Yes, I confesses it, I´m a racist, I pick a white fighter who´s proven against the elite (and who won) over a white fighter who lost all his chances on top...
On behalf of the other posters thank you for your reasoned ,logical ,informed ,and objective opinion.
When Jack Johnson became the champion a cry went up for a great white hope to take the title from him. When Rocky Marciano retired undefeated, he died. Thus preventing him from returning to the ring. Then the cry went up in the minds of a small but vocal and obnoxious minority for a black hope to go back in time and smash his unbeaten record. This dose not include posters who are Marciano skeptics or critics. Only those who are agresive in hounding him.
Very true, it kills some people because he was a white Italian as much as it kills others who hate Johnson for the same reasons, a Bigot is a Bigot, Black,White, and Marciano, humble as he was,kills People the way he defended vs the best Black and White contenders, Johnson really stuck it to them by fighting only white....look at what the men did in the ring, not the color, I love Boxing and I love talent in my sport
Exactly! I mean, who gives a **** what skin colour the fighter has/ had? I estimate only because of that what they do in the ring, I´m not looking if they´re pretty enough for me or if they have the same skin colou like me, etc.