude??I don't know..Yet don't try to front like Pac is treated the same as Mayweather..Don't try to act like the dislike and detracting for Bradley just started when he beat Pac..Oh and Bradley is the only fighter to beat Pac and Marquez..At this point they had to give him his just due..

My friend nobody is discrediting TB cause of his skin colour. If they were every single African American fighter in history would be discredited. Muhammad Ali would not be considered by some the greatest, SRR would not be considered the GOAT etc. so to say something ridiculous like that is ridiculous. You make it seem as though we live in an era where the coloured belt is still around. Lol you need to relax, and smoke a joint mate.

[-PBP-]

No ****. It's because most African Americans don't give a **** about boxing outside of Mayweather and Broner. Well kind of. I told my cousin who is a casual fan about Andre Ward and he asked me "is that the hair brush guy".

Fighters with big fan bases get the most appreciation and most fighters with the biggest fanbases have countries behind them.

[HWChampion]

Manny and floyd are treated in different ways because one isna nice guy while the other is a pretentious prick that thinks he is gods gift. There is the reason why, attitude not skin colour come on mate this isn't the civil rights era.

[White_Knight]

Bradley was given credit for winning a fight he clearly didn't (Pacquiao) and for not being knocked down when he clearly was (Provodnikov). Pacquiao, on the other hand, is not even in the Ring's top 5 p4p when he has moved up more weight classes than the top 3 combined and has bigger wins than all of them.

[Rezelby]

I think Magadeath made a good point-possibly Joel feels this way given what tim has said to him. Maybe tim feels disrespected. Reading this board Floyd and ward get disrespected here on a daily basis.

I will conced that the timing of his comments suggest part of this was to gain attention for the fight. But if Tim feels this way maybe fans should consider that.

so does Wlad.. what the hell is your damn point here?

[JDD1]

Manny and floyd are treated in different ways because one isna nice guy while the other is a pretentious prick that thinks he is gods gift. There is the reason why, attitude not skin colour come on mate this isn't the civil rights era.

which one is the nice guy? the guy who beat his baby's mama or the guy who cheated on his wife?

[JDD1]

so does Wlad.. what the hell is your damn point here?

I think there are some similarities and some differences. for example, Floyd and wlad get questioned on their resumes. one is called gay on a daily basis even though he has 4 kids and the other none.

As for what Joel said-maybe tim feels this way and maybe you should consider that.

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The most widely recognized #1 ATG in the history of the sport...Ali. Black. The most feared, baddest man on the planet in his prime...Tyson. Black. The top two current P4P fighters in the sport...black. The biggest money maker in the history of the sport...black.

Come on now, Joel.

Whats that got to do with credit?

[MDPopescu]

As one can see, The Ring P4P list is ranking Floyd, Ward and Bradley in the top three, respectively...

No issue here...

(Mr. Diaz might really try to sell some more tickets for tomorrow...)