Comments Thread For: Will Boxing Take a Stand (Or a Knee) on Anthem Protests?

[Shadoww702]

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I actually agree with you on this. I do see you treat everyone fair on here so I give you that. What I was saying is not everyone is like that on here and you know this.

You have good intentions but unfortunately not everybody does so it kind of spoils it for the people who do mean well.

Yeah unfortunately I do. But ive also traveled and we American arent really liked at all. I mean they'll take our money and stuff but theyll also talk smack about us at the same time. I root for team USA in World Cup (Even though were not really tjat good). And im always rooting in boxing but we get the WORST judges ALL the time!! They dont even try and hide it. Russell knocked that one guy all around the ring and STILL lost!!!

[yankees7448]

So on this board the people who comment are mostly from America. I will link an old article and we will see who MAJORITY of the people were talking about and who they wanted to win??? More than 70% of the people on here were going with Pedvetkin and shytting on Wilder after he'd failed the test.

First of all, if you're just talking about people on this site say people on this site. The subset of people on this site is not the same thing as America. As many racist ******s, trolls and haters live in the US a much higher percentage of them post on this site than live in the US. This site seems to attract them like flies to *****.

And with all due respect to Wilder. The guy's technique sucks. He's raw as roadkill in there even with all the fights he's had. He's a scary mofo I would never want to get in the ring with but he's very flawed.

Floyd and Ward fought for America and are great boxers undefeated! Yet These great Americans HAD zero problem rooting for foreigners to beat the shyt out of their own. I DON't give a fuuck how their fighting style is- You would never see majority of Philipinos rooting against their guy over another country men.

Racism is wrong but excessive nationalism is ok? I don't care what the factor is if race, nationality, what city they come be the only factor which detemines who you root for then you're part of the problem. I don't let race determine who I root for. I am Puerto Rican. Miguel Cotto used to be one of my favorite fighter. Then he became a diva and now I think he can go F himself. Felix Trinidad was another of my favorite boxers. But I stopped rooting for him because I got tired of his excessive loyalty to his father. It was clear as day that he had peaked as a fighter under his Dad's tutalage and he needed someone else to get to the next level. But he kept sticking with the schmuck who insisted Winky Wright "was scared of Trinidad's power" and "was ready to go" while Winky was jabbing his head off round after round. Roy Jones Jr, a non-Puerto Rican, is my favorite boxer of all time. When he was at his best he was like a magician in the ring.

You would never see majority of Britts/Uk rooting against their fighter for a foreigner REGARDLESS of their style. Same with Mexico, same with Ireland

And they are all wrong to do that. This isn't the Olympics.

ONLY in America can a foreigner come from a different country FIGHT IN AMERICA! and they would root for the foreigner over the American REGARDLESS of their fighting style.

That is a complete load of crap.

Jeff Horn could fight ANYBODY in Australia and he would be the crowd favorite REGARDLESS. You can't fuuck with me on this topic it is about race don't play ******.

I am not playing ******. Playing ****** is acting like excessive nationalism is any better than racism. Its not.

[yankees7448]

Players should start their own league. It's called the flag football league or intrameural football and no one watches or cares. Maybe those same players should go to school based on their grades and pay for their tuition and get a job like the majority of people.

Football is a job that requires a hell of a lot of work and is much more physically demanding than most people's jobs. Even when you're not playing its a hell of a lot. Most people here wouldn't last 5 minutes in a real football practice.

[yankees7448]

Any "color" cop killing a dark skinned individual soley because of the color of their skin should be put to prison for a long time for murder. We can all agree on that. The even bigger picture is "black on black" crime in Chicago in the thousands. I think athletes like Colin should spend time in Chicago and the NFL should allow players to wear patches on their jerseys to give attention to this serious problem. But that's against NFL rules. Action must be taken in Chicago and concerned athletes who care NEED to go there and help the kids.

This is probably the ******est of all the anti-protest arguments. Just because they are protesting against cops killing black people it doesn't mean they are ok with black people killing black people. Seriously, how do you stop black on black violence. One big way is for the community to tell the cops what they know. Believe me, people in those communities know who the bad guys are, what bad things they are doing and where they are doing it. But they don't tell the cops because they don't trust the cops. Part of the reason they don't trust the cops is because they feel cops can get away with murder as long as the victim isn't white. Both issues go hand in hand.

[chirorickyp]

This is probably the ******est of all the anti-protest arguments. Just because they are protesting against cops killing black people it doesn't mean they are ok with black people killing black people. Seriously, how do you stop black on black violence. One big way is for the community to tell the cops what they know. Believe me, people in those communities know who the bad guys are, what bad things they are doing and where they are doing it. But they don't tell the cops because they don't trust the cops. Part of the reason they don't trust the cops is because they feel cops can get away with murder as long as the victim isn't white. Both issues go hand in hand.

