if you cheer on fighters based on race, youre a racist...

[GhostofDempsey]

I understand ethnic pride or national pride, which is what drives World Cup Soccer. Cheer for your countrymen. Nothing wrong with that. But, this cheering for or hating on a fighter because of his race is telling. Floyd fans are most guilty of this from what I have seen in modern boxing. A good percentage of Wilder, Ward, Kovalev, fans too.

[just the facts]

Oddly enough the thread started has been banned at least 3 times that I know of for making racist posts.

[Pigeons]

TS is calling most black Americans on this forum racist.

[hotdogdragon]

people like the drama of it all, even though it brings out the worst.

Objective analysis of any situation requires patience and effort and time and thought.

it's just way more of a rush to throw someone under the bus for being a racist or just being racist yourself. and waaaay easier.

[strykr619]

if colour of skin is what you base your support on, youre a racist. lets not make out its fine and youre 'cheering on your own'. All youre cheering on is colour rather than the fighter. And theres a lot of these type of 'fans' on this forum...

Might want to look up the definition of racism, Rooting for someone because you identify with them ethnically is NOT racism. Thinking someone is an inferior human BECAUSE OF THEIR RACE IS.

See the difference?

I really hope you do.

[-Kev-]

I am of that group that grew up rooting for so many different kinds of fighters. I'll even tell you a fighter who never understood how fans can only pick because of race, color, nationality. He is former light heavyweight contender Ice John Scully, a friend of mine from way back. 16 years ago he and I were shocked to see fans only root for fighters based on their racial profile. John and I started to see a pattern back on the AOL boxing boards and neither he nor I had ever pulled for a fighter because of racial bias so we were like WTF?? Learning this shocked the both of us at the same time some 16 years ago. 16 years to now I have seen it all, especially on these boards.

I guess it's just the way you grow up. My pops just liked watching boxing. He wasn't on some "I go for the Hispanic". He would just say who he thinks is going to win, and he would root for whoever the hell he likes.

But i've met parents that hate black people, or darker people than them. And you gotta realize if you grow up in that environment, you'll share your parents thoughts. So a lot of these people, they just have that hate ingrained in them via their family. Can you really blame them? It's all psychological, decades of conditioning.

[The Problem Child]

So what are you today?? white, puerto rican or mexican?

I am Puerto Rican but that is my NATIONALITY, same if I was Mexican. My RACE is white, I am white skinned. I am a white Puerto Rican and very proud.

Same as a Black from Nigeria or Australia or USA. Same skin color, same race but nationalities are different.

[b00g13man]

Oddly enough the thread started has been banned at least 3 times that I know of for making racist posts.

I know, right? Absolute clown.

[BoxingIsGreat]

I only like Korean fighters like GGG.

[.!WAR MIKEY!.]

Psssh you can chalk up 90% of the poster here who hate on you cause of race, hell go through my qutoes and you cand find tons of poster who try to get at me over "MEXICAN" this or "MEXICAN" that, lmfao a bunch of nerds who still lil boys and dont know how to handle their emotions so it comes out as insercure blurps and rants on boxingscene.