Re: B. Hopkins: When will Pacquiao fight a Black fighter?
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:::PSL:::
All your Gifs are cute, but its boxing and they all get hit. Wheres the gif of JMM having Pac dancing around after a counter?
Re: B. Hopkins: When will Pacquiao fight a Black fighter?
I know what you're talking about. Something similar to these gifs but JMM missed though. :p
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...6/end11th2.gif
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...Mannyfakes.gif
I'm sure someone will find it for ya.
:)
Re: B. Hopkins: When will Pacquiao fight a Black fighter?
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Mar
.... the color of the person pac beats up has nothing to do with anything. I hate when race is brought into this sport. There are so many fighters from different places with different styles and stories that race being brought up is usually just a last ditch effort of someone who can't just use intellegence to argue thier position anymore.
Race does have something to do with it look at the string of opponents all are straight foward, slow afoot , and either close to the end of their careers or beyond. Ant to add the last few have been catch weight fights. So that means Mosley is the perfect opponent to smoke screen the lack of opponents that are younger, hungrier, quicker and yes black / latiin opponents.
Re: B. Hopkins: When will Pacquiao fight a Black fighter?
Its all good, cant deny Pac is one of the alltime greats. Its hard to grade sometimes because of different eras and dynamics of the sport in those given times. Similiar to baseball in arguments.
Nothing wrong with giving Pac his props and glory.. I think his bigger opponents have been low hanging fruit of the division, but he has beaten them soundly and impressively.. He is humble and a real ambassador for the sport.. I changed my opinion on him after being away from here for so long and realized that my dislike for him was 1000000000% fueled by overzealous and sometimes misguided fans
Re: B. Hopkins: When will Pacquiao fight a Black fighter?
Bernard Hopkins is certainly as controversial as he is outspoken. His observation about Manny, however controversial, states a fact: Manny has never fought a top African American fighter. The statement infers that Manny would have trouble with the style of Black fighters and has therefore avoids them. I don't think Bernard meant anything more sinister than that. If Manny's choice of Shane Mosley as his next fight was an attempt to address Bernard's contention I think it fails to meet the challenge. Mosley, once a great fighter, can no longer rise to the level of even being competitive with Manny IMO. Pacquiao's decision to take on the aged strapless Mosley who is comming off two poor performances instead of the young champion Berto who is comming off two impressive kayos has nothing to do with skin color. It has to do with minimizing risk. Arum’s ‘explanations’ notwithstanding, the Pac camp clearly recognize that risk is multi-racial, defeat does not discriminate.
Re: B. Hopkins: When will Pacquiao fight a Black fighter?
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:::PSL:::
"I would never let a white boy beat me".
Why is color so big deal with him?
He's a 45 (46?) year old black man from a major American urban center. Given the era he grew up in, race almost certainly played a huge role in his life as he grew up.
Re: B. Hopkins: When will Pacquiao fight a Black fighter?
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generalbulldog
Hopkins: "When Will Pacquiao Face a Top Black Fighter?" - Boxing News
The article is about how Hopkins says that Pac don't fight top black fighters, as in African Americans with that slick style. You know like the Ray Leonard style that B-Hop was talking about.
BTW, just in case someone brings up Lebwaba and Clottey, they aren't african americans. And I think when B-Hop is talking about a top black fighter, he means black american.
hahaha ......ahhh the real question is why hasnt B-Hop fought any Filipinos? Oh yeah....is there a Filipino lt Heavy out there? welp...I checked boxrec, no Filipino lt heavy, you got lucky this time B-Hop!
Re: B. Hopkins: When will Pacquiao fight a Black fighter?
Well he has a point Pac will just have to fight Zab Judah next then wont he? ;D Because Mosely has a white grandma, right?
