the increse in racial anomosity among boxing fans is due to recent matchmaking....

[soul_survivor]

^^^broken down beautifully, even if it hurts just a tad. Back when I joined this forum the only racism I recall was against Filipinos and I'll let you guess where it came from. And then I saw the retaliation racism and since then it's just had time to fester. But anytime you have strong national support (and internet anonymity) you're going to find racism and that was probably the case way before I joined. It's just ignorant people thinking it's cool to be ignorant.

I feel some people get so obsessed with a particular fighter, they think he is infallible and so resort to any argument to serve and protect that infallibility. It's quite sad.

[mlac]

you nearly nailed animosity bud, proud of you

[Sweet Jones]

back in the days it would be pretty rare for a white boxer to fight a black boxer,,it would only happen very rarely on a large scale,,

think about it,the biggest fights involving a high profile white vs black was pavlik vs hopkins and froch vs taylor,,,these fights would happen but it would be rare and they only took place when absoluteely needed.

but now a days they got kovalev vs ward, kovalev vs ward II, GGG vs Jacobs, Loma vs Walters, crawford vs postol, wlad vs jacobs, wilder vs povetkin. it's constnatly white vs black over and over again,,they just trying to separate everybody by putting out this fake race war!!

u ppl need to see past that and stop with racismt!

Race (or better yet racist stereotypes), xenophobia, national pride, and ethnicity have been used to market boxing cards and certain fighters since the turn of the 20th century.

This is nothing new, nor unique.

[GhostofDempsey]

Actually, blacks and whites fought one another even more decades prior. Going back to the days of Joe Louis, Ray Robinson, Henry Armstrong, Emile Griffith, Marvin Hagler, Bob Foster, and all of the old time greats. It hasn't become a problem or a divide until the Mayweather era, where a certain cluster of black fans (mostly casuals) had an arrogant, ****y, very wealthy black man to live through vicariously. An unapologetic racist who disrespects his opponents, built upon the hip-hop culture of disrespect, money-grabbing, and treating women like possessions. That's not to say that all Mayweather fans are inherently racist, because they are not. True boxing fans, regardless of race, are able to give credit where credit is due and will cheer for the fighter who is most entertaining or skilled.

The fight I remember being built upon the race card was Holmes/Cooney. The media labeled Cooney The Great White Hope, which was ludicrous. He was a hype-job from the get go, but savvy promotion and media coverage built it up to the point of a racial divide.

Today, casual fans are strictly divided not only by their loyalty to race or a particular fighter but it extends to promoters, referees, and coaches. I never thought I'd see the day where so called fans root for promoters and managers to the point where any fighter promoted by Arum or PBC is a hype-job depending on which side of the fence you fall on. Dumb.

[Sweet Jones]

Actually, blacks and whites fought one another even more decades prior. Going back to the days of Joe Louis, Ray Robinson, Henry Armstrong, Emile Griffith, Marvin Hagler, Bob Foster, and all of the old time greats. It hasn't become a problem or a divide until the Mayweather era, where a certain cluster of black fans (mostly casuals) had an arrogant, ****y, very wealthy black man to live through vicariously. An unapologetic racist who disrespects his opponents, built upon the hip-hop culture of disrespect, money-grabbing, and treating women like possessions. That's not to say that all Mayweather fans are inherently racist, because they are not. True boxing fans, regardless of race, are able to give credit where credit is due and will cheer for the fighter who is most entertaining or skilled.

The fight I remember being built upon the race card was Holmes/Cooney. The media labeled Cooney The Great White Hope, which was ludicrous. He was a hype-job from the get go, but savvy promotion and media coverage built it up to the point of a racial divide.

Today, casual fans are strictly divided not only by their loyalty to race or a particular fighter but it extends to promoters, referees, and coaches. I never thought I'd see the day where so called fans root for promoters and managers to the point where any fighter promoted by Arum or PBC is a hype-job depending on which side of the fence you fall on. Dumb.

Jack Johnson disagrees with you.

So does Joe Louis.

Marvin Hagler would definitely disagree with you (see those beer bottles raining down on his head after beating Alan 'NeverLoseToABlackFighter' Minter).

So does dayum near every other Black fighter who was frozen out of chances to fight for the belt because America feared what their victories might represent.

It appears some here want to wipe out WELL DOCUMENTED history. Strange indeed.

[Mammoth]

Eastern European bums and slick bruvas need to be segregated

[SkillspayBills]

There is racial tension in the country in general. I mean a white supremacist is the leader of the free world for goodness sake.

[GhostofDempsey]

Jack Johnson disagrees with you.

So does Joe Louis.

Marvin Hagler would definitely disagree with you (see those beer bottles raining down on his head after beating Alan 'NeverLoseToABlackFighter' Minter).

So does dayum near every other Black fighter who was frozen out of chances to fight for the belt because America feared what their victories might represent.

It appears some here want to wipe out WELL DOCUMENTED history. Strange indeed.

There were also many a white fan who rallied behind Joe Louis when fighting Max Schmeling. There were a lot of white fans who hated seeing Louis KO'd by Marciano.

Frazier had a lot of white fans, and he was taunted by Ali as being an Uncle Tom because of it. Sugar Ray Leonard had and still has many white fans.

You think fighters such as Robinson, Ali, Frazier, SRL, and Hagler got so popular strictly from black fans? For every hateful white fan there were many more white fans who appreciated these fighters.

[STAX ON DECK]

There is racial tension in the country in general. I mean a white supremacist is the leader of the free world for goodness sake.

mannnnnnnn **** is ****ed up!!

[Sweet Jones]

There were also many a white fan who rallied behind Joe Louis when fighting Max Schmeling. There were a lot of white fans who hated seeing Louis KO'd by Marciano.

And the day after that, many of those same rallying 'fans' would have had Joe Louis and anyone who looked him arrested had he tried to use the same public accommodations as them or walked through the front door of the vast majority of any hotels, restaurants, bars, or stores that those same adoring 'fans' frequented and/or used.

Frazier had a lot of white fans, and he was taunted by Ali as being an Uncle Tom because of it. Sugar Ray Leonard had and still has many white fans.

And yet, those same hometown 'fans' would build a statute and celebrate the legacy of a fictional Philadelphia boxer (Rocky Balboa) ahead of one of the best HWs in history.

You think fighters such as Robinson, Ali, Frazier, SRL, and Hagler got so popular strictly from black fans? For every hateful white fan there were many more white fans who appreciated these fighters.

You can't have it both ways.

The exact same thing could be said for Floyd Mayweather. Yet you seem quite comfortable pinning the 'racism' in boxing on his Black 'hip hop' fanbase.

This is also ironic considering White folk are ubiquitous consumers of Hip Hop's (your words) "culture of disrespect, money-grabbing, and treating women like possessions".

Again, history disagrees with you.