Does The 6 Man Tourney Seem Racially Motivated?

I agree with the t/s

certaintly an US vs. Euro theme, but the racial theme is certaintly underlying

 

"Just"?:huh

 

Nah, you got a point about race trumping nationalism in america. I remember reading an article where this guy posts the racist e-mails he received the day after Mayweather vs. Hatton. It was brutal to say the least.

 

WOW...Look at all these people replying to this thread as if its a LEGITIMATE question.

Now If asked this SAME QUESTION....I would be called AL SHARPTON, JESSE JACKSON...etc.

Oh yeah, by the way....STUPID THREAD!!!

 

Idiot.

 

I know some Armenians who would be quick to disagree with you.

 

No this tournament is not racially motivated for the simple reason that is has not been promoted that way. Who in their right mind would do such a thing deliberately anyway? The majority of people in Europe and the US frown upon racism. It would simply be bad for business. + it would be unethical to try to stir up media attention by making it a black vs. white theme.

Now if anybody want to see a racial theme in the tournament then nobody can prevent them. But it has certainly not been the intention of the architects behind the tournament to drag race into the equation. That should be pretty clear for any rational human being.

 

Did it ever cross your mind they might have been supporting a nice-guy underdog against an arrogant champ?

 

I reckon Taylor will beat Abraham, but thats all for the USA in the first three bouts. Not to say there wont be style advatages/favourable matchups for Dirrel or Ward later on in the competition mind you.

 

If Bute and Pavlik were in and, say, Dirrell/Ward out, you would have had the same North American based/European based setup in round 1. Guarenteed. The racial pairings are just coincidental.

Not to mention: no way Kessler and Froch meet in round 1 (top 2 seeds, really); no way Kessler/AA meet (same promoter). We basically have top 3 seeds vs. bottom 3 seeds, which isn't surprising (flip Taylor/AA if you want, but it's a natural match anyway). You haven't thought about this much, have you?

Are there going to be guys in bars that "root for the black guy" or "root for the white guy" without knowing a thing about them? Yeah, of course. Lots of such people in this world. You're stooping to their level if you're finding actual racial significance here.

 

Objectivity is never a bad thing. Kind of surprising, this post. Its pretty much the definition of a biased, nationalistic person. Who would want to be that let alone slight others for not being that?:huh

 

It also happens that these guys are six of the top guys in the Supermiddleweight division. The race doesn't make much of an issue, I reckon.

Edit: That said, any good marketing strategist would have taken the race into consideration, so of course they are cognizant of it.