Larry Merchant calls Wilder the “Last Black Hope”

[KillaMane26]

Why is Wilder the last black hope anyways. When its two top 5 p4p guys.

The whole black and white hope is ******. It was ****** when Loma start being called the white hope when he is European. It makes zero since

[Derranged]

Let's take a look at his track record.

Hated Mayweather, Jones, Hopkins, Haye, Lewis, etc.... Literally jumping for joy when Jones lost, but hated life when Pavlik lost?

This is just off the top of my head. Go look at the videos as I'm sure there's much more

I mean that makes sense since Tarver is white as snow.

[Ray*]

A lot of these guys give people like Merchant the armour to say stuffs like this. I have always called Merchant a racist and to be honest some of his critics are no better or different than him.

[Boxing Goat]

I mean that makes sense since Tarver is white as snow.

Good post. He can't even understand what he's saying makes zero sense.

That dude is ret&rded

[Boxing Goat]

A lot of these guys give people like Merchant the armour to say stuffs like this. I have always called Merchant a racist and to be honest some of his critics are no better or different than him.

You think anyone who has a different opinion than you is a racist. That's the problem with society right now. Social media has created a bunch of hypocrites.

[Vodkaholic]

Lol great thread. Really supports the "black people cant be reacist" saying.

[Monzon99]

Last American black hope.

[TheMyspaceDayz]

Why is Wilder the last black hope anyways. When its two top 5 p4p guys.

The whole black and white hope is ******. It was ****** when Loma start being called the white hope when he is European. It makes zero since

Last black hope because of the belief that Americans are no longer producing elite heavyweights.

I think anyway. Seems forced and doesn’t fit here. Shouldn’t be used in the first place.

[KillaMane26]

Last black hope because of the belief that Americans are no longer producing elite heavyweights.

I think anyway. Seems forced and doesn’t fit here. Shouldn’t be used in the first place.

Oh ok didn't think of that part

[The Big Dunn]

I agree, but that can be said for everyone. How about B-Hop getting a pass when saying he'd never lost to a 'white boy'? Isn't that direct racism in some form? That's far worse than anything that I have ever heard Merchant say. They both were working for HBO at that time.

What if Klitschko said something like that when he was still winning? It's a double standard.

I don’t disagree with your point about b hop.

You guys need to stop with the double standard stuff. You simply can’t compare real racism, the kind that we’ve seen in America for hundreds of years, with comments that a fighter may or may not make.

Of course if someone white made comments it would be taken differently. That is because white people, but particularly white men, occupy positions of power and access that others don’t. Further, there is a history of racism that other groups don’t have.

We can’t just pretend that all races occupy an equal place in American society. We also need to stop pretending that every group that looks to help people of color can be equated to the white racist organizations that have actively participated in murder and violence.

Its definitely wrong for bhop to have said that but that doesn’t make him the equivalent of a **** or klansman when he said it.