Does anybody root for boxers outside if their creed? around here?

[Ivansmamma]

or are **********.

Probably right.

[SeekDaGreat]

You have not seen die hard 1???

You know, I know it takes place around Christmas in the snow, something like that. Either I HAVE seen it a long time ago and don't remember it well or I've seen bits and pieces. I definitely don't remember Hanz Gruber though....

[Mr.Fantastic]

My Top 10 All Time Favorite Boxers.

1. Oscar De La Hoya
2. Julio Cesar Chavez
3. George Foreman
4. Wilfredo Gomez
5. Henry Armstrong
6. Pernell Whitaker
7. Wlad/Vitali Klitschko
8. Tommy Hearns
9. Antonio Margarito
10. Mike Tyson

I'm racist doe!

[SeekDaGreat]

Aite, well now all you guys want to come **** on my observation. Lol. Looks like I'm mistaken.

[SeekDaGreat]

My Top 10 All Time Favorite Boxers.

1. Oscar De La Hoya
2. Julio Cesar Chavez
3. George Foreman
4. Wilfredo Gomez
5. Henry Armstrong
6. Pernell Whitaker
7. Wlad/Vitali Klitschko
8. Tommy Hearns
9. Antonio Margarito
10. Mike Tyson

I'm racist doe!

Who called you a racist though? Lol

[Mr.Fantastic]

Who called you a racist though? Lol

Mostly Floyd/Hopkins stans.

[ßringer]

My Top 10 All Time Favorite Boxers.

1. Oscar De La Hoya
2. Julio Cesar Chavez
3. George Foreman
4. Wilfredo Gomez
5. Henry Armstrong
6. Pernell Whitaker
7. Wlad/Vitali Klitschko
8. Tommy Hearns
9. Antonio Margarito
10. Mike Tyson

I'm racist doe!

Ehh...I've given you **** in the past regarding race baiting and whatnot, but that's quite an impressive list in terms of nationalities and race.

For what it's worth, I think your posts have been fantastic as of late. No pun intended.

[sparkman0811]

Yes, it's probably more common than you think. Any true boxing fan will have favorite fighters from different nationalities and races. Some of my current favorites are Rigondeaux, Mayweather, Porter, Thurman, Martinez, Bradley, Provo....I can't really think of others at the moment; though, I know there are other good fighters. Past favorite fighters include Holyfield, Toney, Hagler, McCallum...I can't remember here, either. But, the point is, I am Mexican American and have Mexican fighters I support, but also fighters from different parts of the world. I don't really make an effort to support different races, I focus mostly on whether the fighter is good and whether he has a style that I find appealing.

[Check_hooks]

First of all - How can you even tell what race somebody is when they're discussing their favorite fighters? I mean, unless they come out and say something about Mexican pride, or Puerto Rican pride, you have absolutely no way of knowing the race of the poster that's responding because most people here prefer to remain anonymous instead of posting a profile pic.

Secondly, what does it even matter? Since its inception, boxing has been promoted as a contest between differing nationalities. Hell, it wasn't that long ago that boxing was heavily promoted as a contest between races (Jack Johnson and Joe Louis), and at one point in time it was even viewed as a clash of ideologies (remember all of the criticism Ali got when he announced that he was a black ******?).

While at times stunningly beautiful and poetic, our sport has a pretty ugly history.

To answer your question though - Yeah, I'm a white guy (pic in profile) and my favorite active fighters include Juan Manuel Marquez, Bernard Hopkins, Gennady Golovkin, and Lucas Matthysse. It doesn't get much more diverse than that.

What I find equally as disturbing as posters who only support fighters of their own nationality or race (they definitely exist here in droves) are posters who assume the race of poster simply based on which fighters he or she supports, though. It wasn't that long ago that everybody here thought I was black just because I was a Hopkins fan when most others weren't. That's a bit racist in and of itself.

^^^ This

This thread sucks and sounds like a race baiting thread

[PACnPBFsuck]

I'm not Mexican