LOL, Canelo is such a hypejob
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I had a racehorse once that was always leading at the first turn , it never won a race , in the big league Khan is just like that horse , I wonder if that horse ever had a fan club saying if only he could be that fast the whole way , that sht dont fly in racing like it does in boxing .Comment
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Khan was behind 3-2 and the fight was already going south for him before the KO.
Also, Khan trying to suggest Canelo was 180+ in the ring is utter nonsense. He was his usual 171-172.Comment
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Yep spot on. I don't recall a truly Euro looking Mexican ever being a world class boxer(actually Carlos Cuadras has probably more European blood but he fights in a division that doesn't matter). Oscar De La Hoya was probably the closest fighter I have seen and it was telling when he fought Vargas, Vargas said he was an Indian(he isn't).Its actually pretty simple. You see, mexico has a caste system.
The more white blood you have, the "better" and "desirable" you are.
The more native you look, the more they hurl racist insults at you. In mexico, its very common to hear people being called "indio" as a racial slur.
In society, if you look like Canelo, you are king. If you look like Mikey Garcia, you're an outcast.
There is actually a website called criollo mexico. Criollo in the mexican caste system is a full white born in Mexico.
That website exploded when Canelo burst on the scene. Dudes practically crying that they finally had a fighter to support.
I still get casuals calling me dumb when I tell them Mikey Garcia is a thousand times better fighter than Canelo. They ask me how that is possible, asking me how someone "so ugly" can better, and that hes just an "indio".
Like criollo mexico, Mexico finally found a fighter they can get behind. They don't care how good their team is, they just want it to look a certain way.Comment
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