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Floyd Mayweather says MMA is for animals & whites who couldn't cut it in boxing
Javier:
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--- Quote from: Mr. Javii on July 23, 2009, 11:15:18 AM ---Mayweather knows how popular and competitive boxing is in Europe. For fuck's sake, one of his bigger pay days came from fighting Ricky Hatton. Since Mayweather is one of those people that talks without thinking, you gotta basically see what he was trying to say. Knowing how dumb this dude is with his comments, he probably did simply mean whites from the U.S., and not every white person in the world.
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I dunno. Like it or not, Blacks and Hispanics HAVE dominated boxing for years. Just because there was a big pay day for fighting Hatton, doesnt mean Hatton was a GREAT fighter lol. He got completely mopped by Pacquiao. Im a Pac-Man fan, and even I was embarassed for Hatton lol. Larry Holmes vs Gerry Cooney was one of the biggest fights of all time, but Gerry Cooney wasnt an all time great lol He was just White, and Holmes was Black. You know damn well, even with the rise in European fighters, the US is where its at for boxing.
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I'm just pointing out the fact that he most likely meant white americans over white europeans. I'm pretty much in agreement with you.
7even:
--- Quote from: .:DaYg0sTyLz:. on July 23, 2009, 07:03:11 PM ---
--- Quote from: Mr. Javii on July 23, 2009, 11:15:18 AM ---Mayweather knows how popular and competitive boxing is in Europe. For fuck's sake, one of his bigger pay days came from fighting Ricky Hatton. Since Mayweather is one of those people that talks without thinking, you gotta basically see what he was trying to say. Knowing how dumb this dude is with his comments, he probably did simply mean whites from the U.S., and not every white person in the world.
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I dunno. Like it or not, Blacks and Hispanics HAVE dominated boxing for years. Just because there was a big pay day for fighting Hatton, doesnt mean Hatton was a GREAT fighter lol. He got completely mopped by Pacquiao. Im a Pac-Man fan, and even I was embarassed for Hatton lol. Larry Holmes vs Gerry Cooney was one of the biggest fights of all time, but Gerry Cooney wasnt an all time great lol He was just White, and Holmes was Black. You know damn well, even with the rise in European fighters, the US is where its at for boxing.
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It's not that those white European fighters who own their divisions are so much weaker than anybody from the US, it's that Americans can't be bothered to care unless Americans are involved in something. The US is where it's at for boxing... yeah, if you want American media/people to care. Difference is simple: Europeans and Asians also care if it's Americans they're watching... Americans only care if it's their own people they're watching. Now of course this a super-generalization, and many Europeans, Asians, Americans sure aren't like that, but when talking about the general media/hype/mainstream, then it sure is true.
Kool Beenz:
can you quit trying to be Stephen Smith already?
7even:
If you quit trying to be Pancho Villa, Keak da Sneak and BTNH, I promise I will give it a shot.
Shallow:
--- Quote from: .:DaYg0sTyLz:. on July 23, 2009, 07:03:11 PM ---
--- Quote from: Mr. Javii on July 23, 2009, 11:15:18 AM ---Mayweather knows how popular and competitive boxing is in Europe. For fuck's sake, one of his bigger pay days came from fighting Ricky Hatton. Since Mayweather is one of those people that talks without thinking, you gotta basically see what he was trying to say. Knowing how dumb this dude is with his comments, he probably did simply mean whites from the U.S., and not every white person in the world.
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I dunno. Like it or not, Blacks and Hispanics HAVE dominated boxing for years. Just because there was a big pay day for fighting Hatton, doesnt mean Hatton was a GREAT fighter lol. He got completely mopped by Pacquiao. Im a Pac-Man fan, and even I was embarassed for Hatton lol. Larry Holmes vs Gerry Cooney was one of the biggest fights of all time, but Gerry Cooney wasnt an all time great lol He was just White, and Holmes was Black. You know damn well, even with the rise in European fighters, the US is where its at for boxing.
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It wasn't just because he was white. He was undefeated at the time and had KOed some big names in boxing on his way up. He also had the hardest left hand in boxing history. Would it have drawn the money if he was black, or if Holmes was white? No, but it was still a deserved title shot and a valiant effort. In today's 12 round rules he would have lost a close split decision (or won if it was fixed).
And if the rules stayed the same from trhe Dempsey era of no stoppages and 30+ rounds a fight George Chuvalo would have been the greatest of all time because he would have beaten Ali, Frazier, Norton, Foreman and anyone else he came across.
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