So what compels a black fighter?

[DaNeutral.]

What compels a black fighter like Devin Haney or Bernard Hopkins to make a statement like they will never be beaten by a white fighter?

It does come across as a bit racist really but I'm trying to figure out if it serves a purpose. Is it to gain favour and build an Afro American fan base? If so would that not maybe cost them some white fans? Or is there some other marketing purpose?

Or do they just really mean it? I accept I'm British so I don't have my finger on the pulse of American race relations, is it just seen as a thing that its more embarrassing to lose to a white fighter than it is a black one?

I remember Hopkins said it and then Calzaghe beat him and Smith punched him out of the ring. It certainly didn't hurt my feelings that he said but he must of felt a bit ****** for saying it then losing to white guys.

My point being it just seems like a real dumb thing to say, even if it is to serve a purpose, even dumber if it doesnt.

[Nay_Sayer]

What compels Black fighters like Hopkins and Haney to make those types of statements? That's an easy question to answer.

The complete ass-backwardness of Western "Civilization"...

[DaNeutral.]

What compels Black fighters like Hopkins and Haney to make those types of statements? That's an easy question to answer.

The complete ass-backwardness of Western "Civilization"...

I was hoping there was more to it than that, more of a sales technique or something. Rather than just a dumb statement.

[MUNG]

i presume he got good odds at the bookies on it and just wanted to share with the world

[Vodkaholic]

Because they have to compensate cause they're mental midgets and feel inferior to the white fist

[Nay_Sayer]

I was hoping there was more to it than that, more of a sales technique or something. Rather than just a dumb statement.

"Dumb statement"?

Lol.

The only thing which qualifies as "dumb" is the western "civilized" mind - which is exactly why Haney and Hopkins made such statements. I hate to break the bad news to you but Western "Civilization" represents the tail end of human development. It is akin to something similar to what the Neanderthals had. Lol..

[Nay_Sayer]

Because they have to compensate cause they're mental midgets and feel inferior to the white fist

LMAO

Nobody feels inferior to the "white fist". TRUST and believe. Jack Johnson would laugh uncontrollably at such a notion..

[stuff jones]

Inferiority complex. If you think the only advantage you have in a society is sports, then of course you don't want to lose that.

[KillaMane26]

Because they have to compensate cause they're mental midgets and feel inferior to the white fist

The way white folks use the bathroom, pick in tbeir noses, and dig in their asses and not wash they hands

I would be terrified of that white fist too.

[BoloShot]

"Dumb statement"?

Lol.

The only thing which qualifies as "dumb" is the western "civilized" mind - which is exactly why Haney and Hopkins made such statements. I hate to break the bad news to you but Western "Civilization" represents the tail end of human development. It is akin to something similar to what the Neanderthals had. Lol..

This is so wrong in so many ways. I can't even begin to address how ****** this is.