Comments Thread For: Deontay Wilder: If I Wasn't Black - I'd Get More U.S. Media Respect

[GFunk23]

nah its because wilder's resume is straight up trash you fight nothing but bums and were protected for years. real non racist boxing fans know you aren't worthy of support from fans. step and dare for greatness. FACTS!!!

Exactly- it’s a joke. I will say this, recently he signed to fight a couple of real guys in Povetkin and Ortiz but we have know idea how he could handle those guys in the ring.

[Boxing Logic]

He's right but Joshuas not comparable as he's in UK where there is no stigma and black people are normal members of society
Then USA fans respect him subconsciously because of the respect that their brother white folks in UK hold him in

If Joshua was in USA, sure hed be ok, a very promising hw , but not what he is with the hype

So Ali, Tyson, Holyfield, etc, were never hyped because they were black? Sugar Ray Leonard was never hyped because he was black? Marvin Hagler was never hyped because he was black?

Or is that just because that was back in the 70s and 80s and 90s, you know, when the country was so much less racist than 2017 where white people are so much more racist?

Y'all don't even make ****ing sense. Y'all keep having to invent new theories to fit your victim mentality, like the other poster above you with his ridiculous white Americans-white Brits telepathy theory about how Joshua is more accepted by white Americans due to osmosis with white Brits... are you ****ing kidding me?? LOL. Y'all keep having to invent new theories to fit your victim mentality, and they just get more ****** every time because of how reality gets less and less like how y'all perceive it every year. America has never been less racist than it is now. it is one of the least racist nations on the planet in 2017. It's not perfect, but American racism is not the reason that cherry picking Haymon boxers of ALL races get no respect. Mikey Garcia isn't getting much either because he keeps cherry picking. Neither did Danny Garcia. It's the same story over and over. The few who have actually tried to fight the best, and been good enough to win, like Spence and Thurman, have actually gotten the respect that DSG and Wilder didn't, and that's for a reason, but even they have barely fought any top opponents.

That's just a fact. Stop inventing ways to blame things on race. Wilder is in his 30s and has never fought a top opponent. That's the issue.

[jonnyc420]

Cletus Seldin?

LOL! That was ****ing hilarious!

[SugarRaRobinson]

Ut oh, Wilder has undressed these racist haters. Now we about hear a lot of damage control on this thread.

[SugarRaRobinson]

i forgot that joshua was white and that's why he is filling up football stadiums every time he fights. if he was black nobody would give a fuck about him just like poor little wilder

He also mentioned it being exclusively a problem here in the U.S. For Black U.S. fighters

Did u even bother to read the whole article?

[juggernaut666]

uhmmmm, who exactly are these "white" fighters that the American press is fawning over?

Exactly .....this idiot also called an entire country (U.K ) full of racists and basically labled it a racist country . That IS racism . lol

This is old news anyway he still is the same dumbness level he was at a few months ago .

[Boxing42]

Yeah for sure, because the white population in the USA is about 4 times that of the black population - and the Mexican / Hispanic population is much, much larger than the black population so naturally they'd have a bigger fanbase.

I think sometimes we pretend that race isn't a big factor in boxing - people like people who they can identify with, it's just a natural thing. It's why the media and Hollywood and companies try and be more 'diverse', so people who don't feel represented can feel represented.

100% correcto

[GMAN SUPREME]

He also mentioned it being exclusively a problem here in the U.S. For Black U.S. fighters

Did u even bother to read the whole article?

who are these black us fighters you talking about boy?

[SugarRaRobinson]

Stipe Miocic is the HW champ in the UFC - a white American who has equal the most title defenses in UFC HW history, knocking out his last 5 opponents and yet I don't hear his name.

What are the media supposed to do? Convince the public that Wilder is fighting world class opponents when that is demonstrably not true? It's a hard sell when there are other top dogs in the HW division that he hasn't fought yet.

Firstly, comparing Boxing to UFC is comparing apples to oranges.

Secondly, no one is rushing to fight Wilder (Joshua sure isn't).
And the ones who r world class who r willing to fight him end up getting caught cheating, so spear us the BS please !

[juggernaut666]

He also mentioned it being exclusively a problem here in the U.S. For Black U.S. fighters

Did u even bother to read the whole article?

Yea and he blamed the WHITE man for not wanting Blacks to succeed yet you idiots on here like the race baiting card , too bad that IS racism . It could be on mars ,Wilder really is the dumbest of the lott ive come across !