Comments Thread For: Andre Ward's Perspective on Role Race Plays in How He is Covered

[texasboi15]

Meanwhile they sunbathe and get lip injections to try to look like us.

Yet the biggest selling African American beauty products are skin lightener and hair straightener...it's ironic isn't it?

Real ass shit both ways

[texasboi15]

I agree with this and Im black...
I watched the Ward v Kov fight at an Irish bar full of white folks rooting for Ward.

Nigga what you was doing at an Irish bar?!

[texasboi15]

The racial hatred in boxing runs deep on all sides, not just black and white. Yes, there are white Americans who will root for Russian Kovalev because he is white, just like there are blacks who get behind black fighters any time they are fighting an opponent who is not black. Nothing wrong with a little ethnic pride in sports, so long as it doesn't cloud your judgment to the point you discredit any fighter who isn't of the same race.

I observe a lot of blatant racism on this board from blacks who slam any white or Asian fighter, to whites who make harsh comments about blacks or Mexicans, and all that other nonsense in between. I see fans who make excuses for boxers of their own race, where they wouldn't make the same excuses for fighters of another race. So much hypocrisy and hatred that is rooted in skin color.

I respect Ward's take on the race issue in boxing. While I am not a fan of his boxing style, I respect him as a man and he has experienced racism from both whites and blacks. He didn't make an uneducated, emotionally charged statement like most fighters and fans, and he has certainly earned a right to voice his observations.

Without question

The realest post in this thread.

[peplz]

Calling someone a piece of **** doesn't really bother most people and it shouldn't. The chimpanzee thing and racist comments were out of line but also mostly left alone by the media, and he never rehashed or defended those comments he moved on. I'm playing Devil's Advocate here

Calling someone a piece of shat is intended to bother at least one person. But claiming that somebody who does that "usually keeps it quiet" is just false. It wouldn't matter if the devil himself advocated it.

[texasboi15]

Yes LORD!!

[texasboi15]

And absolutely fuckin beautiful.

[peplz]

Real ass shit both ways

Yet Africans Americans were forced to speak English, change our names to European ones, and forced to even come to America also. All that dude did was help make my point with his come back. Blackness has been equated with ugliness and animalistic charateristics from the beginning. We were their ******. Of course we straighten our hair and bleach our skin, wear Gucci, Prada, Louis Vutton and try to emulate their behavior. We were forced to!

[mrlopez]

His style isnt doesnt produce excitement, plain and simple.
It worked for FMJ because at least he had a fan friendly style from 135 and below and built one helluva following from there on up even as his style became "defense first".

Ward on the other hand has ALWAYS fought with a punch, hug and dirty style. And although hes been able to keep winning, it hasnt afforded him the accolades he expected and obviously wants.

[SkillspayBills]

Yet Africans Americans were forced to speak English, change our names to European ones, and forced to even come to America also. All that dude did was help make my point with his come back. Blackness has been equated with ugliness and animalistic charateristics from the beginning. We were their ******. Of course we straighten our hair and bleach our skin, wear Gucci, Prada, Louis Vutton and try to emulate their behavior. We were forced to!

The church says Amen

[cali37]

Funny how the only people who don't see race as a problem are white people