The Merchant Bias?

[JDizzle79]

judah is a bum, nuff said...and steward is a great trainer and is probably commenting on **** he wouldn't put up with in a fighter he trains

[DLT]

Did it ever cross your mind that some people (many in fact) see Mayorga as a bigger threat than Zab, who lost to Carlos Baldomir, got a SD vs Corley, and could have lost to Rafael Pineda?

Merchant's bias is no worse than yours.

Dude, atleast everyone admits that Zab has mad skills. Like Steward said, Mayorga fights like a ****ing amature and not even that. His only claim to fame is a win over Forrest and he then lost to Spinks who Judah beat. How is Mayorga more of a threat?

Add to that, he was dissing Zab about other things also but said nothing about Mayorga who is the most disrespectful fighter in the game. Add to that the fact that Zab was doing well against Floyd and Mayorga got his ass kicked from the jump but he was still ripping Zab and defending Mayorga. Thats a joke

[keystone30pack]

i actually recently completed a research study on whether the race/ethnicity of an athlete affects how his performance is described by broadcasters

previous research had shown blacks were more likley to be characterized as physically surperior for successful performance and blamed for their lack of mental acuity for unsuccesful performance

not much had been done in the way of hispanics in athletics
only research citiing socially constructed stereotypes of hispanics such as unintelligent and exhibiting "machismo traits"

i utilized a content analysis of 6 hispanic v black fights and 3 his v his fights (the same 6 boxers from the hisp v black fights) all from the hbo network

word-for word descriptors were coded into a taxonomy which had 3 categories- physical dimension, mental dimension, machismo dimension for both crediting sucess and faulting a lack of for unsuccesful performance( for example the mental dimension consisted of: composure/concentration, commitment/hard work, experience, and adaptibility/strategy)

this was a qualitative analysis so no statistical measurements were done save percentages to find common themes- the sample size and method is not conducive to providing generalizations

these common themes and actual word-for word descriptors the announcers used were discussed in the results section to add the richness that defines qualitative studies

but i can tell you the most common theme i did observe was announcers- both black and white, associating succesful performance of hispanic boxers wiht the machismo dimension as opposed to the mental dimension

okay long post if any one wants to read it i could send it ot you somehow