Is boxing popular between white Americans?

[Inoue Body Shot]

I am a white American and boxing is popular with my family and cousins. But with my friends it is not popular at all. Most white Americans I know only really are fans of basketball, baseball, and more than anything else American Football.

[stellen]

I am a white American and boxing is popular with my family and cousins. But with my friends it is not popular at all. Most white Americans I know only really are fans of basketball, baseball, and more than anything else American Football.

I would have thought white americans would be into ice hockey. Thats the only sport they seem to dominate.

[brettWall]

The OP is not even asking about why there are more white fans than there are blacks. He's asking about fighters, yet I see posts not addressing the question properly.

My take is probably because of income disparity. People of color in Europe would probably rather not make boxing as a career. Algieri's case, for instance, is extremely rare. He comes from a family with above average income. I believe he can still manage to go to college without entering the ring.

[BoliviaChiLEsp]

Um, what about Andre Ward or Rocky Balboa? They're probably the best white american boxers ever

One of them is a fictional character though, but he's the best thing that White Americans had in boxing

Besides Ward and Balboa, the best white american boxer is some guy who knocked down Fonfara recently....I don't remember his name though....Trying hard to remember his name, but I really can't...Yeah, that guy is the best white american boxer now

I don't consider Andre Ward white.

[BoliviaChiLEsp]

White American men are being bullied by black males since childhood and feel helpless when black men talk to their women. A white man may yell "I'm not racist!" when a black guy robs him, just to make sure he doesn't hurt him too badly. In other words, white Americans have mentally lost before they step into the ring, it's an inferiorty complex thing.

The white Europeans doesn't suffer from that inferiorty complex, so that's why they can fight, unlike white Americans. White Europeans are some of the best fighters in the world and black Americans are some of the best fighters in the world. White Americans are nothing.

Good point, now I understand a bit more about this.

However they practise MMA.

[TBear]

You would be surprised how many people in the rural Midwest follow boxing closely. I was. It is not limited by ethnicity. I think it has even grown some the last couple years with the involvement the networks and national tv.

[BoliviaChiLEsp]

Kelly Pavlik. And also, not having white champs doesn't mean white people automatically aren't into the sport. I'm from the UK, and I'd say my black friends are more knowledgeable than my white friends on average about the sport, even though only one of our thirteen/fourteen champs are black.

Yes.

I was asking the reason of the lack of white elite boxers in the USA historically.

In the UK you have decent black, white boxers, even Asians (Khan, Singh...)

[HanzGruber]

I would have thought white americans would be into ice hockey. Thats the only sport they seem to dominate.

Lol Americans don't play hockey. Kinda hard to be a dedicated fan to a sport you didn't grow up watching or playing

[TheBoxingXpert]

Good point, now I understand a bit more about this.

However they practise MMA.

And black people are already taking over, lol, first Anderson Silva and now Jon Jones. What is your excuse in MMA? Blacks are taking over.

[bigfo0t]

I am a white American and boxing is popular with my family and cousins. But with my friends it is not popular at all. Most white Americans I know only really are fans of basketball, baseball, and more than anything else American Football.

Opposite here, family mostly follow the mainstream ball sports. Have a handful of buds who follow Boxing (ALL ethnicities, United fkn Nations over here ), most are casuals though, and just like to watch highlights and fighters getting KO'd. They don't exactly understand or appreciate the art and (sweet)science in Boxing.. but I have a very wide range of interests, I have yet to meet anyone genuinely interested in Boxing, Skateboarding, & Surfing for example.