Is it wrong to root for a fighter just because he is the same race or ethnicity?

[therealpugilist]

No. Not at all. But don't front about it. Just be real. If I like a Mexican fighter just because hes Mexican, you can't do anything about it. If white boy Billy likes Carl Frampton just because hes white, so what? If a black dude likes Errol Spence just because hes black, cool. There is nothing wrong with liking something that you are familiar and comfortable with. Just don't pretend that isn't the reason. Be a man about your **** and stay true. Seems like alot of dudes here are afraid to admit it. It doesn't make you racist. It just makes you glad and happy that someone you can relate to is a success. If you are biased because of it, so what? We know you're biased because of it anyways. Trying to hide it and make it seem otherwise just makes you look ******. There is nothing wrong of being proud of who you are, and people who look like you. If there is, tell me why its wrong.

good thread...I respect anyone who can be 100%...everyone has some type of biase whether it be style, power, race, etc.

most of those who accuse others of what you speak of are the ones who dislike certain fighters because of their race.

[therealpugilist]

I think it's bad If you root for race regardless of how much of a scumbag that person is the Floyd Mayweather fanboys are case and prime example.

no one on this site has the right to judge the character of a person that they don't even know on a personal level

this is a boxing site, not Jerry springer or court tv.

many of you people judging Floyd or other athletes have done the same things they have, some things worse but the difference is, you are not in the public eye and keep your skeletons in your closet.

[therealpugilist]

absolutely nothing wrong with that


i do, however, have a problem with 'fans' that use an inverted version of that fanhood and root AGAINST fighters just because they're not the same race


as for me, i root for any fighter that entertains me and i will root against any fighter who i think sucks...regardless of race

^^^^pretty much

[richardt]

Have you ever known a black person who rooted for a white fighter to beat a black fighter?

I haven't.

But I've known lots of white guys who root for black boxers to beat white boxers.

When I was a kid, I never cared much. I used to like Mike Tyson, and I was a fan of black athletes in other sports. My parents taught me to respect everyone. But then I went over to the USA to watch some fights, and saw all the black fans were rooting for black boxers. Even when a black boxer from overseas was fighting a local American white guy, the black fans all rooted for the black boxer.

I got to know some black people in Toronto when I lived there, and I was surprised that in the Olympics, they were rooting for black athletes from other countries to beat the white Canadians.

All the Filipinos I know support Filipino boxers, and all the South Asians support Amir Khan (even the Sikhs who were at war with Khan's people for centuries).

I don't have anything against any other race, but experience has taught me to like my own people more and always support them.

However, I do dislike the self-righteous, holier-than-thou white people who feel we shouldn't root for our own too because it's not "politically correct". In a way, they are the most racist of all: they feel whites are somehow morally superior, so we shouldn't be like all the other people and root for our own.

I have seen black guys root against Broner and didn't care who beat him just wanted someone to shut him up. One guy said Broner was embarrassing black people with his racial remarks. I've seen black guys whose favorites were Mexican fighters because of style and didn't care for slick boxers. I've seen Mexican fans whose favorite fighter was Floyd Mayweather, more so than any mexican fighter. The problem is when the bias is entirely one-sided. A person like that is not a boxing fan. Boxing is just their vehicle for BIAS and even HATE.

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I have seen black guys root against Broner and didn't care who beat him just wanted someone to shut him up. One guy said Broner was embarrassing black people with his racial remarks. I've seen black guys whose favorites were Mexican fighters because of style and didn't care for slick boxers. I've seen Mexican fans whose favorite fighter was Floyd Mayweather, more so than any mexican fighter. The problem is when the bias is entirely one-sided. A person like that is not a boxing fan. Boxing is just their vehicle for BIAS and even HATE.

great post green k sent

[The Hammer]

I'm black and root for both klitschko's & kelly pavlik vs black fighters

Really?

http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1160364&postcount=52

http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/sh...0&postcount=14

who is the last good white American boxer

Does nationality really matter so much to you?

[Motofan]

But if someone ONLY roots for fighters who are their own race, color, nationality, they are not boxing fans, point blank. Their motives have nothing to do with boxing; Boxing is just a vehicle for them to see their type beat other types so they can feel like they did a one up on the other type and that their type is better. That is very much alive here and everywhere. And if another type beats their type, they cannot wait for revenge. It is not about the sport for them, again, the sport is just a vehicle for them to breath life into their bias with.

So much truth here.

[therealpugilist]

I have seen black guys root against Broner and didn't care who beat him just wanted someone to shut him up. One guy said Broner was embarrassing black people with his racial remarks. I've seen black guys whose favorites were Mexican fighters because of style and didn't care for slick boxers. I've seen Mexican fans whose favorite fighter was Floyd Mayweather, more so than any mexican fighter. The problem is when the bias is entirely one-sided. A person like that is not a boxing fan. Boxing is just their vehicle for BIAS and even HATE.

^^^^awesome post

[VERSION1 (V1)]

Really?

http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1160364&postcount=52

http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/sh...0&postcount=14 Does nationality really matter so much to you?

still root for both both klitschko's & kelly pavlik vs black fighters just because I thought that shot would ko wlad dose not mean I would not root for him vs a black fighter and was making a joking about Vitial\Peter


yes and no you said Even when a black boxer from overseas was fighting a local American white guy, the black fans all rooted for the black boxer. I asked who is the last good white American boxer cause grown up in America most good American fighters of the last 30 years have been black or Hispanic that why I asked the question

[Jloro]

I root for the fighter with the cooler pants