Actually taking action and making a difference like Jim Brown did and still does IS NOT ******. Not all cops are white and the vast majority of cops are not bad. Incinuating otherwise is pretty ******. All talk and no action and not running towards the problem to actually do something is ******. All talk with no substance or strategic action accomplishes nothing. Mother Theresa or Martin Luther King did not change the world by barking, they actually got involved, they acted. You gotta walk the talk. The arena of sport is for sport it is not the arena for politics! How ******.

[yankees7448]

Actually taking action and making a difference like Jim Brown did and still does IS NOT ******.

Protesting is taking action dumb dumb.

Not all cops are white and the vast majority of cops are not bad. Incinuating otherwise is pretty ******.

That's why no one insinuated any of those things.

All talk and no action and not running towards the problem to actually do something is ******. All talk with no substance or strategic action accomplishes nothing. Mother Theresa or Martin Luther King did not change the world by barking, they actually got involved, they acted.

So you're saying these football players who are protesting non-violently are doing nothing and then compare them to Martin Luther King who accomplished what he accomplished via non-violent protesting.

You gotta walk the talk. The arena of sport is for sport it is not the arena for politics! How ******.

This is what your real problem is. Your problem isn't with the protests is with the fact that you just want to watch football. Fuuk off. Protests are supposed to be inconvenient to other people. Otherwise how in the hell is the protest supposed to accomplish anything. Seriously, how the fuuck does this sound.

Protest leader, "ok guys...the plan is to take a knee during the National Anthem to protest how the police department is able to continuously get away with killing unarmed people. Its perfect. Everyone in the crowd is going to be silent and paying attention. The fact that we're doing it during the National Anthem is symbolic of how this great nation has failed to fulfill its promises to a large amount of its citizens. People are going to be talking about this and we're going to bring a lot of attention to our cause".

Another person speaking from the crowd. "That's all well and good but people some people aren't going to understand why we're doing what we're doing and why we are doing it when we're doing it. They are going to think we're protesting the flag and disrespecting the soldiers who died fighting under it".

Protest leader: "Darn. You're right. Ok guys...change of plans. We're going to take a knee on the sidelines after the game is over. Sure, there won't be anyone left in the stands to watch and since the National Anthem isn't being played their won't be any symbolism. But at least we'll be taking our stand....well technically we'll be kneeling but you know what I mean.

Protestors:

Have you ever heard of a convenient protest. They are supposed to be inconvenient. They are supposed to get people talking.

[Kigali]

Protesting is taking action dumb dumb.


That's why no one insinuated any of those things.


So you're saying these football players who are protesting non-violently are doing nothing and then compare them to Martin Luther King who accomplished what he accomplished via non-violent protesting.



This is what your real problem is. Your problem isn't with the protests is with the fact that you just want to watch football. Fuuk off. Protests are supposed to be inconvenient to other people. Otherwise how in the hell is the protest supposed to accomplish anything. Seriously, how the fuuck does this sound.

Protest leader, "ok guys...the plan is to get attention to our cause by linking arms in the middle of this main street and obstruct traffic. We'll cause traffic for miles and the news will be all over the place filming us".

Another person speaking from the crowd. "That's all well and good but its going to piss off alot of people in their cars. They are just trying to go to work or go home and we're going to make it really hard for them to do so".

Protest leader: Darn. You're right. Ok guys...change of plans. We're going to come back here and do it after midnight when there really isn't traffic because everyone is at home asleep. Sure, no one will really know about what we're doing or care but at least we won't inconvenience other people.

Protestors:

[GGG Gloveking]

Protesting is taking action dumb dumb.


That's why no one insinuated any of those things.


So you're saying these football players who are protesting non-violently are doing nothing and then compare them to Martin Luther King who accomplished what he accomplished via non-violent protesting.



This is what your real problem is. Your problem isn't with the protests is with the fact that you just want to watch football. Fuuk off. Protests are supposed to be inconvenient to other people. Otherwise how in the hell is the protest supposed to accomplish anything. Seriously, how the fuuck does this sound.


Have you ever heard of a convenient protest. They are supposed to be inconvenient. They are supposed to get people talking.

I just hope the protest leader is smart enough to realize why the people in their cars won't give a fuçk about him or his protest. His protest has inconvenienced them when they didn't have Jack sh it to do with the cause.

You want to protest the police... go inconvenience the police

[Kigali]

I just hope the protest leader is smart enough to realize why the people in their cars won't give a fuçk about him or his protest. His protest has inconvenienced them when they didn't have Jack sh it to do with the cause.

You want to protest the police... go inconvenience the police

There would be no America without protest.

[yankees7448]

I just hope the protest leader is smart enough to realize why the people in their cars won't give a fuçk about him or his protest. His protest has inconvenienced them when they didn't have Jack sh it to do with the cause.

You want to protest the police... go inconvenience the police

I guess you're not quite understanding that the whole point of the protest is to bring attention to your cause. A couple people taking a knee in front of a police precinct isn't going to do *****.