Comments Thread For: Shakur Stevenson and The Making of The Next Black Superstar

[Verus]

The writer of this piece assumes that the term "superstar" refers to how popular a person a person is. I don't recall the term being used before Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlin, Elgin Baylor and Oscar Robertson came on the scene. And there was some debate at first as to whether Jerry West was a "superstar." At that time the NBA was much less popular The reference was clearly on skill level. Now it is applied to anyone who is popular so that any of the Kardashians qualify as a superstar. If we are talking about skill level, superstardom will be determined by the success on the field of battle and no one has to sell villains, smiles, and race hatred. Unfortunately, the money flows from, villainy, jingoism, and race.

[bigjavi973]

exactly my ass

If that same article said "the next Latino superstar" you'd be talking out the other side of your d*cksucker.

latino is an ethnicity not a race

[bigjavi973]

The writer explained in the piece. You can be a good guy American fighter and get respected and fame, as long as you're not a Black good guy American fighter. Race was the central theme. The article would've been pointless without it.

ima call bs on that sorry.

when you think of historic fighters that are popular you can easily name them and quickly

ali

tyson

holyfield

foreman

RJJ

Hopkins




I gave you 6 quick ones.....


guess what they all have in common?

yea they are black.

go give me 5 white fighters that the general public would know

[Kigali]

latino is an ethnicity not a race

Yes..i am aware of that.

[BoxAztinca]

Dude is only 19.

Let your hate simmer a little longer.

The title of an article is all it takes to get you all rustled up.

Answer the question. What qualities do you see in Shakur that make you think he will be a superstar?

[MantisToboggan]

and they need a new black superstar, someone for them to rally around. a lot of them are insecure about the new europeans on the block so they need a new superstar, maybe spence will be it for them. then they wont have to bring up mayweather in every other thread.

Meanwhile, lets just monitor Kovalev's instagram just uncase we find something RAYSIS!!! smh

[Kigali]

Answer the question. What qualities do you see in Shakur that make you think he will be a superstar?

I don't think he'll be a "superstar"

As far as being a champion is concerned...it's his awareness in the ring.

He's one of those athletes that sees everything.

[MantisToboggan]

Boxing has no color!!!! stop it!!!!
It is not black sport it is not white sport or yellow sport. the title is racist.

[titan m]

Stop crying.

The word Black sets off a Tidal wave of tears.

When you grow up you'll understand my point.

[allupnem]

What a ignorant article and a waste of space. The only site with more racist on it is Dontae's.