Comments Thread For: David Benavidez: A Fight With Me & Canelo Would Be Explosive!

[Verus]

Are you referring to the church of Jesus Christ of latter day saints when you say Mormon?

Yes indeed. I thought I would use the shorter and less formal name.

[Verus]

American is a culture identity. "Mexican- American" is a joke. There is no such thing as that. You are either Mexican or American. The fact that you do not understand what being an American means shows you have no cultural understanding.

No, "American" is a national identity more than it is a cultural identity. There is no single American cultural identity. By way of example, the culture of the lower classes in the Bronx bears little resemblance to the culture of brahmins of Boston or Manhattan and much less to the culture of the Navajos of the Four Corners. The latter probably has the only real claim to being "American".

[Verus]

People are really getting into the weeds on this racial conversation, so to add a curveball-- David is actually half Ecuadorian from his mother but apparently identifies more with his Mexican side.

So Benevides is a double American -- South American on his mother's side and North American on his father's.

[Kannabis Kid]

American is a culture identity. "Mexican- American" is a joke. There is no such thing as that. You are either Mexican or American. The fact that you do not understand what being an American means shows you have no cultural understanding.

My birth certificate says otherwise

[Kannabis Kid]

People are really getting into the weeds on this racial conversation, so to add a curveball-- David is actually half Ecuadorian from his mother but apparently identifies more with his Mexican side.

Yeah he also has Cuban blood. People get so worked up only because they don't have anybody to relate or look up to so they just get jealous like Silver Spear they have no cultural identity themselves and act like American is a culture and not a nationality go to Nebraska and then go to Florida you tell me if the people share the same culture.

[Drigo]

In sorry David but its look like Canelo is not going to take the risky direction towards you...

[OldTerry]

That's what Mexicans are, isnt it? Native blood mixed with Spanish blood?

That's why they aren't called Aztecs or Spaniards...they are called Mexicans.

What Mexicans are is tough and resilient. Same goes for many other ethnical groups.

[Silver Spear]

No, "American" is a national identity more than it is a cultural identity. There is no single American cultural identity. By way of example, the culture of the lower classes in the Bronx bears little resemblance to the culture of brahmins of Boston or Manhattan and much less to the culture of the Navajos of the Four Corners. The latter probably has the only real claim to being "American".

That is what makes American Culture its culture. Your argument can be said about any country. Different locations have different cultures. America is different than any other country in the fact that it is a melting pot of the world. It is not just one culture that is dominant etc. Any immigrant has just as much claim to being American as any Navajo or any tribe has.

[SN!PER]

Canelo, Bivol, Ramirez...

No need to wait. David is ready right now!